Apparently I don't know... (Help!)

[Opterongeek]

Ok, I THOUGHT I knew which system the game was on (an ST) and I THOUGHT I knew what the game started with (the name began or had a "U" in it). Both have led me to nothing... and it's been ages since I have been able to get any leads.

 

I need help finding the platform type, and the game name that I once played endless hours of... while my friends were playing things like the old Commodore 64, I was playing the "new" game on their Atari computer system (and it was an actual computer, not a gaming system).

 

The game was a space sim game, very akin to those Star Trek simulators... I remember it having variable control over the four shields, front, back left and right... and it had the quadrant and sector readouts, and you could toggle between condition red, yellow and green. Back then as a kid it was " all that " and I want to see if I still have interest... but I cannot find the game name anywhere!

 

Does anyone have a clue as to what I'm blathering on about? I can't even find out from the people who owned the system (long since gotten rid of).

 

I would deeply appreciate anyone who has any ideas. I use Steem for Dungeon Master , Sundog and a few others... hopefully I can use it for this space sim game (which also by the way pissed me off when I died because it would do that "Chckck" noise at the end and exclaim "Your ship is a flaming hulk!" at the end.

 

I'm nearing desperatism here...

[Osbo]

star riders in the 800XL?

[RJ]

Uridium...?

[Opterongeek]

Nope. Neither one of those. Maybe if I can reach into my brain and find an old image stored in my neurons somewhere I can tell you what it was like...

 

I distinctly remember the shielding system however. It looked like 4 giant ships surrounding one in the middle... and they would dim if your shields got hit... and you could route power, and shuffle commands through a type (text) interface, but the game was graphical.

[tssk]

Was it PSI-5 Trading Company?

 

[moycon]

A quick search under Atari ST games that start with U didn't turn up much.

 

There was a couple games Universe 2 and Universe 3 that didnt have screen shots.. Maybe it was one of those?

 

Here's a link to some ST games with some screen-shots, maybe you will find what you are looking for?

 

http://www.atari.st/list.php

[Mindfield]

Universe on the Atari ST? Unreal on the ST? (Psygnosis, not to be confused with Epic's Unreal on the PC)

 

Xtal on the Atari 8-Bit?

Edited June 20, 2005 by Mindfield

[Opterongeek]

Ok... I'm starting to think that this wasn't an ST title.

 

Does anyone know of a game that matches my description on another Atari based computer system? It was NOT the kind that hooks into a TV...

[Lord Thag]

How about one of the 'Star Fleet' games by Trevor Sorenson? Four directional shields and a host of other options, and they bothe had a text interface. SF2 also incorporated graphics. Do a search on 'Star Fleet Deluxe', which is his newer windows version of the game that he just released as freeware.