Through The Grapevine?

Dweeb · #1 September 2nd, 2000, 07:48 PM

I actually started out playing Space Empires 2! I don't remember how I found out about it, possible a search on a shareware site. It was the first Windows-based conquer the universe game I played. I liked it and registed it. I was impressed that Malfador mailed me a new disk when they developed a new Version. One note - a friend of mine actually prefers SE2 to SE3, although I came to believe that it was just not difficult enough to win.

Taqwus · #2 September 3rd, 2000, 07:57 PM

Hm. I'd only heard about the SE series upon reading somebody's post on Usenet (CSIPGS, specifically), which led to some checking at gamesdomain.com and elsewhere for info.

Good stuff. =)

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-- The thing that goes bump in the night

Iron Giant · #3 September 6th, 2000, 09:40 PM

I actually found this game this way:

Saw a full page Ad in a gaming magazine for "Reach for the Stars", another 4x game, months upon months ago.

So in trying to get info on it, which they keep pushing off the release date for, I found a little used game forum for it, where someone actually posted a link about SE4.

Well, since the people releasing RFTS were sitting on the demo and not giving out any more release info (some of their pages still say "Release date: December 1999"!!!), I figured I'd check out this demo.

Dang glad I did: I have lusted after a computer Version of Starfire for 15 years.....

Instar · #4 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 · #5 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 · #6 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 · #7 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.
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