Comments on: Star Traders http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Crissahttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/comment-page-1/#comment-113271 Crissa Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:26:38 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/#comment-113271 I taught my sister how to type and do simple math with an MSDOS clone of that game... I taught my sister how to type and do simple math with an MSDOS clone of that game…

]]> By: Timhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/comment-page-1/#comment-112842 Tim Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:16:59 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/#comment-112842 Fantastic! This is the first game I ever played, back on a TTY in the 70's. That and Adventure. Forget those Zork "clones" I'll go for the original thanks :^) Fantastic! This is the first game I ever played, back on a TTY in the 70′s. That and Adventure. Forget those Zork “clones” I’ll go for the original thanks :^)

]]> By: m3mnochhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/comment-page-1/#comment-112827 m3mnoch Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:19:15 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/#comment-112827 mmm.... i miss wizard's crown and eternal dagger. m3mnoch. mmm…. i miss wizard’s crown and eternal dagger.

m3mnoch.

]]> By: rascunho » Seção de dados do blog » links for 2007-02-28http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/comment-page-1/#comment-112773 rascunho » Seção de dados do blog » links for 2007-02-28 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:22:19 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/#comment-112773 [...] Raph’s Website » Star Traders For some reason, today was “REALLY retro” game day here at work. And after we moved from Star Raiders to the TRS-80 version of Space War, I remembered another oldie game I loved: Star Traders, which I played on an Osborne I running CP/M. (tags: www.raphkoster.com 2007 at_tecp games star_traders jogos space_war strategy) [...]

[...] Raph’s Website » Star Traders For some reason, today was “REALLY retro” game day here at work. And after we moved from Star Raiders to the TRS-80 version of Space War, I remembered another oldie game I loved: Star Traders, which I played on an Osborne I running CP/M. (tags: http://www.raphkoster.com 2007 at_tecp games star_traders jogos space_war strategy) [...]

]]> By: Raphhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/comment-page-1/#comment-112737 Raph Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:47:49 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/#comment-112737 Star Raiders is totally a first person shooting experience. Amazing that it fit in 16k, with everything it has in it. Star Traders, however, is so so not. :) Nothing but econ strategy. Star Raiders is totally a first person shooting experience. Amazing that it fit in 16k, with everything it has in it.

Star Traders, however, is so so not. :) Nothing but econ strategy.

]]> By: Relmsteinhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/comment-page-1/#comment-112735 Relmstein Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:41:02 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/#comment-112735 Think the oldest Space Game I ever really played was Master of Orion on a 486. I hear star traders and start raiders were the forerunners of the space strategy games only they had more fps elements. Might have to try them out. Think the oldest Space Game I ever really played was Master of Orion on a 486. I hear star traders and start raiders were the forerunners of the space strategy games only they had more fps elements. Might have to try them out.

]]> By: dsuttonhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/comment-page-1/#comment-112634 dsutton Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:44:37 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/27/star-traders/#comment-112634 Wow! A blast from the past ... In the last few weeks, I've been checking out some legacy games that I'd played on the Atari 800. <em>Star Raiders</em> is one of the staples, being the first "PC" game that I played, although I rarely get above the rank "Garbage Scow Captain" now. My most recent exploration has been with "Autoduel", which I loved for the sandbox nature, but I hated because it was so damn boring. Actually, after doing a "quick read" through this post, I was hoping to read through some Atari BASIC source code ... we didn't call it "source code" back then, did we? I loved Atari BASIC in the way it used strings and the way one could manipulate bytes by using them. Oh well, so much for nostalgia ... back to using char arrays :) Wow! A blast from the past …

In the last few weeks, I’ve been checking out some legacy games that I’d played on the Atari 800. Star Raiders is one of the staples, being the first “PC” game that I played, although I rarely get above the rank “Garbage Scow Captain” now. My most recent exploration has been with “Autoduel”, which I loved for the sandbox nature, but I hated because it was so damn boring.

Actually, after doing a “quick read” through this post, I was hoping to read through some Atari BASIC source code … we didn’t call it “source code” back then, did we? I loved Atari BASIC in the way it used strings and the way one could manipulate bytes by using them.

Oh well, so much for nostalgia … back to using char arrays :)

]]>