Here is hoping that gog will at some point put this game into it stable.

The game was developed by imagic and published by Interactive Magic in 1999.

It is a 4x space game that is interesting but not perfect.

This site has a few screen shots.

I own the CD but it does not work on newer systems.

A boy can dream for this game here.

Am I the only one that really wants this title on gog?

First time I've heard of it. Looking at the screens, I wouldn't exactly put it on top of my "really need to try this out" list.

Well, I too would not place it as the first game, but I would really like to see it here.

There are not enough 4x space games on gog and this one does have a bit of charm and innovation for its time.

I think the game looks very interesting. I'd probably buy it. I like giving games lesser known a chance, and most of the time I'm not dissapointed (I'm also an optimist). I as well realize that the more classic games come out, the better off GOG will be, whether or not I had previously heard of it before is irrelevant. Nearly 90% of this store, or more, have been games I never played due to my lack of a computer before the late 90's, as well as too much time exclusively on game consoles, as well as too many MMO's.

I'll make sure I put it on my wishlist.

I played this game back in the day, and it was an interesting addition to the 4X genre of space strategy games. Ambitious in its intent, it was developed by a studio (Interactive magic) that was going bankrupt around the development of it, and the entire company went under shortly after it was released--and that was too early, as some features were not quite right at release. Still, I remember it fondly, which is why I went digging and found this thread.

The appeal to the game is it includes the usual 4X features: resource management, tech trees, ship upgrades, and the usual explore, expand, exploit & exterminate gameplay; plus it is all played on a map of asteroids rotating around the sun at varying speeds, so the map itself, and positions of friendly and enemy strongholds, is constantly changing; in addition, the several factions are well-balanced, but each has a unique approach to technology and development, so one faction might prefer large, heavy asteroids due to their gravitic-based tech, while another wants those near the sun for solar/thermal tech, and yet another wants the asteroids that spin the fastest because of their inertial momentum tech. The mix of unexpected technologies, varying value of the same piece of real estate, and the fact that that real estate is constantly moving with respect to all other real estate makes a fascinating challenge that has not been matched ever since.

If GOG ever does get access to it, I'd be in line to buy it, but they should definitely get ahold of the unofficial patch for the game: after the company went bankrupt one of the developers, on his own time, wrote a patch to fix all the bugs and omissions in the released version. The GOG version would therefore need the rights to the game, the unofficial patch, and whatever other magic needs to be conjured to get a game of this vintage to run on a modern operating system. I won't hold my breath, but I do still hope that some day I might be pleasantly surprised.

Sorry for the treadmancy

I too would be very interested in this title.

I would also like to play this game again. I haven't been able to get it running in over a decade.