# Who remembers the computer game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-computer-game/66706>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 27, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-computer-game/66706 "2001-05-27T22:13:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tornado\_Siren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Tornado\_Siren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tornado_Siren)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-computer-game/66706/1 "2001-05-27T22:13:51Z")

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Reading the post on updated video games reminded me of my favorite computer game of all time. StarFlight was made right around 1988, and involved creating a crew to man your spaceship and going around and visiting other planets, gathering minerals, alien life forms, etc. There were hundreds and hundreds of planets to explore. If a planet had all the needed characteristics you could recommend it for colonization and earn extra cash for that. There was a goal to the game which involved finding artifacts and discovering why planets were being destroyed by talking to the other races, and eventually putting an end to the problem. I cant remember all the details, I just know I loved the game, and wish today’s computer games would spend a little less time on the graphics and a bit more time on the story line, and the actual play of the game. What good are fantastic graphics when you can complete the entire game in 8 hours of play? I got my money’s worth and then some out of StarFlight. The game creators of today could take a hint from games like that.