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Which computer games make good Traveller Adventures?

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Which computer/video/console games would make good Traveler adventures in your opinion?

For me its System Shock (from 1993; CD version released in 1995). Corrupt corporate VP performs illegal biotech research on human subjects in a remote mining space station. When HQ finds out and wants him kicked out, he hires a 1337 hax0r to remove all moral constraints from the station's AI... Who soon sees herself as a goddess destined ton inherit the Earth (or whatever nearby high-pop mainworld) and murders the station's crew with her cyborgs... Will the PCs (all cryo-frozen on the station) survive the murderous cyborgs and robots and raving mutants and do Format C: to the AI?
 
DOOM series
System Shock 2
Battlefield 2142 (now sadly defunct as EA has taken down the servers)

There's a whole slew of Traveller ripoffs

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Half Life and HL2
 
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Which computer/video/console games would make good Traveler adventures in your opinion?
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Deux Es, Deus Ex:HR, Alpha Protocol - for the conspiracy adventures. Which side are the PC's on? Are they the good guys? The bad? The clueless? What will they do and what are the consequences?

ST:TNG A Final Unity - the trail of breadcrumbs adventure leading to ancient supertech while racing against other hunters.

Beyond Good & Evil - Who said mining worlds are boring?

Syndicate - When the Megacorps stop playing nice.
 
I thought the premise behind "MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy" to be great. The manual has a lot of great background information. Shame the gaming engine didn't fit Traveller. I've tried to play it using dosbox, it runs quite well but parts of the gaming interface are extremely awkward. In my opinion it should have been turn based instead of real time for combat much like the SSI Gold box games for AD&D. I think the blame lies with Paragon, the software development company. I wish SSI had gotten the contract, it could have been done like the Buck Rogers games.

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Yeah, I was thinking specifically Mass Effect 1, Noveria and the Peak 15 Research Facility. There's enough twisty in that one to string a party along for a while.
 
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I thought the premise behind "MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy" to be great. The manual has a lot of great background information. Shame the gaming engine didn't fit Traveller. I've tried to play it using dosbox, it runs quite well but parts of the gaming interface are extremely awkward. In my opinion it should have been turn based instead of real time for combat much like the SSI Gold box games for AD&D. I think the blame lies with Paragon, the software development company. I wish SSI had gotten the contract, it could have been done like the Buck Rogers games.

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I actually have a copy of this game. Unfortunately the developers left a cheat in the opening system where you can get unlimited funds right off. I probably still have the box and stuff somewhere...
 
The two ulitmate "Traveller" games I forgot to mention above... Are Elite and Starflight. Both large-scale interstellar trade/exploration games.
 
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I actually have a copy of this game. Unfortunately the developers left a cheat in the opening system where you can get unlimited funds right off. I probably still have the box and stuff somewhere...
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The manual has almost the whole of Classic Traveller in it, you could use it as a gameplay manual. I never got far to playing in the game though, just too awkward for me, but I love the ideas!
 
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The manual has almost the whole of Classic Traveller in it, you could use it as a gameplay manual. I never got far to playing in the game though, just too awkward for me, but I love the ideas!
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I actually did reference it a couple times when my old books were stashed away (embarrased grin).

Some other titles;
"Duke Nukem Forever!" (when it comes out ... 13 year later :nonono: )
"Angel Falls" by NOVALOGIC (when it comes out ... 4 years later :nonono:)
 
Gotta 2nd Golan's vote for Starflight and add Starflight 2 and the Masters of Orion games. X-Com is also an interesting game to port over if you have a bunch of mercs to keep busy. I also like the Borderland games for they're megacorp vs you style and the world of Pandora in all it's variations and splendor.
 
To me, the Fallout series would be great Traveller inspirations. Fallout Earth can represent any Traveller world that was subject to a devastating Nuclear Biological Chemical war leaving a blasted landscape. War machines and normal creature and humans mutated from the toxins and radiation challenge any survivor or off-world Traveller. Weapons range from the most primitive to things from TL 12-13. The quests and the terrain are good instruction for how to run a Traveller game other than this too.
 
I have used the Fallout series in my game...my player scientist adopted the EDE bot [from the Vegas game] as a flying juke box/bodyguard...he thought it was cute.
 
Agree also with Fallout; all the various versions have great style and story lines that are easy to port over.

That also goes for Rage, Dead Space, and even Brink where you could easily have your crew trapped on a station or platform while two opposing factions fight it out. Plenty of good RPGing while they try to figure out who are the real bad guys.
 
Fallout is great inspiration for Traveller. I often think what I do in that game would translate to such as encounters and the landscape. It's also a good way to imagine a solo Traveller adventure.
 
Wow this is crazy, this has to be the most "Traveller" computer game I've even seen. Made back in the 80's by SSI you can't get more "Traveller" than "Star Command"

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Screenshots
http://www.mobygames.com/game/star-command/screenshots

There are several youtube videos about the game, here is one that's a good general review, the reviewer is a bit monotone but thorough in his review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCCuW0yXwCE

I am having fun playing this on my ipad using powerdos :)
 
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