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๐Maximum Derek๐ @discuss.tchncs.de
I use linux because, in the 90s, Redhat shipped with a Star Trek game. We are not the same.
134 0 Replyandrew @lemmy.stuart.fun
I use Linux because of compiz fusion cube desktop. We are not the same.
35 0 Reply๐Maximum Derek๐ @discuss.tchncs.de
We are not. When I want a cubic desktop environment I reach(ed) for BeOS.
10 0 Replycerement @slrpnk.net
and NeXT for the cubic computer itself
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eerongal @ttrpg.network
Tux Racer go brrrr
14 0 Reply๐Maximum Derek๐ @discuss.tchncs.de
Oh, I hadn't thought of Tux Racer in ages. I think I need to play that again.
4 0 Replylightnegative @lemmy.world Tux racer go b.....r......r........r
I only had access to ex-corporate office hand-me-down motherboards as a kid. This was about 1 potato per 3 seconds of rendering performance (I'm 34)
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neo @lemy.lol It did? Which one?
8 0 Reply๐Maximum Derek๐ @discuss.tchncs.de
I've been trying to remember but it hasn't come back to me. It was a 2D, top down, space battle game. Its possible it wasn't named after Star Trek, but you pilot a grey ship with a saucer section and nacelles to fire torpedoes and phasers at green bird of prey looking ships so...
9 0 Replygrue @lemmy.world 5 0 Reply๐Maximum Derek๐ @discuss.tchncs.de
No, but it was my gateway into Netrek.
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corodius @lemmy.world Xtrek would be what pops to kind for me, possibly?
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rovingnothing29 @lemmy.world
6 0 Reply๐Maximum Derek๐ @discuss.tchncs.de
That all sounds very familiar. The one I played was full color but it must have either been a late version of Empire or something heavily "inspired" by it.
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mkwt @lemmy.world I think my mother played that star trek game on a time shared minicomputer.
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