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A custom virtual machine for the Stars 4X game

110 points · 38 comments · ibobev

  1. philipov · · focus · HN ↗
    Wow, Stars! I loved this game so much as a child. Back then, after upgrading from shareware I had to wait for a floppy disk to arrive in the mail.
    1. Majromax · · focus · HN ↗
      Wasn't the shareware version fully featured, such that only the key was necessary?
      1. giantrobot · · focus · HN ↗
        AFAIK this was the case. I played a lot of Stars! (almost exclusively the shareware) and it had all the races and tech trees. It showed higher level tech trees but those were only available in the registered game. Map sizes were also limited in the shareware. Later versions might have required additional resources for the retail upgrade but I believe the version I had (2.5?) could become the full registered copy with just a key.
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