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Re: Space Wars Options


From: Zonn ( )
Date: Thu Oct 28 1999 - 18:08:59 CDT


On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 16:58:55 -0600, you wrote:

>Neil Bradley wrote:
>
>> I hope your up for a few groovy ideas...
>>
>> > -Center: star, black hole
>>
>> How about also having planets orbiting the center, too? That would make
>> things more difficult/challenging. Having some space junk in there would
>> be great as well.
>>
>
>Sounds interresting Neil, however, this diverts from the original space wars. The
>idea here is to create a space wars that looks and feels like the original (albeit
>now in technicolor!)

Isn't there a Java emulator that plays the original space wars?

I say go all out. I always thought it would be *really* cool if the
center of the screen was an orbiting binary pair, maybe with one star
10 times as massive as the other?

Yeah, shoot a bullet through that and DUCK! ;^)

-Zonn


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