The 15 Best Space Combat Sims of all time

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July 29, 2014, 03:16:16 PM

Boggit

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July 29, 2014, 03:36:41 PM
Hey Bryan! :) Good to see you posting here! O0
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bboyer66

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July 29, 2014, 03:43:45 PM
I pop up on occasion ;)

Boggit

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July 29, 2014, 03:50:39 PM
Quote from: bboyer66 on July 29, 2014, 03:43:45 PM
I pop up on occasion ;)
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BTW, Do you have a favourite Space sim? I tend towards strategy as I'm usually a suicide mission in almost any flying sim. I did enjoy Elite on the Spectrum 48K back in the day, but things have moved on. I've been getting involved in the X universe by Egosoft, but even there I'm often getting my butt kicked. :o ;)
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

Shelldrake

#4
July 29, 2014, 03:52:56 PM
Nice list. I have played most of those games and have fond memories, except for Elite which was an endless source fo frustration for me on my Commodore 64 - I could never dock with the damn space station!  :tickedoff:
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endfire79

#5
July 29, 2014, 03:53:13 PM
I lost a lot of studying time playing both X-Wing and then TIE Fighter, now those were well done.
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Jarhead0331

#6
July 29, 2014, 04:14:38 PM
Definitely a nice list. I wouldn't change much, except some of the ordering. I would also have probably done a top 20 list and added a few to the list, such as X3, Independence War, Klingon Academy, Starshatter 2.0, and Terminus.
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July 29, 2014, 04:21:41 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on July 29, 2014, 04:14:38 PM
Klingon Academy

That was a nice one.  The big ship aspect was cool for Star Trek at the time, and it was really cool to be able to hide from ships in asteroid belts, rings of planets.  I think I still have the dvds somewhere.
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steve58

#8
July 29, 2014, 05:03:14 PM
Had 14 out of 15.  Don't remember getting Rogue Squadron and not sure how I missed it!  I re-picked up Freespace 2 from GoG sometime ago meaning to try out some of the nods...just not enough time.  :(
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SirAndrewD

#9
July 29, 2014, 05:46:50 PM
Good list, I agree with #1, but would've had Freespace 2 higher up. 

We really, really need a new TIE Fighter game.  I mean seriously, those rebels terrorists aren't going to kill themselves.
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RedArgo

#10
July 29, 2014, 06:35:29 PM
X-Wing and Tie fighter were great games.  The day I blew up the Death Star was the day I got me first real job after college, the game has much better memories.

Bison

#11
July 29, 2014, 07:11:29 PM
I really enjoyed Freelancer.

GDS_Starfury

#12
July 29, 2014, 11:10:11 PM
a very well deserved #1 spot for Tie Fighter.

admit it... the sound of Imperial lasers is soooo much better then anything else.
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July 29, 2014, 11:16:52 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on July 29, 2014, 11:10:11 PM
a very well deserved #1 spot for Tie Fighter.

admit it... the sound of Imperial lasers is soooo much better then anything else.

The screams of the Rebel scum as they're voided into space is pretty sweet as well.
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GDS_Starfury

#14
July 29, 2014, 11:40:01 PM
I really dont know why the BF version was included.  I didnt think it was all that for space combat.
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