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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: starlord on June 12, 2008, 03:59:53 am

Title: The beginning:
Post by: starlord on June 12, 2008, 03:59:53 am

This was my first true space sim.

Can anybody recognise it?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/epic/screenshots

so many fond memories: beautibul ships, the rexxon 2 gargantuan dreadnaughts, the rexxon warbirds, the rexxon kraider frigates, the human battleships redstorm and battleaxe, and a desperate move to move all humans beyond reach of an impending supernova. GENIUS!

Title: Re: The beginning:
Post by: Wanderer on June 12, 2008, 04:50:08 am

Heh... i actually missed that one... I was still too going with Elite (http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/elite/screenshots) and then moved to wing commander and x-wing...

Hmmm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_%28computer_game%29 of course wiki is not too reliable source but... the very first bsg game?

Title: Re: The beginning:
Post by: Flipside on June 12, 2008, 05:10:40 am

Oddly enough, reading this thread just got me to play Dosbox Elite Plus again, fun, but my DosBox needs tweaking, the frame rate is still a bit high and I can't steer for toffee.

This, of course, means figuring out how to do that...

Title: Re: The beginning:
Post by: starlord on June 12, 2008, 08:57:31 am

True it was quite influenced by BSG (did you see the redstorm?), however, it stayed unique in it's kind of way.

Oh, and it was the first space sim ever to feature atmospheric missions, so in some characteristics, it was ahead of wing commander. :) Who'd have thought?

Title: Re: The beginning:
Post by: Davros on June 12, 2008, 12:30:41 pm

Its Epic by Digital Image Design

Title: Re: The beginning:
Post by: starlord on June 12, 2008, 12:33:26 pm

That's one, and if you liked it, I definately recommend you check out the sequel, inferno.

Killed by WC3, but a great game nevertheless.