Planets nu is the new online browser based version designed as a fun and active social network. Chunnel planets nu vga planets space strategy game. One member of that following was joshua perina, who, in 2010, created planets. It was created in 1991 and became the most popular play by email game ever created. The whole 2 dimensional map is visible, but players have to fly to other. Hull details tech mass fuel cargo crew engines beams torps bays cost dur trit moly score. Vga planets official site you want version 3 vga planets nu web interface planets portable host project phost site. Roommates celestial glow in the dark stars peel and stick wall decals, 258 count 3. Well, actually, its a misnomer the empire needs allies even more badly than other races, as they lack any early economic advantages, and they dont have much in the way of earlystrike capability. Onafhankelijke ontwikkelaars tonen speelbare techdemos met. Part 810 joshua breezes through turns 1520 in this part of the series, building his first merlin class alchemy ship on turn 17 to convert supplies to minerals. Second column is min clans to grow with amorphous natives. Some races have special abilities to colonize extremetemperature planets. A pair fireclouds can not use a chunnel if anyship with fuel locks a tow beam on it, the warp speed and waypoint setting of the ship locking the beam does not matter.
The command also allows you to load torpedoes and fighters onto ships that are equipped with handle ether one. Glittering webscrystals donovans vga planets information. Wissemans fighting planets an intelligence briefing on racial characteristics in vga planets tactics by ted foster each race requires a very different style of play. If you are trying to break a tractor beam, you must satisfy all four fingers. Vga planets is not a game for eye candy fans, or rapid action types. Went to college for two years at ucsc 1985 and 1986. Winplan is designed to allow for an easier and more powerful interface for the players of vga planets. You played as twinsen, one of several inhabitants of the planet twinsun. It is a known fact, that the average distance between stars is about 34 light years ly.
This vga planets addon is an effort to populate the vga planets landscape, a feature wished for in the planets newsgroup and elsewhere. This video demonstrates that lizard planets can take 150% damage before being captured. Create a fair and well balanced game we are a few experienced phost players for more than 10 years. The game emphasizes colonization of space and the development of the planets that you will find, colonize andor conquer. Planet tour the images below are a sample of those available on the cdrom 3d tour of the solar system. Where each player can plot strategies more leisurely than real time strategy games. Can sabotage planets destroy structures and start a civil war. By discussing planets we identified several bugs, some poor settings and problematic features.
Vga planets is a multiplayer, space strategy war game originally released in 1992. The fix command allows you to repair damaged ships in orbit around this starbases planet. An ai player for vga planets, utilizing the planets. Planets nu currently ignores this benefit for the lizards. Jan 25, 2011 the series of early turns in the turnbased game, vga planets 4, continues. The crystal confederation race icon from vga planets nu the crystal people are a silicon based life forms about 3 foot tall, with no limbs and a metallic color. Its primary function is to help teach myself pyton. Vga planets is a graphical, multiplayer, play by electronic mail, space war game. Any starship with two engines may attempt to tow another starship that starts the turn at the same location by selecting the try to tow mission.
Versus privateers versus privateers properly played privateers can be a terrible thing to deal with, but its been coming to light more and more that other, properlyplayed races can be an equally big problem for the privateers, because if the pirates can. Many addons now being released are designed specifically for the winplan user. The exploration of space 1992 solar realms elite 1990. Enemy planets can not be scanned for minerals by a ship in orbit any longer. The bitmap brothers certainly knew how to make a cracking game, and.
Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. A windows 9598nt screensaver that uses various ships from vga planets. Because i got distracted when the article mentioned vga planets still existed and was actively maintained. Vga planets was released as shareware in 1991, version 3. The series of early turns in the turnbased game, vga planets 4, continues. The traditional solution is to use a tool such as crack to find out the. Suggestions from many experienced players were used in the program design. Vga planets is designed to be able to handle from two to eleven players in a play by mail electronic mail game format. Wissemann continued the development of version 3 for more than ten years. Crack test drive iii crack gotten from bboard test drive 3 find. The players start with a homeworld, and have to build spaceships, explore the galaxy, colonize planets, mine minerals, build up their industry. Player 1 the solar federationsuper refit update tech of old ships.
Play in your browser or on your phone against thousands of other warriors in your bid to become emperor of the echo cluster. Planets nu functions significantly differently than host 3. There are numerous differences between these two games. Although this wiki is largely intended to serve as a supplement for vga planets nu, much information can also apply to vga planets host 3. Starbase techlevels are reduced by the damage the base and the planet has suffered in combat. Eight years latter it is still played by numerous gamers across the net.
