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Anybody ever compared the first MOO to Starlords (which was released earlier)? They're remarkably similar and not just in basic concept.
[edit] please, somebody call me an idiot, I just found out that Starlords is actually a pre-release version of MOO - no **** they look remarkably similar
For the curious: http://moo3.quicksilver.com/game/starlords.html (there's a download link as well)Last edited by Colonâ„¢; August 6, 2006, 07:58.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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Anyone ever play the old VGA Planets game?
Was similar style and was based around play by mail (not email, such things were rare in those days). Only ran on DOS as windows was a program then, not an operating system. Used to playat school, but never really got anywhere as most people got tired of the slowness of proression. For that game the 'host' produced a bunch of result files, one for each player. These were then give to the players and loaded into a client on their machines. They played their turn and the client produced a turn file. When all the turn files were returned to the host, the host ran the turn and redistributed the result files, and so on and so forth.
I remember mostly that there was a race that had tech to drain the power from enemy ships. I could watch an enemy ship for 2 turns and then use my newly aquired year 10 math to work out it's next coordinates. Just made sure I'd be at those coords the next turn and drain any ships in area. Worked every time.
Bit off topic I know sorry, but thought you might like my story.Comment
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Parallel evolution, perhaps?Originally posted by Littiz
Thanx, I think I'm going to give it a fair try.
It seems well done, and surely the way the company is behaving towards customers deserves appreciation...
Anyway, about the rip-off issue...
Well, I'm not activist or something, I can play the game if it's good and the rest is not important after all.
Yet I think it cannot be denied: these games are FAR too similar, one of the two is a blatant rip-off of the other one... if they first came out in close moments, then it means there has been some "industrial espionage" going on...
You will also perhaps find the AI just a *little* bit smarter than MOO...Comment
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