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What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - Xing - 03-31-2008
uh.. freelancer?
What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - Leo - 03-31-2008
X2
Good game but needed a bit more of a workover...they never really added much to it.
~Leo
P.S. woot post 200!
What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - Xoria - 03-31-2008
As for "space trading", perhaps Star Wars Rebellion is the closest thing, although it is more of a RTS than a "trading sim".
The first "outer space" game I ever played was Zaxxon, on a TRS 80 Color Computer.
It doesn't get much more "old school" than that when it comes to computers.
Check out that link for the TRS 80. I had the 64k RAM model, no harddrive. You had an external 5.25 floppy drive, a plug in cartridge, or for Zaxxon, a cassette tape that you played over a cassette player that you plugged into the computer.
Those were the days...
What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - Quigs - 03-31-2008
Elite on the C=64. I crawled out of grades 9 and 10 with 52% averages because of that game. I wish Elite 2: Frontier had worked out, but it really didn't at all.
And yeah, I had Star Master and Star Raiders on the 2600 too:) Can't believe how many hours could be lost to such simple games back then.
The combat mechanics are obviously way different, but I think Pirates! and the Uncharted Waters series would appeal to old school trading game players as well.
CP
What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - Dantrithor - 04-03-2008
X:Beyond the frontier here, as first space trading game. Then came X-Tension (sort of expansion to the first one.. but... completely different! strange thing they made, and with much success).
In fact, i still play X-Tension. I love the Teladi race there... "May the profitsss be with youuuu!!!"
What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - GhostFace - 04-03-2008
Well actually, Freelancer was the first space game i've ever played.
What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - souldrinker - 04-05-2008
Elite the very first one on the spectrum 48k home calculator, err i mean computer. Used to love listen to the tapes whistle and whine as it loaded the games from a cassette player. Does that make me a golden oldie?
What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - Qunitinius~Verginix - 04-09-2008
I played Escape Velocity.
Then I moved on to Escape Velocity Nova, and played that for like 2 years before I got into Freelancer.
Verg
What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - Jazz - 04-18-2008
I did a trial of EVE when it first came out, didnt like it then found FL completely by chance while shopping on an Airforce Base with my aunt who is badly striken with (whatever that thing waswhere eveything hs to b perfect) It was Barksdale in Shreveport (Home of the B52 FlyinFortress! or BUFF for short[ Big Ugly Fat Feller]). Tha was about 5 years ago. i played vanilla for about a month then forgot I had the game till october 2007 when i found disco. Been hooked ever since ^.^
What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played? - Kazyumi - 04-18-2008
Freelancer for me. Hoping to find something as good.. currently keeping my eyes on Jumpgate: Evolution, anyone played the prequel?