Searching for space game...help needed

greytrev · 09-13-05, 11:36 AM

i dunno if it exists, but...

If anyone has ever played escape velocity on the Mac, maybe they can point me to a similar, if not identical, game for the PPC.

i found a port of space trader, but it's not specifically what i'm looking for. i'd like a more open-ended game with real-time ship-to-ship combat. does this exist anywhere?

thanks!

Cheryl · 09-13-05, 03:42 PM

Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but have you tried Strange Adventures in Infinite Space?

jcl945 · 09-13-05, 05:42 PM

Also, look at Anthelion.

dr g · 09-13-05, 07:10 PM

Elite perhaps? It exists for Pocket PC but the copyright holder is not allowing it to be released.

greytrev · 09-15-05, 06:37 AM

thanks all

. i tried out sais, and its pretty close to what i want. i'll check out the other two when i find the links. i *knew* someone would have heard of something similar!

divx · 09-15-05, 10:18 AM

Escape Velocity is alsome, and ES Override and ES Nova
I wish it's available for the ppc

ZekeSulastin · 09-20-05, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dr g

Elite perhaps? It exists for Pocket PC but the copyright holder is not allowing it to be released.

*Sigh* Elite is in a great state - one developer is like "OMFG NO RELEASE OF ELITE!" and the other hosts versions for many platforms on his website

I remember trying to find Elite for the PalmOS. 'Twas a fun search, ending after several weeks at a russian warez site ...

You can still play Elite on your PPC, though. Pick a PPC DOS emu of your choice (PocketDOS, pDOSBox, et. al.), then go to http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ - the website of the friendly developer - and download Elite from there. Convoluted, but it works!

Now, if only the PPC native version would be released ...

bohica · 09-21-05, 03:40 AM

The PPC vesion of Elite is fantastic - I guess I'm one of the lucky few who still have a copy. It's essentially identical to the 16-bit versions with controls nicely refined for PDA use.

Mark.

ZekeSulastin · 09-21-05, 09:29 AM

I hate you, you lucky bastard

Matheus · 09-22-05, 05:18 AM

You can sign up to beta test Pokcet PC Elite at www.eliteppc.com but the beta version doesn't let you save

Quote:

Originally Posted by bohica

The PPC vesion of Elite is fantastic - I guess I'm one of the lucky few who still have a copy. It's essentially identical to the 16-bit versions with controls nicely refined for PDA use.

Mark.

Does your copy let you save your progress?

greytrev · 09-22-05, 09:03 AM

i downloaded elite, which is exactly what i was looking for. too bad it doesn't let you save.

thanks everyone, you've been amazingly helpful

dr g · 09-22-05, 05:04 PM

Anyone have random program crash problems with SAIS?