Ah, Buzz Aldrin's Race into space updated!

[Vuyek]

Memories of old BARIS... great game, I believe free at this point, go get it.

[jungle.james]

Yes it's now known as "Race Into Space".

[Vuyek]

Same game, with same screen and R&D concept and... everything:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin%27s_Race_Into_Space

BARIS is a GREAT game; this being a BARIS clone, is not bad.

[Mothman]

Glad that others like me remember Buzz Aldrins Race into space..... brings back fond memories with my dad and I.

I still remember playing the Scott Adams adventure games as well can anyone guess my age? LOL

[Chadster]

To be fair, while they may have drawn inspiration from BARIS, or perhaps even the newer "Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager", the devs say this game is focused on reaching Mars and is also focused on the private-sector side (a la SpaceX or Orbital Science Corporation), which we'll hopefully find different than being a governmental space agency with government funding. As I said in another thread, this game also reminds me of "Project: Space Station", which I used to play on my Commodore 64 (if anybody else remembers that one, I'm glad I'm not the only old(er) person here! LOL...).

[Mothman]

Originally posted by I'm glad I'm not the only old(er) person here! LOL...). [/quote:

No you are not the only older gamer here.... I am 48. BTW I remember Planet Space Station as well.

One of my other favorite Commodore 64 games was Project Firestart which was a game similar to System Shock.

[Vuyek]

Note that I did not say that that is a BAD thing.

BARIS still is fantastic, despite basically being a dice roll luck game.

Grandpa! (am close to 40-ish myself, heh, Sinclair Spectrum nostalgia checking in!)

[Mothman]

Originally posted by timorekusa:

Note that I did not say that that is a BAD thing.

BARIS still is fantastic, despite basically being a dice roll luck game.

Grandpa! (am close to 40-ish myself, heh, Sinclair Spectrum nostalgia checking in!)

Damn I still remember drooling over the Sinclair how I loved thee.....overrated POS calculator. :-) lol

[BuffyNZ]

Project Space Station is one of my favorite games of all time. I crowd fund and actively look for any games that resemble it.

[Vuyek]

Heh, I resemble that remark, old man! (shakes puny veiny fist).

Spectrum was the best thing ever in my childhood, I still remember Roanoke, Beachhead, tir Na nog and of course Saboteur!!!!!111111oneoneone

[Chadster]

As a space geek and someone who really enjoys cerebral games, I'm glad to see companies taking chances on titles like this one, or the remake of BARIS that Slitherine is doing, or ones involving rovers and exploration of Mars. It seems like there's been an upswell in the number of space-exploration-related games as of late, and I think it's pretty awesome, especially when they're games that really make you do some mental gymnastics!

Now, that said....you kids get off my lawn. :p

[Cmdr_Lysander]

So should I look to get this or Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager? (http://www.matrixgames.com/store/462/Buzz.Aldrin's.Space.Program.Manager)

[Mad_jack]

Originally posted by Cmdr_Lysander:

So should I look to get this or Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager? (http://www.matrixgames.com/store/462/Buzz.Aldrin's.Space.Program.Manager)

Well, i bought it on matrix. I have one other matrix game and I played it for countles hours.

[BiffMan]

Originally posted by Cmdr_Lysander:

So should I look to get this or Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager? (http://www.matrixgames.com/store/462/Buzz.Aldrin's.Space.Program.Manager)

Pretty much a coinflip at this point. Both very far from complete, both with very ambitious plans, and both with farily different takes on the space race. Personally, I vote strongly for "both" :-)

But in the meantime, anyone who's never played the original BARIS needs to immediately go snag the open source windows version and have at it. Should be able to kill a few months pretty easily and then can check back and see how well this has progressed. :-)

[DerHyphon]

I have both, just to translate them. ;)

[Obadiah]

Buzz Aldrins Space Manager will be available Oct 31

I cant wait!