Vga planets assistant vpa is an alternative vga planets client program for msdos. Goodbye galaxy was the third game in the commander. Previous buildorders will be maintained if the base was set to build an all tech 10 ship. The interface has just enough graphics to do the job with out any fluff. The tow mission and tow conflict resolution planets magazine. Also, games can also be quite lengthy, commonly when played by email they run 34 turns week, and will last several months. In general, it is possible to tow any starship that you can see. This results in the following table for sweeping with beams.
When you battle a race to death, you want to get something from this. Zooarts dinosaur cracked wall removable vinyl mural art wall sticker decal 3. Jun 22, 2017 cubical drift is raising funds for planets. Planets nu is the 21st century version of the fantastic space strategy game vga planets. In this lesson, youll learn the official definition of a planet, how planets are formed, and about the two types of planets found in our solar system. Turns are usually one a day, but could be more or less depending on the host and people playing. Overview the privateers versus privateers versus privateers properly played privateers can be a terrible thing to deal with, but its been coming to light more and more that other, properlyplayed races can be an equally big problem for the privateers, because if the pirates can. It was designed 3 years ago and used by the author and hundreds of players in numerous vgap games. Planets command center 2 is an advanced vga planets 3. Vga planets webring a collection of the best pages that. Moreworm written by michael herrmann is a rapid transport system. Donovans vga planets information, strategy and much more. Brad doucette latest news go to download page to get the latest version i am unable to fully support this project as i would like. Vga planets is a popular and long running turn based space strategy game.
Vga planets 3 lizard planets only go so far after 100%. Oct 12, 20 vga planets is a popular and long running turn based space strategy game. This game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. Starships missions try to tow any starship with two engines may attempt to tow another starship that starts the turn at the same location by selecting the try to tow mission. A player wins if he controls x planets for y consecutive turns. Images should be viewed using redblue stereo glasses. If an enemy ship runs out of fuel within the 3 lightyear warpwell of a planet. The game is designed to be played as a net or bulletin board system bbs game as long as file transfers are permitted and available, although it can be played solely on one computer. This was one of the first games i ever cracked, in a stunning triumph of sysadminery for 8. Vga planets or vgap, or planets was released in 1992 as a bbs door game, and is now played over the internet via email or via web interface. This wiki is intended to serve as a repository for information about the game vga planets, by tim wisseman. Vga planets calculator planets, structures, defense. Ships can now have a very good chance of detecting all planets within the sensor range that have less than 15 defense outposts and has ether more than 15 factories or more than 20 mineral mines.
Jul 20, 2011 even though lizards planets can take 150% damage before being captured, they will still lose control of the planet if they take 100% damage or more at the end of the battle ship gets destroyed. Over that period, it acquired a large and loyal following. Many guides exist on the net for the various races of vga planets created by tim. A planet base that is 70% damaged will have all its techlevels reduced to a maximum of level 3. For example, for player 3 to send a command message, heshe would compose a message to player 3. Vga planets walkthrough hints by gary grothman from the spoiler. The game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. If the ship has at least 25kt of fuel, it satisfies the first finger.
They have two large glowing eyes in the middle of their polyhedron form. Positron beam 3 29 9 25 12 12 1 5 5 disruptor 4 20 30 36 12 1 1 6 heavy blaster 7 40 20 49 31 12 1 14 7 phaser 5 35 30 64 35 12 1 30 8 heavy disruptor 7 35 50 81 36 17 1 37 10 heavy phaser 6 45 35 100 54 12 1 55 beam megacredit cost. The whole 2 dimensional map is visible, but players have to fly to other planets to see what. Vertical gastroplasty with artificial pseudopylorus. At least a few of these even ignore the fact that many players still use the dos version of vga planets. Worked on multitrek real time starship combat game for unix in 1985 with chuck l. The vagabond site offers many suggestions how to solve them as well as two optimized shiplists and many good addons also for thost.
Planets nu is the 21st century reincarnation of the fantastic turnbased space strategy game vga pl. User summary vga planets 3 is a turnbased, multiplayer pbem game for the pc, produced by tim wisseman. Overlord edit planets, starbases, ships, ion storms, mine fields, etc. Vga planets 3 was written in 1992 by tim wisseman, and received its most recent update in 2002 version 3. Every defense outpost reduces the odds of being detected by 6.
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