So, how did you find out about SE?

tesco samoa · #1 July 16th, 2003, 04:03 AM

when was the game released ???

I cannot remember now... I think i got gold Last year... or was it in feb ???

Man I cannot remember ... I am guessing it was in 2001 I picked it up right before 1.17 or so....

Suicide Junkie · #2 July 16th, 2003, 04:18 AM

I found the SE3 demo on some old FTP archive way back in the days, and played it on my 486 under win 3.1

Snowballed from there.

Baron Grazic · #3 July 16th, 2003, 04:19 AM

I found a series of shareware games called "Exile", which have now been released under the names of "Avernum", and was looking for other shareware games and come across Space Empires III.
Downloaded the demo and loved it. I even got my wife to play a few games with me.
When Space Empires IV come out, it took me many months before I would buy it over the web, but my wife said that if I didn't, she would...
We have both spent many months playing the game and I think we are in one of the longest running PBW Games.
Even though it means I spend more time in the study at home, earlier this year I received Gold for an early birthday present...

mac5732 · #4 July 16th, 2003, 04:27 AM

I never heard of any of the Space Empire games until I read an article in Computer Gaming World, went to the site, read up on the game, sounded good, ordered it, been hooked ever since

just some ideas Mac

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 July 16th, 2003, 05:00 AM

typed "ship design" in yahoo.

i like games where you can design ships.

seIII

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deccan · #6 July 16th, 2003, 05:25 AM

I think I did the reverse. Bought MOO3, was bitterly disappointed by it, and discovered SEIV on the official MOO3 Boards.

Katchoo · #7 July 16th, 2003, 06:13 AM

I read a review for SEIV Gold in PC Gamer that piqued my interest.

I went to Electronic Boutiques to see if it was on the shelfs, but the staff hissed at me like a cult of reverse vampires!

Then I went back to the mag, got the link for Shrapnel, downloaded the demo, played the Tutorial, started dooling, built a few ships and discovered I could change their names, started to drool more, and then promptly bought the game Online from the fine, handsome, imensley sophisticated folks at Shrapnel.