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Anyone else thought of 'Subspace', the pioneering internet multiplayer space shooter from the 90's that was in many ways ahead of it's time? Great times were ha

Anyone else thought of 'Subspace', the pioneering internet multiplayer space shooter from the 90's that was in many ways ahead of it's time? Great times were had. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubSpace_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubSpace_(video_game)

Daishiman 6y ago
What became of it?
- jalada 6y ago
  It's still a thing, it was re-released on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/352700/Subspace_Continuum/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/352700/Subspace_Continuum...
  - docflabby 6y ago
    I played this game for years in the competitive leagues and as a moderator running special events before life responsibilities took over (still pop in occasionally) is super fun. I was never very good at it though :)
- elric 6y ago
  It's still being played. There are some plans to write an android client (notably by Trench War's poid, on patreon as quantumspace). Its golden days are long gone, but it's not uncommon to find games with 40 active players in Trench Wars these days.
PH00 6y ago
For anyone who liked Subspace checkout Airmash: https://airmash.online/ https://airmash.online/ Originally released on HN. The game was abandoned by the developer. Entire thing was rewritten by the community and refuses to die. Lots of fun and great people involved. Keyboards can take a bit of a beating though.
tiborsaas 6y ago
No, I had a nastier association :)
- cyborgx7 6y ago
  Yup, same here.
- reading-at-work 6y ago
  Surprised I had to scroll this far to find this - same here!
dnr 6y ago
Yup! I had many (many) hours of fun, and got pretty deeply into the development community that sprung up after the publisher abandoned it. I learned a lot from that and it definitely had an effect on my career.
schrectacular 6y ago
I came here to say the same lol! I remember vividly playing that game as a young boy at the local University computer lab and my jaw hitting the floor. Could never get good enough connection over dial-up to overcome the frustration. Still play continuum some, it's still the same and still amazingly fun.
boringg 6y ago
This ^^^. Posted comment before I read all the comments :). Great time indeed. The tolerance for lag in that game was unreal but also, it played incredibly well considering most people were on dial-ups!
joadha 6y ago
Yep! Weirdly, I didn't get into it until the mid-00's when my older brother showed me Continuum. The game is still fun today!

Daishiman 6y ago

What became of it?

jalada 6y ago
It's still a thing, it was re-released on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/352700/Subspace_Continuum/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/352700/Subspace_Continuum...
- docflabby 6y ago
  I played this game for years in the competitive leagues and as a moderator running special events before life responsibilities took over (still pop in occasionally) is super fun. I was never very good at it though :)
elric 6y ago
It's still being played. There are some plans to write an android client (notably by Trench War's poid, on patreon as quantumspace). Its golden days are long gone, but it's not uncommon to find games with 40 active players in Trench Wars these days.

PH00 6y ago

For anyone who liked Subspace checkout Airmash: https://airmash.online/ https://airmash.online/ Originally released on HN. The game was abandoned by the developer. Entire thing was rewritten by the community and refuses to die. Lots of fun and great people involved. Keyboards can take a bit of a beating though.

tiborsaas 6y ago

No, I had a nastier association :)

cyborgx7 6y ago
Yup, same here.
reading-at-work 6y ago
Surprised I had to scroll this far to find this - same here!

dnr 6y ago

Yup! I had many (many) hours of fun, and got pretty deeply into the development community that sprung up after the publisher abandoned it. I learned a lot from that and it definitely had an effect on my career.

schrectacular 6y ago

I came here to say the same lol! I remember vividly playing that game as a young boy at the local University computer lab and my jaw hitting the floor. Could never get good enough connection over dial-up to overcome the frustration. Still play continuum some, it's still the same and still amazingly fun.

boringg 6y ago

This ^^^. Posted comment before I read all the comments :). Great time indeed. The tolerance for lag in that game was unreal but also, it played incredibly well considering most people were on dial-ups!

joadha 6y ago

Yep! Weirdly, I didn't get into it until the mid-00's when my older brother showed me Continuum. The game is still fun today!