{"id":650,"date":"2010-05-04T09:20:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T14:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=650"},"modified":"2010-05-04T09:28:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T14:28:58","slug":"fuzzy-memory-dos-space-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/650\/fuzzy-memory-dos-space-game","title":{"rendered":"[ Fuzzy Memory ]<\/span> MS-DOS Space Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FuzzyEvery once and a while, I receive emails from people looking for a certain game, electronic toy, or computer from their distant past. I then pass it on to intrepid <\/em>VC&G<\/em> readers to crack the case.<\/p>\n

The Clues<\/h3>\n

Corrado writes:<\/p>\n

Hello there. I’d like to take advantage of VC&G’s collective genius to identify this game I used to play (or try to) a lot back when my bulky, monochromatic 286 laptop was the greatest computer I ever owned. This should place us in the mid-nineties.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it was a dos game, a space fighter simulator with wire frame graphics. One of the toughest enemies looked for all the world like a ROTJ walker- yes, walking about in space. Your ship had a laser and three “boosters”-activating them would make a second hud slide in the game window and make you zoom around, to absolutely no use.<\/p>\n

One pretty remarkable thing about this game, and my favorite feature really- you could fly into a wedge-shaped mothership, connect to its computer and get a slideshow of all the enemies. I remember getting pretty psyched when I found out that. Of all my old games this is the one that always eluded me, so I’d be grateful for your help.<\/p>\n

Thanks,
\nCorrado\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Search Begins<\/h3>\n

It’s up to you now to find the object of Corrado’s fuzzy memory. Post any thoughts or suggestions in the comments section below. Good luck!<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Have a memory of a computer, video game, computer software, or electronic toy you need help identifying? Send me an email<\/a> describing your memories in detail. Hopefully, the collective genius of the VC&G readership can help solve your mystery.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every once and a while, I receive emails from people looking for a certain game, electronic toy, or computer from their distant past. I then pass it on to intrepid VC&G readers to crack the case. The Clues Corrado writes: Hello there. I’d like to take advantage of VC&G’s collective genius to identify this game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,44,27,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-games","category-fuzzy-memory","category-regular_features","category-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}