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From: nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Reach For The Stars
Keywords: whoopee, dooby dooby wop
Message-ID: <1329@joker.tegra.COM>
Date: 27 Aug 90 21:29:53 GMT
References: <4622@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1990Aug24.211009.5098@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Reply-To: nad@joker.UUCP (Nancy Durgin)
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In article <1990Aug24.211009.5098@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> paulg@frith.uucp (Gregory R Paul) writes:
>In article <4622@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> angst@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>>Anybody remeber the classic space strategy game "Reach For The Stars" ?  I had
>>a copy on my C64 (I had a PET 4016 before that!) but there were also versions
>>for the "others".
>>
>>Is there a version for the Amiga ?  A similar game (1) ?  I can't remember who
>>made it.
>>
>>Angst
>>
>>
>>(1)  RFTS is a game played between four people (usually you and three computer
>>     players).  You are a space lord/tyrant who wants to build an empire.  You
>>     have to keep the population happy on your various plantes, build more
>>     colonies and fight battles with the other Emperors.  Excellent game.
>
>

I have RFTS for the Amiga.  I think it is from Strategic Studies Group
(not to be confused with SSI), which is an Australian company.  They also
did "Gold of the Americas".

Anyway, I liked the game, and played it quite a bit.  I think the playability
suffers a little.  As you become more powerful, it becomes kind of tedious to
deal with all your ships and planets.  It's been a while, but I seem to
recall that the computer players liked to pick on the Human, so if you got
unlucky in the initial setup, they would find you and kill you before you
were strong enough to survive.  If you got a good initial setup, then it was
easy to win (given perserverence with the user interface tedium...).

Also, though you can play with more than one human player, you would
have to be very patient, as each player's turn takes a while, and should
really be done secretly.

Overall, I like the game.  It wasn't copy protected, and would probably
install on a hard disk (though I didn't try at the time...).

	Nancy

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