Another Fan Sequel, Starflight: Heroes of Arth was released in 2019, and is a Game Mod of Lost Colony. No relation to the disaster movie Starflight One.Ī Fan Sequel, Starflight: The Lost Colony was released in 2010. ![]() The fact that Paul Reiche III and presumably others were involved with both series helps. ![]() This game is considered to be the spiritual ancestor to the popular Star Control II. For some time there was word that there might be a third game in development, but at this time it's considered to be Vapor Ware.īoth games are available on Good Old Games. This game spawned one sequel, StarFlight 2, and an unofficial sequel, ProtoStar, since by that time Electronic Arts and Binary Systems parted ways. Touting '15 man-years in development', the game was, unlike many other games, able to live up to the hype by providing a galaxy of 200 stars, with 800 or more planets, several races with their own behaviors (Taking an Elowan for a crewmember? Don't visit Thrynn space, then.), and even though you could go anywhere and do anything, there was an overarching reveal that was frankly amazing for its time.Īh, did we mention it fit on two 360k floppies? ![]() I wouldn't say you have to play the game perfectly, but you do need to be decently dedicated to following the main plot.Īpparently I am adorable, but my GF is my #1 Groupie.One of the first Wide-Open Sandbox games, StarFlight was the creation of Binary Systems. IIRC it becomes available as an option after you fix the Ultron. You can have the Utwig and Supox go fight the Ur-Quan for you for a while as a delaying tactic. (Bought it before the UQM project was born.)Īnd yeah, there's a way to extend the time limit for a year. and I say this as someone who owns the PC version, in the boxed hard copy sense. (No voice, original music, text-based menus, etc.) And here's a couple options for add-ons that restore the plot-crucial missing text: Other than the missing text, it's perfectly possible to tweak the game so it's as close to the PC version as possible. Oh, and make sure that you're ready to take notes while playing either version, because it won't record important information like coordinates and planets of importance for you automatically (unlike a lot of newer games with integrated task lists), and I'm sure you don't want to Alt-Tab in and out of the game all the time.Įdited 23rd Apr '11 9:37:29 PM by NamelessFraggerĪs much as I love and want to support GOG, I really can't think of any reason not to go with the UQM version, especially seeing as how it's creator-sponsored/approved.
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