THE best strategy game of all times! :D

pathfinder · #1 February 10th, 2001, 04:41 PM

while i haven't been computer gaming as long (only since the days of the Intel 8088

); I must agree this is one of the best games I have had to experience. Why? For the reasons nmoppa states, I can essentially make my own game (this and Coambat Mission, by yet another indie company).

Ilove the way I can make up a race with its own ships and stuff AND kinda/sorta make it "behave" the way I want (still learning that!).

All in all one of the best gaming experience yet.

Thanks Shrapnel and MM (Aaron)!

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Atrocities · #2 February 10th, 2001, 04:43 PM

I believe it twas I who coined that phrase "Trash 80's"

I learned to program on them. Does anyone here remeber COLBALT?

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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Patric Stewart as Captain Picard
UCP/TCO Ship Yards

pathfinder · #3 February 10th, 2001, 04:45 PM

ya, I remember the name *shudder* I did NOT have to program in it....basic was hard enough!

ColdSteel · #4 February 10th, 2001, 04:51 PM

Yes, except it is COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language). The government used it almost exclusively at one point. It was very, very good at doing certain things. Which is why it hung around for so long. There are still a lot of COBOL production jobs running out there.

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nmoppa · #5 February 10th, 2001, 05:02 PM

COBOL basically was a computer lanquage used for accountantcy purposes, at least it was meant for that. Not such a bad language for those days, though!

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PERHAPS THIS IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE <Worf facing another critical fight>

nmoppa · #6 February 10th, 2001, 05:11 PM

YES, Atrocities, It WAS you using these words to describe your feelings about the Tandy original computer bLaster of those days. May I assume you have also at least some knowledge about the ZX 80's I mentioned?

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PERHAPS THIS IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE <Worf facing another critical fight>

Kuroth · #7 February 10th, 2001, 05:19 PM

Uh Just for your Info 80% of the "Worlds"
computer code is still in Cobol!!!!

You guys talked about it as if it was some
old language no longer in use

I think there was something called COLBALT.

I program in both VB and Coble using DB2
and IMS...

p.s. You can even make web pages with Cobol
these days!!!!