Through The Grapevine?

Instar · #1 September 6th, 2000, 10:55 PM

Once upon a time, when I had no life (hahah), I was browsing shareware sites for games. I found some decent games, nothing impressive. And then, I chanced upon SE3. I played the demo relentlessly, and was very impressed. (Ah, the I remember the days of Version v1.13)
And then I ventured forth into the uncharted waters of the Internet and found some fan sites, many of which were cool. I found out about SE4 and lo and behold, I was lucky enough to become a tester, for which I express immense thanks to MM.

Noble713 · #2 September 7th, 2000, 05:24 AM

One day, several years ago (at least 4), a friend of mine brought a floppy into school and installed SE2 on one of the computers. I was hooked instantly. I went to his website once and discovered that there was a third Space Empires game, and have been following the series since.

MaxOMan · #3 September 14th, 2000, 05:00 AM

Well, since you asked the question, I got to thinking and couldn't right off the top of my head remember EXACTLY how I came to learn of SEIV. I think I saw a brief explanation of the game (something of a very short "preview") of the game on cdmag.com in their news releases one day.

Best piece of news I've read in a long time, come to think of it!

llreye · #4 October 5th, 2000, 01:28 AM

SE2 demo: from GamesDomain(?) but spreadsheet combat didn't sit too well. SE3 demo: was fun and challenging as was the fullgame. SE4: eventually saw fan sites change logos, etc.
-MKC

Cyrien · #5 October 5th, 2000, 04:08 AM

I also got it on a shareware CD (SE2) around 95.

Rambie · #6 October 5th, 2000, 06:57 AM

I downloaded the demo of SE2 years ago, before SE3. I thought it was neat, but got hooked into the things.

Then in Last '97 I got ahold of SE3 and was hooked. Then I was one of the lucky ones to get picked for the Beta for SE4.

Rambie