The Ur-quan Masters
Feb. 6th, 2018 05:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
owsf2000I re-installed this over the weekend to play around with it some more - and to make sure it worked on Windows 10. This is an open source port of the publicly released 3DO version of Star Control II. Still got the equivalent wishlisted on Steam since the steam version includes Star Control I - but then again I have Star Control I on the genesis too so it's not an instant purchase for me.
There are a couple of bugs in the game - the biggest of which that I've seen so far is the miscalculation of fuel use on the star chart. I think this is due to it not updating the fuel expectations immediately when you buy/sell fuel.
Having sunk 6-8 hours of it on Sunday, I guess I still enjoy the game as much as I did back when I use to play it on my cousin's ancient 486 in the 90's. Looks like I already completed this back in 2010 when I first discovered the open source port based on my Games Complete list. A small part of me is pondering if I want to try to do my own FAQ/guide for the game including the specialized tasks for the actual storyline and a manifest of what resources are where and planet statistics.
A small part of me mind you. I actually did something like that back in 2010 but the heck if I know where I put all the paper I wrote things down on!
In other news, I just noticed that my Games Complete list on my website is going to be a decade old this year - I officially started it when I completed the last of the .hack//GU games (And that's why I put all 3 of them as a single entry to start the list off on Sept 21st/2008.) The main rule for adding things to the list is that I have to complete the game AFTER the start of the list. I didn't have any intention of replaying the first two games any time soon, and all 3 of them are basically just one big storyline anyway so figured it was legit to do so! ;)
There are a couple of bugs in the game - the biggest of which that I've seen so far is the miscalculation of fuel use on the star chart. I think this is due to it not updating the fuel expectations immediately when you buy/sell fuel.
Having sunk 6-8 hours of it on Sunday, I guess I still enjoy the game as much as I did back when I use to play it on my cousin's ancient 486 in the 90's. Looks like I already completed this back in 2010 when I first discovered the open source port based on my Games Complete list. A small part of me is pondering if I want to try to do my own FAQ/guide for the game including the specialized tasks for the actual storyline and a manifest of what resources are where and planet statistics.
A small part of me mind you. I actually did something like that back in 2010 but the heck if I know where I put all the paper I wrote things down on!
In other news, I just noticed that my Games Complete list on my website is going to be a decade old this year - I officially started it when I completed the last of the .hack//GU games (And that's why I put all 3 of them as a single entry to start the list off on Sept 21st/2008.) The main rule for adding things to the list is that I have to complete the game AFTER the start of the list. I didn't have any intention of replaying the first two games any time soon, and all 3 of them are basically just one big storyline anyway so figured it was legit to do so! ;)
