http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/ Begin: A Tactical Starship Simulation Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:47:18 GMT Ed Kolis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1184 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1184 Ooh, Firefox 3.5? I had no idea there was such a thing - I thought that was a typo! Downloading now.. ;) Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:29:26 GMT Wendell Dryden http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1183 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1183 re: roychipoqua - "Does anyone know how to access the comments..." I clicked on the "Discuss" link (upper right) and went to a forum conversation. Seemed to Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:01:30 GMT roychipoqua http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1182 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1182 Does anyone know how to access the comments page? There doesn't seem to be a clickable link on "Discuss this game" for either of my browsers. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:43:52 GMT Gerry http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1181 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1181 ... Oh, that's nothing special. I found that site years ago, as can be observed in the comments. Most of the Abandonware sites have a copy of Begin in one Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:24:40 GMT Iz A Od http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1180 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1180 http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/909/Begin+2+-+A+Tactical+Starship+Simulation.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:40:24 GMT rob_s_cat http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1179 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1179 this is apparently a known issue. run with xp/2000 compatibility and it works fine. same is also true for win 7 rc1, which runs begin 3 faster than any Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:01:09 GMT Iz A Od http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1178 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1178 Ok, downloaded 3.0, ran it first time and it worked fine (damn orions destroyed me quickly) went for round two and now it gives me a "program stopped working, Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:37:52 GMT Iz A Od http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1177 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1177 Wow guys, this is awesome. I played the crap outta this game growing up and I am glad I found it again. Its timeless. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:30:49 GMT Daniel Horn http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1176 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1176 Actually it works if you're patient enough, but the fonts have an erroneous space between every letter, so it's like B e g i n > and it scrolls off the screen Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:19:02 GMT kolloth2000 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1175 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1175 Just tried running Begin with Wine (linux win32 emulator) and failed - got big black empty window.. I used to play Begin in 90s alot.. but it ran under DOSemu Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:05:03 GMT Scott Holder http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1174 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1174 ... It's only vaguely like Begin, much faster paced and shorter, and not even particularly Star Trekky, but I played a lot of "Argonaut". Blatantly unfair at Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:09:25 GMT John (Eljay) Love-Jensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1173 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1173 ... Star Fleet Battles, the tabletop game. Although I think ³shared magic² might be a better phrase than ³captures the magic of Begin², since SFB came out Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:29:57 GMT bparrish165 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1172 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1172 In your opinion, what game best captures the *magic* of Begin? Starfleet Command is the only one I can remember that came close, and even it, you know, had Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:31:46 GMT bparrish165 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1171 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1171 Ah, it feels *good* to be back. ;) Thanks to all for keeping Begin alive. When I first found it at age 17 and learned the timeless art of playing games at Tue, 26 May 2009 17:02:24 GMT Ed Kolis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1170 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/beginstarshipcombat/message/1170 Hey everyone, I might have mentioned this before, but there's this game in development which is sort of like Begin, in that it's a tactical starship combat