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[PC][1990s]Galactic trading game (lemmy.world)
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It's a game I used to play on PC in the mid to late '90's.

Basically you establish mining outposts on planets and go around collecting, buying and selling the minerals.

Platform(s): PC

Genre: Space/Trading Sim

Estimated year of release: 1995-1999

Graphics/art style: Mostly from the inside of a spaceship cockpit (I think)

Notable characters: N/A

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I feel your pain. I had a tune from Robo Warrior (NES) stuck in my head for... I couldn't even tell you how long before it just randomly clicked one day.

X3 is really, really hard to learn. I have heard 4 is better in that regard. If you try either, you should probably start with 4! Also, it's very different, but Escape Velocity Nova is really worthwhile if you like exploration, trading style games. Old af but it holds up imo.

Edit: I spent some time Googling when I saw you said you thought the game had the word Galactic in it. Imperium Galactica?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That’s interesting I’ll have to look into some videos of this in a bit and see if it rings any bells.

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