# Anybody here remember "Starflight"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227 "2004-06-02T06:58:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227/21 "2004-06-03T22:56:48Z")
Yeah, I remember that game. Loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227/22 "2004-06-04T01:55:47Z")
Star Control 2 is my favourite game ever. They should give it, at least, an Oscar for the best script. The plot is that good.- I downloaded both starflights, they seem interesting. The graphics are a turn off. I just visited Home of the Underdogs and the game in the spotlight is no other than Maniac Mansion I, a fanmade full vga graphics version. Pretty cool. Aren’t there updated versions of Starflight? In any case, I play a bit of both starflight todays, I am lost. I need some help, anybody? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227/23 "2004-06-04T04:08:23Z")
> [@Estilicon](#): > > I play a bit of both starflight todays, I am lost. I need some help, anybody? I have the hint book for _Starflight 2_ around here somewhere. What sort of help are you looking for? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227/24 "2004-06-04T08:17:17Z")
> [@BytopianDream](#): > > I appreciate your introducing me to Star Control 2. However, it is a tad late. > 🙂 > I was mainly saying that games **today** do not have the same loving quality > that we both enjoy in our respective games. I think we both can agree that it > would be wonderful to find and enjoy a similar game today with all the graphics > and wonderful add-ons that could be achieved today. hehheh, no doubt. Still, SC2 is well worth it even today if you haven’t already played it. > [@](#): > > As much as I like certain genres of games… > Do we really need 500 of the same racing games, or jumping games, or fighting > games, or sports games, etc., etc… > _sigh_ > You know what I mean. Yes, I agree completely. I think it is the same deal with movie sequels, as opposed to original ideas. Too much risk on the bottom line. But in defense of sports games, you need updated rosters. I am salivating for the new Madden, because I’m a Giants fan. Current game? Kerry Collins. New game? Kurt Warner and Eli Manning. _drool_ Go Big Blue! Btw, I won’t be able to start Starflight til probably next week. This thread may get resurrected at that point… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227/25 "2004-06-04T22:21:21Z")
While I loved Starflight and spent a large amount of time locked up in my room exploring its universe, Starflight 2 just wasnt all that good to me. I grew bored constantly trading. Perhaps I’ll pick it up again and play it more that I am older and less patient. After being in sales I’ll probably be better able to negotiate prices now. I’m looking for an online manual which covers The Ur-Quan Masters. No luck so far. The damn probe keeps killing me when I leave the Sol system. ---
**Author:** ![TheTyrant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thetyrant/32/19111_2.png) [@TheTyrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTyrant)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227/26 "2004-06-05T17:02:18Z")
Like probably many others here, I cut my hardcore PC gaming teeth on Starflight. I think it pretty much ate up an entire summer vacation. Hogging the PC for hours on end mining really annoyed the hell out of my siblings. I guess some people don’t appreciate the hard work it takes to save the universe. Remember that odd floppy-disk switching system in the game? I believe you had a boot-disk, and a play disk, IIRC. I think I screwed up a savegame or two botching the switch. I guess it was an omen of the multi-disc days to come… Later, in college, Star Control 2 was like crack for me. I remember having that starmap stuck to a big piece of cardboard so I could write notes on it. (Originally, it was on the wall, but my roommate wisely decided a big starmap on the wall wouldn’t be conducive to… ahh, productive study time with ladyfriends we bring over.) I just played through The UrQuan Masters, and wasted too much time gathering resources before engaging in the main storyline. Near the end of my game, it was the year when everything starts to go down… (minor spoilers, maybe) Pkunk were on the move, and I couldn’t stop them this time. Kohr-Ah were winning, and I hadn’t sent the Utwig and Supox to thin them out. Melnorme were threatening to bail, depriving me of inflight refueling and making me waste a slot on another fuel tank. And, you know what? I was beginning to panic, and get REALLY pissed when something didn’t work out like I planned. It made me remember how much I truly loved the game. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227/27 "2004-06-08T10:22:17Z")
> [@The Long Road](#): > > I’m looking for an online manual which covers The Ur-Quan Masters. No luck so far. The damn probe keeps killing me when I leave the Sol system. I have a complete walkthrough I wrote. If anybody wants it, email me at jdan37\*[hotmail.com](http://hotmail.com). (Change the \* to @, obviously.) But I’m guessing you don’t want a walkthough; you want hints. Here’s one: You can escape from any combat you can’t win. Take the mothership into battle. (Even if you have no weapons.) Press \ immediately. That’s the emergency warp button. (Also works with lesser ships, but stays in combat.) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227/28 "2004-06-11T18:16:11Z")
Just to prove you’re not alone. Unprovoked by me one of my editors just mentioned Starflight in today’s [column](http://www.gameindustry.com/editorial/item.asp?id=150) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227/29 "2004-06-11T20:29:34Z")
So now I am playing Starflight again. For some odd reason I have to press the spacebar or the enter key twice for each command. Beyond that, the game is just as enjoyable, even knowing the storyline. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-starflight/248227.md?page=1)