The whole 2 dimensional map is visible, but players have to fly to other. If you never played a plist2 game before or if you are still learning playing vga planets, the lite version is the shiplist of choice for you. Planets att attack use of this friendly code will cause the defense posts on the planet to initiate combat with any fueled, decloaked enemy starship that enters orbit. Battle of the planets by soundtrackcast collection on. Files can be accessed from a download directory customizable for each game and written to an upload directory also customizable. This game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. Downloads planets nu vga planets online edition mod db. Its crazy to consider that two planets collided with eachother when they take up so very little space compared to, well, the rest of space within the solar system.
There are currently four people who wanna play, so theres room for 7 more. Go to download page to get the latest version i am unable to fully support this project as i would like. Vga planets wiki this wiki is intended to serve as a repository for information about the game vga planets, by tim wisseman. This vga planets addon is an effort to populate the vga planets landscape, a feature wished for in the planets newsgroup and elsewhere. An ai player for vga planets, utilizing the planets. How can i reach the author of vpa and download the latest version. It is compiled, edited, and partly written by roger burton west, with assistance from. Qwerty talks about his amazing interstellar minigame. In 1986, mikrogen ltd publishes battle of the planets on commodore 64. If you select a game with a new rst available you are given the option to unpack the rst.
The planets digital preservation suite download the java vgaplanets client 0. Where each player can plot strategies more leisurely than real time strategy games. You control a battlecruiser in fights with other users in multiplayer team. Games that try to simulate realworld activities like driving vehicles or living the life of someone else with as much realism as possible. It can display the night sky from any location on earth between the year 1760 and 9999 and covers over 0 stars, the planets, all messier objects, all 88 constellations and the moon with phase. Planets is a game for intelligent people, it is like chess with the connection to those scifi series we love captain isot of the robotic imperium. The build menu is now accessed with an icon that looks like a factory. Note that you need the vpa support files to run vpa latest vpa at sourceforge for older downloads, refer to the vpa directory index at sourceforge see whatsnew. So it would be possible for my script to download data from planets. Second column is min clans to grow with amorphous natives. To run a mod, you first need to install greasemonkey or tampermonkey see. Here are the special friendly codes used at planets. Also published on amstrad cpc, this action and strategy game is abandonware and is set in a scifi futuristic, shooter and licensed title. Winplan is designed to allow for an easier and more powerful interface for the players of vga planets.
Im playing in a phost game and sometimes vpa shows enemy ships that are not actually there. Vga planets is a graphical multiplayer play by turn war game that simulates combat in space between galactic empires. Welcome to your best and largest source of information for vga planets 3. Let your inner hero shine and be part of this faboulous space game. Take part in interplanetary war in the distant future, when space flight is commonplace. Planets nu vga planets online edition web game mod db. Turns are usually one a day, but could be more or less depending on the host and people playing. The players compete against each other economically and militarily on a galactic scale.
Planets nu is the 21st century reincarnation of the fantastic turnbased space strategy game vga pl. If you are new or relatively new to vga planets, it is best to start at the very beginning in the newbiesection. You can also customize the name of each game in the game list so it makes sense to you. Donovans vga planets super site the best and largest. Starships starships will fight other starships if any of the following is true. Read the vpa project page on sourceforge for bug tracking, news, downloads, mailing lists, cvs, etc current downloads. The game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. Over the next few weeks well be showcasing some of the cool stuff people have made. Vpa client, vga planets assistant by alex ivlev, now alexander babanov, stefan reuther, gleb mazursky. The pcc2 web battle simulator will run in your browser. It was created in 1991 and became the most popular play by email game ever created. If you are new or relatively new to vga planets, it is best to start at the very beginning in the newbie section. The players start with a homeworld, and have to build spaceships, explore the galaxy, colonize planets, mine minerals, build up their industry. As such, i advise facing fullyarmed starbases with caution and as many beam weapons as possible.
