What is this old game that I barely remember?
March 19, 2021 5:32 AM Subscribe
Looking for an old SF strategy game I played in the mid-90's, but I only remember fragments of it. I know this is a long shot.
I remember playing this game on a Windows 3.1 PC, so it would have been either a Win3.1 or MS-DOS game, and probably a few years old in 1995.
Stuff I remember:
1) the victory condition was building a hyperdrive, so I think it all took place in one solar system
2) the main game play was exploring planets and asteroids to find place to put colonies.
3) colonies were viewed top-down, and consisted of very large squares that you put different buildings on. I remember scrolling around to see all the squares in a colony
4) a core mechanic was setting up automated supply lines from one colony to another. ie one colony could produce a resource that another colony needed.
5) I do *not* remember any combat, but that doesn't mean that there wasn't any.
6) another core mechanic was flying over a planetary surface to explore it, looking for places to put colonies.
I remember playing this game on a Windows 3.1 PC, so it would have been either a Win3.1 or MS-DOS game, and probably a few years old in 1995.
Stuff I remember:
1) the victory condition was building a hyperdrive, so I think it all took place in one solar system
2) the main game play was exploring planets and asteroids to find place to put colonies.
3) colonies were viewed top-down, and consisted of very large squares that you put different buildings on. I remember scrolling around to see all the squares in a colony
4) a core mechanic was setting up automated supply lines from one colony to another. ie one colony could produce a resource that another colony needed.
5) I do *not* remember any combat, but that doesn't mean that there wasn't any.
6) another core mechanic was flying over a planetary surface to explore it, looking for places to put colonies.
Best answer: Possibly Alien Legacy from '94?
posted by thatwhichfalls at 6:13 AM on March 19, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by thatwhichfalls at 6:13 AM on March 19, 2021 [2 favorites]
I'm wondering if it was Star Control but I gotta call my dad and ask him. Pretty sure he's played every space 4X game in existence.
posted by saveyoursanity at 8:08 AM on March 19, 2021
posted by saveyoursanity at 8:08 AM on March 19, 2021
Response by poster: I just googled some screenshots. Alien Legacy is it! Thanks, thatwhichfalls!
posted by Mogur at 11:26 AM on March 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Mogur at 11:26 AM on March 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Although Reunion is a close second. I'm going to research both of them. Thanks!
posted by Mogur at 11:27 AM on March 19, 2021
posted by Mogur at 11:27 AM on March 19, 2021
omg! I've been trying to remember what 'Reunion' was called for over a decade!
posted by porpoise at 5:22 PM on March 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by porpoise at 5:22 PM on March 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
The old man is convinced you could only mean Outpost, for what it's worth.
posted by saveyoursanity at 8:36 PM on March 19, 2021
posted by saveyoursanity at 8:36 PM on March 19, 2021
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posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:59 AM on March 19, 2021