Looking for an old space combat sim

[Lambda07]

Believe it was a DOS game, or very early Windows. Probably originally downloaded as a demo from AOL games.

You were in a space fighter of some kind, with a view of the cockpit. Not side-scrolling, 3D environment like TIE Fighter. There were a handful of missions that could play through, but I can't remember all the details. The things that I do remember is that the basic laser your fighter was equipped with looked like two flat yellow strips, and that it could be upgraded to three blue balls that were oriented as if they were the points of a triangle.

Also, I believe that one of the missions was a race through gate checkpoints.

Anybody remember the name of that game?

 

[johanvheerden]

I think you might be talking about Freelancer ??

 

[kufan64]

Freelancer isn't nearly old enough; though it's a great game. Try having a look at some of the old Wing Commander games and see if anything looks familiar.

 

[casualcolors]

Would this have been pre-ID4 on aol/engage games?

 

[Lambda07]

Oh, we're talking AOL version 3 or something around there. And it's not Wing Commander, I checked out screenshots and it doesn't match.

 

[Lambda07]

If my memory serves me correctly, the environments had very crisp polygons, but I can't remember the quality of the textures.

 

[Lambda07]

I found it. Star Quest I: In The 27th Century. It took me an awful lot of digging to get it.

 

[kufan64]

Glad to hear you found it, I've had (and still have) a few games that I couldn't for the life of me remember the names of. I know how frustrating it can be; I was convinced for the longest time that Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor was just a dream I had as a kid until I finally found out years later that it actually existed. (thank you internet) I doubt anyone else in the world remembers that game...