At 01:29 AM 8/24/02 -0400, you wrote:
> Starlanes is a graphics-done-with-text empire trading game. The
> details
>are a little hazy, but it's basically a 2 to 4 player game. Each player
>takes a turn. You buy stock in a company, and when you have enough stock,
>you can create an outpost. You can add to exist outposts, and if two
>outposts collide (because of a limited playing area, 16 rows by 30 chars,
>maybe?), they merge. I think which ever is larger wins the merge, and your
>stock is adjust accordingly. While not a complicate game by any means,
>there are some various strategies to play. I'm pretty hazy on the details,
>since it's been at least 15 years since I played the last game. I've always
>wanted to find a PC copy (but never made much of an effort).
>
> --John
About 10 seconds with google found this:
http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/games/strategy/!INDEX.short.html
Of course, I have no idea how close it is to the version you remember.
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Jim Battle == frustum_at_pacbell.net
Received on Sat Aug 24 2002 - 01:25:01 BST