An old game

after playing sketchfighter 4000 alpha, a piece of memery just resurfaced. it's like one of these moments where a long lost memory hidden in your brain for a decade suddenly appeared because of an event or thing which reminded you of it.

there's this very old game, which i used to play which got deleted.

the game is so old, it might be even before the year 2000.

i do not remember the name, but there are still a few clues i can recall.

-there are multiple levels, and multiple maps.

-it's a windows game.

-the environment is sometimes astroid-like, volcanic, or basically a wasteland. it's not on earth, it's on another planet, or moon.

-the game is in a 3rd person view, similar to that of strategy games like starcraft or command and conquer.

-the ship, which you see in a bird's eye view, has WASD control for movement and a mouse to control it's aim. the ship can completly stop it's movement.

-there are minerals, which you can somehow collect (i'm not sure, but i think you get it from destroying an alien). the ship has a limited capacity, so the ship has to periodically return to the base and empty it into the bank.

-there are weapons, and a lot of other upgrades which can be created using the minerals you collected.

-by defeating, or activating switches, new pathways are found. this is how my memory clicked when i played sketchfighter on my ibook

i'm sorry, but that's all i can remember. the game has a demo, and the full version has to be purchased.it was a lot of fun, and i really missed playing the game. i'm not really requesting the game, but i want the name of it.

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your description reminds me somehow of Fire Fight (that has nothing to do with red trucks and water). I think there were no minerals in it though, maybe in its sequel/rip ?

Anyway, look around on that website, you may be lucky!

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darn, but that game wasen't what i was looking for. i tried the demo of Firefight, and it's a pretty good game, especially for it's time. however, the only resolution the game would let me was 320x240.

i think the game i was talking about was a bit newer than that one, maybe around 1998 or 1999.

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