NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/games/26769

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From: [e-mail] (Robert G Fermier)
Subject: Star Control 2 Super Melee Plus
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 01:48:10 GMT
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So, having finished the "regular" game I still find myself addicted to the
melee version of this game.  Heck, either part alone would have been well worth
the price of the game, both is amazing.  Melee still has a lot of replay value,
but I found myself really missing the strategic game from Star Control 1,
especially now that there are all these interesting new ships thrown into the
mix.  My friends and I had fun fighting each other with equal-point Melee teams,
but that only goes so far.  So we hacked out a simple strategic game that can be
played with hex-paper and some simple counters that does a good job of capturing
a lot of the "feel" of Star Control 2 extended to a strategic game.  It'd take
some doing to put the rules down in self-explanatory text, but I'd be willing to
do it if people out there would be interested in hearing about it.  Well?

Amazing game.  Anyone out there know how to hack the digitized sounds to replace
them with your own?

-- Rob Fermier
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