What was the first 'space trading' game you ever played?

[mjolnir]

Privateer(2?) The Darkening

that was very much freelancer actually

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[Reverend Del]

Elite, for my ZX Spectrum and external tape deck for loading games. Yay for the old school!

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[Why?]

lol, yes Privateer was very very similar to Freelancer, yet back then most of the WC community looked down upon it for some reason.

In some ways Priv 2 was a better game than FL, if you ignore the whole online aspect of Freelancer.

My first I guess would be either Privateer or Wing Commander Armada, not sure which came out first.

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Hmm, where have I come? Why does it seem so familiar to this one?

[pchwang]

My first "Space Trading" game was over the summer of '06...

I swapped rooms with my next door neighbor, and hooked up with his sister.

oyea.

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[Marburg]

Mine was a game called 'Battlecruiser Millenium' & it eventually became 'Universal Combat'

Anyway, it's very similar in the size & scope of space, but w/ a 200 page instruction book, I just couldn't hack it for very long...but it's what drove me to Fl'er, & eventually, here.

despite all it's faults, BCM & UC has the ability to switch to 1st person mode when you find & land on a planet.

Imagining one day being able to do that here makes me drool:crazy:

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[Varyag]

Privateer for me.
First space flight was this weird one for atari 2600 that came with a special control pad for shields and such. Anyone know what I am talking about?

Edit: Star Raiders, I found it!

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"I looked up and all I saw was green death"

[mjolnir]

Battlecruiser 3000AD was cool.... a bit bugged but still.

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Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.

[Zelot]

Battlecruiser 3000AD was cool.... a bit bugged but still.

BC3000 was another one of those post patch wonders, the patch was nessesary to play the, Privateer 2 as well.

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[Marburg]

Privateer for me.
First space flight was this weird one for atari 2600 that came with a special control pad for shields and such. Anyone know what I am talking about?

Edit: Star Raiders, I found it!

I was trying to remember that one! :lol:
I was about 9 yrs old when that came out & the punch-pad that came w/ it was 3x bigger than a current cell phone lol

but at the time, it was 'state-of-the-art' coolness:cool:

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[Photuin]

Escape Velocity, a long time ago.