Old PC space adventure game

[wilwallce81]

I am trying to find an old pc space adventure game. It was a spaceship game 2d and it was top down. You could upgrade the ship with a cloak system and hyperdrive and the hyperdrive was necessary to travel between galaxies. I played it in the 90's and i remember the end of the demo i had you had to catch another ship before it entered some sort of wormhole in space. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Taurea]

OOOH MY GOOOD DUDE !!! This sounds exactly like the one game I've been hunting for YEARS too !!! I've been browsing the internet for hours today looking for this old game too and by some freak chance it let me to your post..
I'll 2'nd your post. Please someone help if you know this game !!
Thank you thank you thank you.

Update: This one thing I also remember about this game is co-ordinates.. You'd get told to fly to example Y: +875, X: -297 as a mission update.

 

[James Mason]

Star control 2?
https://www.google.com/search?q=star+control+2&espv=210&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=6LfyUrvyE5CFogTfloBg&ved=0CEgQsAQ&biw=1440&bih=787

 

[Taurea]

Hi James Mason.
Thank you for your reply. Star Control wasn't it. 🙁 The game takes up about 500-600 MB's in size and the one I was looking for was a very old DOS game, no taking up more Space then what would fit on an old 3.5" disc. I remember playing it on my brothers old 486 PC, all DOS
I had a look at Star Control 1, but that's not it either.
If you have any more ideas, I'll gladly hear them 😉

 

[lilcinw]

Is it possibly Solar Winds?

 

[Taurea]

@lilcinw. Spot on, that actually it! Thank you a ton!
Insane how an old game like this can have you pulling your hair out for years! haha. I Owe you one mate. Thanks alot!

 

[James Mason]

@lilcinw. Spot on, that actually it! Thank you a ton!
Insane how an old game like this can have you pulling your hair out for years! haha. I Owe you one mate. Thanks alot!

" In some ways, the series is reminiscent of the much larger and more complex Star Control II, without the ship customization and fleet building aspects."
I could have sworn star control was what you were talking about, glad wikipedia agrees that I was really close.

 

[lilcinw]

I remember my older brother playing this game when I was in elementary school. "If we had a sound card you could hear what they are saying." I thought a game actually talking to you would be the greatest thing ever.

I think I found it on an abandonware site one time. It may be worth a look.

 

[Jimmi Lee]

I spent years searching for a game described sort of like above. I finally found it after hours.

Tyrian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbSNPU15CSg

Tags to help the future. Top down shooter like raiden where you have a shield and get upgrades. You can upgrade your ship with currency and is from the 90's (90s). The game came out in 1995 for computer pc.

 

[James Mason]

I spent years searching for a game described sort of like above. I finally found it after hours.

Tyrian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbSNPU15CSg

Tags to help the future. Top down shooter like raiden where you have a shield and get upgrades. You can upgrade your ship with currency and is from the 90's (90s). The game came out in 1995 for computer pc.

You also get it for free from www.GOG.com, a site that lets you legitmately buy retro games that work on modern systems and are DRM free.