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  • FREE GAME: Star Quest 1 in the 27th Century

    From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Jan 29 19:21:53 2026
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    Hey, a free game I actually care about! Will wonders never cease?


    * Star Quest 1 in the 27th Century (30th Anniversary) https://virtual-adventures.itch.io/star-quest-1-in-the-27th-century
    If the title of this game rings a bell, give yourself a pat
    on the back, because you're officially old (and then seek
    medical help because you probably just dislocated something
    with that manuever ;-). Originally released as a shareware
    title way back in 1995 for DOS computers, this was a poor-
    man's "Wing Commander"; not really bad in concept, but
    lacking originality and polish. Then again, that could be
    said for a lot of DOS-era games, so was it really so bad?
    Anyway, the original developer has since updated it to run
    on modern hardware and added a few new features. Still, it's
    mostly the same game as you may have played thirty years ago.
    Available for free from Itch.io


    Oh, Star Quest 1; you had me at "DOS-era".
    (and maybe "free" ;-)





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  • From Justisaur@justisaur@yahoo.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Jan 30 08:53:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On 1/29/2026 4:21 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Hey, a free game I actually care about! Will wonders never cease?


    * Star Quest 1 in the 27th Century (30th Anniversary) https://virtual-adventures.itch.io/star-quest-1-in-the-27th-century
    If the title of this game rings a bell, give yourself a pat
    on the back, because you're officially old (and then seek
    medical help because you probably just dislocated something
    with that manuever ;-). Originally released as a shareware
    title way back in 1995 for DOS computers, this was a poor-
    man's "Wing Commander"; not really bad in concept, but
    lacking originality and polish. Then again, that could be
    said for a lot of DOS-era games, so was it really so bad?
    Anyway, the original developer has since updated it to run
    on modern hardware and added a few new features. Still, it's
    mostly the same game as you may have played thirty years ago.
    Available for free from Itch.io


    Oh, Star Quest 1; you had me at "DOS-era".
    (and maybe "free" ;-)


    Haven't played it, or even heard of it. It looks cool, I wonder if it
    works with a controller? I suppose I can try to dust off my kbm skills,
    but my hands/elbows/shoulders can't handle that more than an hour a day
    at this point.
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    -Justisaur

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Jan 30 14:16:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:53:19 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
    wrote:

    On 1/29/2026 4:21 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Hey, a free game I actually care about! Will wonders never cease?


    * Star Quest 1 in the 27th Century (30th Anniversary)
    https://virtual-adventures.itch.io/star-quest-1-in-the-27th-century


    Haven't played it, or even heard of it. It looks cool, I wonder if it
    works with a controller? I suppose I can try to dust off my kbm skills,
    but my hands/elbows/shoulders can't handle that more than an hour a day
    at this point.

    Reportedly, one of the major feature-adds by the developer was full
    support for controllers, mice, joysticks and HOTAS setups. That, and
    making sure it runs on modern Windows. Otherwise, it's still the
    crunky old game from 1995, with the same pixellated visuals and
    gameplay.

    I'll admit, I like it mostly because it's an old DOS game. I've played
    it a bit, and I wouldn't really say its good. It's not terrible... but
    there are better games --even from the DOS days-- that you could spend
    your time with. But if you've gotta spend your time and effort
    remaking something, better something from three years ago than
    remastering a five-year old game (yeah, I'm looking at you, Sony!)


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