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Since: Dec, 1969
2nd Mar, 2011 06:15:12 AM
Star Control II?
This is a computer game from about 1992-94, where you control a spaceship that can go to any (fictional in-game) planet you want, an adventure game, I believe. I remember the music and/or ambient sound effects being very ominous & cool-sounding, and the graphics being really kickass for the time. It's wasn't "cartoony"-looking, but had more of a "serious" tone to it. I've played a lot of sci-fi games, but very few (at the time, at least) allow you that kind of freedom to go to whatever planet you wanted, a`la Star Voyager or Knights of the Old Republic. Hopefully that narrows it down some. One thing I am sure about is the timeframe.
I never got to play it, only watched someone else play. They were playing it with the short-lived mouseball, if that's any help (probably not).
Sorry there's so little to go on, but it looked really fun & I've been trying to find it ever since! Definitely not in the Sierra adventure series.
On an unrelated note - I am impressed with the grave seriousness that you guys take on tracking down old kid's shows. It's truly inspiring, and I mean that with zero sarcasm :)
Edited by desertbuttons