Begin: A tactical starship simulation is an MS Dos-based star trek simulator where you command a starship or an entire fleet against an enemy fleet you define. Recently the author has started updating again, much to the delight of his fans.
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David M.Richter this looks awesome
Wendell Dryden My first computer (saved from a dumpster) couldn't run anything but monochrome text, but it could run Begin 1.65, Yay! I still play it on Vista - LOL.
John P. Britt I have loved this game since I was a kid! "Grew up" on 1.65.
Mike Strzelczyk Is anybody up for some multiplayer?
Begin: a tactical starship simulation I'm having a lot of fun with the new version. All the feature requests sound good, but i like the idea of keeping the game turn based with one decision allowed per turn...makes it much more of a thinking game as has been suggesetd in the yahoo group
Vince Mulhollon Another begin fan site with some nice info files. Theres a pretty nice table of federation ship capabilities
Source: potatoedoughnut.net
Begin 2: A Tactical Starship Simulation download, information, and resources
Vince Mulhollon
Add a link to http://hallert.net/misc/begin/begin.html which has version 2.0. Does anyone have a link to an earlier version?
I vagely remember discovering BEGIN when it was on "Big Blue Disk" in the late 80s. I think that was an earlier version, purely textual no graphics.
I'm subscriber vinceinwaukesha on the yahoo group.
Source: hallert.net
The game is based loosely on the Starfleet Battles role playing game, a paper + dice game with elaborate ship statistics, firing arcs, and a significant investment in time. Playing Starfleet Battles ...
Vance Thompson This new version is really outstanding!
Ben Hallert The new version is awesome! Thanks, Tom!
Rami www.starfleetproject.com
Rami I was first to join! :D
Begin: a tactical starship simulation
Sure its command-line, but this leave a lot to imagination: http://www.youtube.com/v/T02WUjLXGHc&
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