OT: any other games?

[MythicalMino]

i am thinking it is not possible to buy Stars though....hmmmm....too bad....

[Truper]

Try: http://stars.lelv30.net/

Both the glory of and the real problem with Stars! is that it appealed to the sort of geeks capable of analyzing it to death

[licker]

If you want an entertaining (and FREE) diVersion why not go back and play some roguelikes?

Angband and its many varients usually pull in people for a good amount of time.

http://www.thangorodrim.net/

Check it out, you won't be sorry

[Endoperez]

For roguelikes, try ADOM. It is very good, but hard. I have played for many years, never completed it, and only once got a character to max level(50). Of course, that character died soon after... You might want to check the newsGroups for them. rec.games.roguelikes.adom for ADOM, not sure for Angband but propably in .roguelikes too. And www.adom.de is the homepage. BTW, IW links to it...

Other games I play are X-com Gold Version, Dominions(not very much now, though) and I'm trying to find time for Baldur's Gate.

[LordArioch]

Baldur's gate 2 or 1? I found 2 much more enjoyable. More so than any rpg to follow it so far.

[Potatoman]

Personally, I didn't like Stars or SE4 at all. Too much micromanagement, too much time required to complete a game.

In the way of free entertainment I would suggest:

X-Com 2000. A user made program that uses files and data from X-Com 1 to create a playable hotseat multiplayer variant of the game (only player vs player, unfortunately. No cooperative.) Hotseat, Network, and internet compatible.
http://ufo2000.sourceforge.net/

Star Control 2
Remake of one of the greatest adventure/RPG games of all time, free and compatible with modern operating systems.
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

Star Control: Timewarp
A remake of Star Control 2's melee. Supports up to 16 players at once, and includes all ships from all three games (and many fan made ships; don't worry, you can delete the files of ships you don't like). Also hotseat compatible.
www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/timewarp

[PvK]

Space Empires IV Gold
King of Dragon Pass
Combat Mission
Myth II