Hull details tech mass fuel cargo crew engines beams torps bays cost dur trit moly score. It was designed 3 years ago and used by the author and hundreds of. Although i am not the author of most of these guides, i have spent quite some time on their layout, ranging from some changes in colour and background to a complete conversion from plain text to html and sometimes some updates or corrections. A multiship battle simulator written by stefan reuther. Battle simulators are a means to simulate battles to get an idea of the possible. Name tech beams tf en mc dur tri mol mass cargo fuel crew abilities adv. Vga planets calculator planets, structures, defense.
Simply the best turn based 4x space strategy game ever created. Planets nu is the 21st century version of the fantastic space strategy game vga planets. It focuses heavily on toplevel strategy, diplomacy, and detailed logistics. A porting to java of a popular vga planets host, phost 3. It was designed 3 years ago and used by the author and hundreds of players in numerous vgap games. The table is broken up into two groups newer mods that should work with the standard interface on. So i am in the process of making source and binaries available under the gnu general public license as published by the free software foundation. Ships and planets battle after all other combat priority intercept attack is a special case of combat. Ukbased headfirst productions will develop games based on the classic gforce cartoon series. The biggest change is the addition of the scroll buttons, and at long last a thermometer. Some races have special abilities to colonize extremetemperature planets. A battle simulation program written by thomas voigt. The game emphasizes colonization of space and the development of the planets that. It can be accessed from the screen opened by the vcr button on the leftside menu of the game dashboard.
Vga planets is a popular and long running turn based space strategy game. Battle order is computed using rules similar to ones used in phost. The same rules apply to this game as the ones in the physical game, with players using their deck to battle others. I dont like the original ship pictures supplied with vga planets. Donovans vga planets information, strategy and much more.
If you already know the basics of the game, the information section is a good place to visit no matter how experienced you are. 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. His goal was to create a feature rich, turn based, strategy game that would allow players to compete against one another by exchanging small file ie under 100k via network, modem, or floppy. It is a known fact, that the average distance between stars is about 34 light years ly. Vga planets is the brain child of computer science drop out and former californian lumberjack, tim wisseman.
It is a simpleyetcomplex game with basic graphics, and has been recently reworked such that it can be played in a browser hosted on. Marketplace is new to pocket and windows 10 for the first time it offers a way to browse, buy, download and play community content from within the game itself. Planets screen the planets screen also is very familiar in appearance. User summary vga planets 3 is a turnbased, multiplayer pbem game for the pc, produced by tim wisseman. The game emphasizes colonization of space and the development of the planets that you will find, colonize andor conquer. When you log in, you can upload your own games 20112020 stefan reuther home faq terms of use contact server statushome faq terms of use contact. The whole 2 dimensional map is visible, but players have to fly to other planets to see what. This wiki is intended to serve as a repository for information about the game vga planets, by tim wisseman. The game emphasizes mining, colonization and the construction of starships. Battle simulator update due to unexpected disturbances within the entropia universe dungeon system the battle simulator release has. But it is very expensive, has many engines and mediocre battle strength. If you already know the basics of the game, the informationsection is a good place to visit no matter how experienced you are regardless of experience, skills or anything, it is highly. Planets software downloads download32 software archive.
One ship has a primary enemy set to another player who also has starships. Battle simulator, you can configure any shipplanet combination and view the battle results. There were more planets planetoids around when our solar system was forming, but the odds seem so slim. Vga planets is a turnbased space strategy game, played originally as playbyemail or playonbbs. You will get a version of host with these downloads but its not the latest. Vga planets assistant vpa is an alternative vga planets client program for msdos. It allows you to set up arbitrary fights between ships and planets. Ships will always fight from the left and planets from the right. Play in your browser or on your phone against thousands of other warriors in your bid to become emperor of the echo cluster.
Its primary function is to help teach myself pyton. Battle of the planets by soundtrackcast collection on amazon. Check out battle of the planets by soundtrackcast collection on amazon music. All the other familiar data and options are also available. The game system allows players to construct their own starships. Simulators generally require more study and orientation than arcade games, and the best simulators are also educational. Asynx planetarium is a easy to use planetarium program and solar system simulator.