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Solar Winds 1 is a game that was programmed by Epic MegaGames Incorporated. The game is also known as Solar Winds: The Escape and Solar Winds Part One. It is a sci-fi shooter game set in a futuristic landscape. The game was released in the early nineties.

You will play the role of a bounty hunter named Jack Stone. Jack Stone has heard a rumor that the government has entered into a pact with a race of aliens. This gets Jack Stone's curiosity up so he decides to investigate further into the matter to find out if the government did indeed enter into some sort of agreement with the aliens and to find out just exactly what the pact is all about. Jack then finds out a conspiracy that involves several solar systems. There are three races that are being kept 'hostage' in a sector in space by more powerful races. Jack decides to find out what the conspiracy is all about.

The game will have you shooting at whatever you fancy but you need to follow a linear plot to move along the game. You need to find clues to what your next step should be before you can find any more clues and achieve any real progress in the game. If you make a mistake in the game then it is possible for you to miss on the plot of the game and become unable to finish the game. When you mess up then it's possible you will have nothing to do but to shoot and wander aimlessly.

You will be flying a ship that has the capacity to fire lasers and missiles. The stronger missiles take longer to fire but they are so powerful that it can even destroy Jack's own ship if you make the mistake of flying into its path.

The graphics and the sounds of the game are all average. They do bring you back in time. They don't affect the enjoyment you can get out of the game so the old school graphics and sounds shouldn't be cause for bother.

Overall this is a great futuristic shooter game. It's action-packed and fast-paced and offers countless hours of gaming fun. The game also has good replay value so you can store this game for a long time in your hard drive so you can keep coming back to it. I suggest you download it now and give it a try. There is also a sequel to the game names Solar Winds 2.

Author:	Rinox [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:18 am ]
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Title says it all: which game did you adore that has largely been forgotten by the general audience? Can be any sort of game(s). I was thinking about Dark Earth a while ago, an action/adventure set on a post-post-post-apocalyptic Earth suffering from a mysterious disease (you end up being afflicted by it). Fighting is mostly restricted to melee, there are a few antique weapons you can find but since technology and ammo is pretty much completely lost they're very scarce. The game was set in beautifully rendered backgrounds with believable characters, nice combat and a great storyline. And the atmosphere...so good. Light was an extremely rare and important aspect of the world which was largely covered in thick dust clouds. The lower you got in the city, the darker things got. Did anyone ever play this game? It's PC gaming bronze age tho (stone age being ultima and lands of lore etc ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Earth_(video_game) Some images: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/da ... ages;img;1

Author:	Satis [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:33 am ]
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xcom, but it's not all that forgotten. Then there are various games I loved in the late 80s. F19 Stealth Fighter I played the piss out of this game, pwning Soviets and saving the world for democracy. It was basically a flight simulator... you flew around and blew up crap in Russia, Iran, Europe, whatever. M1 Tank Platoon. This one put you in an M1 tank in Europe during a Russian invasion. Great fun. It even incorporated some RPG elements... as your guys survived missions they would improve in their skills, allowing them to shoot and reload faster or drive more accurately or whatever. I played this one heavily as well. I can't think of much more off the top of my head. If it's not obvious, I was pretty heavily into simulation games at that point in my life.

Author:	Satis [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:27 am ]
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Nope, never played that. I know I played Wing Commander...probably the original. That was fun but I think I might have only had the demo. How about the old Sierra games? King's Quest Space Quest Leisure Suit Larry Police Quest Those were the big ones. They slipped into crappiness pretty quick, but there was a time when the games rocked. And Sid Meier's Pirates...the original one. I lost many an hour to that thing.

Author:	Arathorn [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:59 am ]
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I've played a lot of King's Quest in my time, great games though the earlier ones had an annoying twitch factor from time to time.

Author:	Rinox [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:15 am ]
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I never was much into the whole 'quest' series by Sierra, but I heard the (spiritual) successor to the king's quest series, King's Bounty, is very good. http://www.kings-bounty.com/ http://apps.metacritic.com/games/platfo ... ythelegend And Leisure Suit Larry...of course. I played them all, from 'in the land of the lounge lizards' to love for sail. I passed on the Magna Cum Laude series, obviously. It's just not the same. Not half as funny anymore.

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Author:	Peltz [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:30 am ]
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Crusader: No remorse ('95; gs score 8,9; DOS) Crusader: No regret ('96; gs score 8,4; DOS) Dune 1 Dune 2 Jagged Allience 1 Outcast (one of my all time favorites, as i understand its "made in belgium")

Author:	Rinox [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:37 am ]
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Haha, yeah, and it used voxel technology! It's become quite the cult classic, even if the company itself has since bankrupted I loved the Crusader games! And Dune 2! Fremen ftw Did you like JA 1 better than 2 Peltz? Just wondering

Author:	Peltz [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:54 am ]
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Well in a way yes, it was new and interesting at the time, it was like xcom only in a more down-to-earth way. JA2 felt a bit like i had already seen it but that didnt stop me from putting hours of time in it. There was also a game called sub culture, i even have the original disc on my shelf. Now that was one helluva game, i havent seen anything like it since.

Author:	Peltz [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:59 am ]
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There's also the Exile series (later known as Avernum). Exile 3 in particular. http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/ EDIT: Link to crusader video http://www.gamespot.com/users/Peltz999/ ... f95bIOvD_X

Author:	derf [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:59 pm ]
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-OUsMVjTE Bloody awesome game

Author:	Peltz [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:40 pm ]
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Looks like UO.

Author:	Rinox [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:41 am ]
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Dude this thread is bringing back memories. Thanks for that Crusader trailer Peltz, that's goddamned awesome. Derf, that game's name sounds a bit queery but after watching the video it looks pretty awesome. What year is it from? Like Peltz said, it looks like the older Ultimas on visual crack.

Author:	Satis [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:46 am ]
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There was some game I spent a lot of time on in the early 90s, but I forget the name. It was similar to Xcom in that you controlled a squad, but it was set in the future with corporations warring or something. I just remember moving my troops around and blowing all kinds of crap up. Can't for the life of me remember the name, though.

Author:	Rinox [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:50 am ]
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Syndicate and/or Syndicate Wars? That's an awesome game allright

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