OT: Stupid Stars!
 

I had wanted this game for a long time and finally got it(Stars!). Only to realize i got one of the first runs that had no serial number in the box. Pretty annoying. The giant manual just sits there taunting me. Oh well never fails, havent been screwed over in awhile on a game since deadlock 2 that wasnt playable until a patch was installed, atleast that was a quick fix. This likely will not be as it isnt supported anymore.
Atleast the one plus is it wont take away time from my 9 pbw games

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So what your saying is that you have Stars but cannot play it?

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Haha yep sucks huh.

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Actually I hear tell that the guy who made stars! greenlit a Key gennerator, I'm not sure of the specifics but there was a topic here:

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gen...topic=27336947

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hopefully they end up doing that but from the looks of the link its not happening bc empire is supposed to be rereleasing it so maybe there will be some support

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The game is very old, I am sure if there is a will there is a way.

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Hmm, maybe I can get you a serial (legally of course) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
Send me a pm or email if interested.

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its one of those old games though that is good. I still will play a game of se2 every great while to se the game that got me hooked

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wow deadlock II... havent heard that in a long time... i think i still have the box sitting on my shelf back at my parents' in north carolina

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I used to play Stars. I'd still play it, except that I lost the floppy disc.

I loved that game!

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Victory is mine on two fronts. A) My laptop wasnt broken
B) success in finding a code for my stars! to work and the manual now has a use(When my pbw games are slowed down)

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My dad's favorite game is stars. Which is kinda funny, since at the time I played it a lot. I had to convince him that a game with low graphics could be fun...

Three months later, he's playing it every day and I've moved onto something else. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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STARS! was my first space-based TBS, I still fire it up from time to time.

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There was supposed to be an updated version called Stars Supernova. I visited the website often when I was in my last job, where I had high speed net access.

There were screen shots and feature lists, but apparently the developer was not able to find a publisher. A real pity. I played and played and played that game. I used to print out maps of my empire and hang them up in my cubicle at work.

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Yes indeed Stars! was my first game of this type. I also kept track on Supernova, but when it was clear it wasn't going to be released I looked around for something else and found SE4.

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Wasn't their fault it didn't get published. I know why, but I don't want to be spitefull.

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I think I used to play Stars. Wasn't that the one you "flung packets" in? Or something?

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Yes, I loved those mass drivers... especially when I used them for bombardment of enemy planets when I had too many minerals on my hands! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Perhaps with SE5's scripting engine we could fit mass drivers into the intel system... "Our planet Feznik V has been hit by something which was initially considered a rogue asteroid, killing 65M people and destroying 2 facilities, but upon further analysis seems to have come from the vicinity of the Tudran system." Then to fire these mass packets, you'd need a mass driver component installed in a system... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Of course, had Feznik had a mass driver facility or station in the first place, you would have caught the packet and been a little richer. That'll teach those Feznikians to be proactive!

I seriously miss Stars! Been too long since I played the demo (Never could find the full version anywhere, and now I can't even find a copy of the shareware....) Oh well!