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Posted May 30, 2019
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Cadaver747: Is it related to XCOM somehow?
Oh, yes. -_^
Post edited May 30, 2019 by RedRabbitRun
Posted May 30, 2019
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Cadaver747: Is it related to XCOM somehow?
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RedRabbitRun: Oh, yes. -_^
But it doesn't look like Laser Squad. Hmm...
Posted May 30, 2019
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Cadaver747: But it doesn't look like Laser Squad. Hmm...
Laser Squad is one of my favourite games of all time - and you are very warm.
Posted May 30, 2019
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Cadaver747: But it doesn't look like Laser Squad. Hmm...
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RedRabbitRun: Laser Squad is one of my favourite games of all time - and you are very warm.
Phew, thought I lost my mind, Because I love ZX Spectrum! ;)
Will investigate further on this.

EDIT: Rebel Star maybe?
Post edited May 30, 2019 by Cadaver747
Posted May 30, 2019
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Cadaver747: But it doesn't look like Laser Squad. Hmm...
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RedRabbitRun: Laser Squad is one of my favourite games of all time - and you are very warm.
Rebelstar?
Posted May 30, 2019
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Matewis:
you were first in your guess
Posted May 30, 2019
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Matewis: Rebelstar?
You literally couldn't be ANY closer without actually being correct ...
Posted May 30, 2019
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Matewis: Rebelstar?
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RedRabbitRun: You literally couldn't be ANY closer without actually being correct ...
Err Rebelstar II or no, according to mobygames, Rebelstar Raiders?
Post edited May 30, 2019 by Matewis
Posted May 30, 2019
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Matewis: Err Rebelstar II
Hahaha I feel I should give this to you already, but Rebelstar was the second game, Rebelstar II was the third ... ^_^
Posted May 30, 2019
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Matewis: Err Rebelstar II
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RedRabbitRun: Hahaha I feel I should give this to you already, but Rebelstar was the second game, Rebelstar II was the third ... ^_^
You wouldn't believe the coincidence! Just an hour or two ago I watched an XCom retrospective video that mentioned something preceding Laser Squad by the same designer that up to then I had no idea existed. I thought Laser Squad was pretty much the start of this turn based squad tactics genre.

I had to quickly look up the Julian Gollop and what else he worked on when Cadaber747 mentioned Laser Squad :)
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Matewis:
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Cadaver747: you were first in your guess
Truly was a quantum finish :)
Post edited May 30, 2019 by Matewis
Posted May 30, 2019
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Matewis: You wouldn't believe the coincidence! Just an hour or two ago I watched an XCom retrospective video that mentioned something preceding Laser Squad by the same designer that up to then I had no idea existed. I thought Laser Squad was pretty much the start of this turn based squad tactics genre.

I had to quickly look up the Julian Gollop and what else he worked on when Cadaber747 mentioned Laser Squad :)
That is quite the coincident! Well done - swooped in JUST before Cadaver. ^_^

Yup, Rebelstar Raiders, developed by Julian Gollop in 1984 was pretty much the first of it's kind. He went on to create Rebelstar, Rebelstar II, Laser Squad, the original UFO: Enemy Unknown (aka X-COM: UFO Defense), X-COM Apocalypse - a few spin-offs here and there (like Laser Squad Nemesis), and is now working on Phoenix Point.

Your turn!

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Matewis: Truly was a quantum finish :)
It really was ... haha ^_^
Post edited May 30, 2019 by RedRabbitRun
Posted May 30, 2019
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RedRabbitRun: ...
Cool :) I'm also really looking forward to the guys over at openapoc to finish their work so that I finally check out and finish the third entry in the series as well.

Not sure how well known the next game is:
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Posted May 30, 2019
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Matewis:
Is it a scroller shooter or a strategy game? Or something entirely different? Looks like Amiga game port to DOS made by Bitmap Brothers.
Post edited May 30, 2019 by Cadaver747
Posted May 30, 2019
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Matewis:
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Cadaver747: Is it a scroller shooter or a strategy game? Or something entirely different? Looks like Amiga game port to DOS made by Bitmap Brothers.
It's not a scroller shooter no, but I thought to myself it quite looked like on when I posted it. It is however pretty zoomed in part of a screenshot.
Posted May 30, 2019
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Cadaver747: Is it a scroller shooter or a strategy game? Or something entirely different? Looks like Amiga game port to DOS made by Bitmap Brothers.
Funny you should say that - my brain went to the original Xenon game when I first saw the shot! ^_^

My hunch is that this that this is a PC/DOS game, too ... looks too high-res (albeit zoomed in) to be Amiga ... o_O
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Matewis: Cool :) I'm also really looking forward to the guys over at openapoc to finish their work so that I finally check out and finish the third entry in the series as well.
Thanks for the heads-up on OpenApoc - I wasn't aware of that!

Regarding the new screenshot, is it an RTS - anything like Dune II or Command & Conquer ..? o_O
Post edited May 30, 2019 by RedRabbitRun
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