Anyone play Oolite?

[welchbloke (OP)]

Title says it all really.  Anyone play the object orientated freeware game Oolite?  I'm currently reliving my teenage years playing it (its a freeware version of the classic game Elite).  So many games so little time  

[Haegan2005]

I am not even sure what Elite is. May I have a link?

[welchbloke (OP)]

I am not even sure what Elite is. May I have a link?

Certainly, this is a link to the Oolite Wiki that has all the necessary links:
http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_Main_Page
Elite was a classic space trading/fighting game that was released in 1984 for the BBC model B originally followed by versions for the Spectrum, C64 and others.  It was originally a 3d black and white wireframe game.

[xtfoster]

Title says it all really.  Anyone play the object orientated freeware game Oolite?  I'm currently reliving my teenage years playing it (its a freeware version of the classic game Elite).  So many games so little time  

I remember playing Elite (all those many years ago) on my C-64. I remember the Copy Protection was a little plastic thing you would put up against the screen to "translate" an image into a couple of letters that allowed you to play the game. Was quite a problem at the time because I was using a 35-inch television as my monitor and I would have to be a couple of feet away from the screen to get the image correct...would still take 3 or 4 tries before I could get in.

[sloanjh]

Elite TOTALLY rocked.  I remember looking for years (and never finding) such a good 3D space shooter GUI.

John

[welchbloke (OP)]

Title says it all really.  Anyone play the object orientated freeware game Oolite?  I'm currently reliving my teenage years playing it (its a freeware version of the classic game Elite).  So many games so little time    I've played Oolite a few times now and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

[welchbloke (OP)]

Elite TOTALLY rocked.  I remember looking for years (and never finding) such a good 3D space shooter GUI.

John

So did I, which is why I was chuffed to find this freeware version.

[Shinanygnz]

Title says it all really.  Anyone play the object orientated freeware game Oolite?  I'm currently reliving my teenage years playing it (its a freeware version of the classic game Elite).  So many games so little time  

[mavikfelna]

I never played Elite so when I took a look at it, I couldn't figure out anything on Oolite. I used to love playing Privateer on the 386 but I haven't played anything like it since then.

--Mav

[welchbloke (OP)]

I never played Elite so when I took a look at it, I couldn't figure out anything on Oolite. I used to love playing Privateer on the 386 but I haven't played anything like it since then.

--Mav

I know the online manual and instructions are a bit difficult to find and then understand; I can't see this as a game that appeals to new players but to people like me on a nostalgia trip.  I remember privateer(vaguely) and it was games like that and Elite that hooked me on space games (ultimately leading me to Aurora amongst other games) and also fueled my interest in space ultimately leading to me taking an honours degree in astrophysics.  So a simple wireframe game on the Spectrum 48k has a lot to answer for  

[TrueZuluwiz]

My game was Red Storm Rising on the C128D. Won the war several times, ended up in a Siberian labor camp once or twice.

[welchbloke (OP)]

My game was Red Storm Rising on the C128D. Won the war several times, ended up in a Siberian labor camp once or twice.

Played that too, there was another WWIII game like that which always ended up in a nuclear exchange(the way I played it as a14 yr old!) but I can't remember what it was called now.  I used to love the SSI WWII strategy games as well.  Sorry, came over all nostalgic there  

[Shinanygnz]

Might have been NATO on the C64.  Nukes usually ended up being thrown around.
Edit: Rummage, rummage, rummage in box of old C64 games.  Here it is... NATO Commander.

I loved Red Lightning on the Amiga for a WWIII game.  Combat checked to individual vehicle level, an interesting air war and you had to send troops to Iceland & Norway to influence the battle for the Atlantic.  I managed to find a download of it for PC too.  
SSI did produce some fine games.

I'm currently um-ing and ah-ing over buying Harpoon Commanders Edition from Matrix Games.

[welchbloke (OP)]

Harpoon, a mighty fine game that I played on the Amiga and was also my first experience of viruses when a virus overwrote the game file  :evil: I don't don't think I ever played Red Lightning, shame, sounds like I would have liked it.

[Steve Walmsley]

Might have been NATO on the C64.  Nukes usually ended up being thrown around.
Edit: Rummage, rummage, rummage in box of old C64 games.  Here it is... NATO Commander.

I remember that one. After you used a nuke there was a small crater on the map
SSI did produce some fine games.[/quote]
Played that too, although I think it might have been on the Atari

I'm currently um-ing and ah-ing over buying Harpoon Commanders Edition from Matrix Games.

I bought the first few versions of Harpoon, although I haven't bought that particular one. Please post a review if you do. One of my most memorable gaming experience was the first scenario in the first Harpoon PC game where you had to escort a pair of cargo ships and got attacked by some missile boats. Aurora is strongly influenced by my Harpoon gaming.

Steve