User:Bongo

=About Me:=

I first played Stars! in the late 90's. It took so long to generate a turn on my father's P2-200Mhz that I convinced him to put a TV next to the computer. I've had a TV next to my computer ever since.

I've never once played against other people via autohost.

I lost my original disk about 4 years ago and couldn't find a new one at any store (not even used stores). I'm currently using a hacked version of 2.60jrc3 that has the key checker logic inverted so that any wrong number will make it the full version.

2.60jrc3 isn't as fun as the version I had on disk, for one a remote mining fleet can only extract 4000kt per year, so one has to have hundreds of mining fleets to get mega-minerals from a home world. Also if one abandons one's home world one doesn't get get the 30 mineral concentration bonus anymore, so only alternate reality races can milk their own home worlds.

=Stuff I'd like to get done here=
 * 1. Make a page about the program Mapper which I use a lot
 * 2. Upload the GIF maps I've made for the program Mapper
 * 3. Upload the hacked version of 2.60jrc3 (I call it an unlimited demo, because it will probably not work with the newer version on the Autohost)
 * 4. Start a project page for what I call Project Nova where people can bounce around ideas they would like to see in a new Stars!-like game, if anybody would like to make one.