Neil Armstrong Commemorative Space Poll - an IFDB Poll
by Joey Jones
RSS FeedI'm hankering to play a good space-themed game. That is to say, a game not necessarily set in space, but a game that is in some way about space or our relation to space. Any takers?
| Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin 8 votes "A beautiful vision of space exploration" [+]"A beautiful vision of space exploration" ( ) --Dannii... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Danielle... "Conveys the..." [+]"Conveys the vastness of space (and plays very smoothly)." --matt w (Matt Weiner)... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Jordan Magnuson... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Nusco... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...  Vote for this game | |
| Fail-Safe, by Jon Ingold 5 votes "An unusual 3rd..." [+]"An unusual 3rd person IF set in space." ( ) --glassmice... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Fredrik... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade 3 votes "More realistic than most, and near-future" [+]"More realistic than most, and near-future" ( ) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DB... (No comment) [+](No comment) --matt w (Matt Weiner)... Vote for this game | |
| Rover's Day Out, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --matt w (Matt Weiner)... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Nusco... Vote for this game | |
| Photopia, by Adam Cadre 2 votes "Curiosity about space is a major motif of the work." [+]"Curiosity about space is a major motif of the work." --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) --matt w (Matt Weiner)... Vote for this game | |
| Journey to Alpha Centauri (In Real Time), by Julian Fleetwood 2 votes "The thing about..." [+]"The thing about space is that it's really kind of big." --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DJ... Vote for this game | |
| Starborn, by Juhana Leinonen 2 votes "Wistful, and maybe about our relationship to earth as well" [+]"Wistful, and maybe about our relationship to earth as well" ( ) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| The Rocket Man From The Sea, by Janos Honkonen 1 vote "Stays on earth,..." [+]"Stays on earth, but is very much about the earth people's relation to space." --matt w (Matt Weiner)... Vote for this game | |
| Ugly Chapter, by Sam Kabo Ashwell 1 vote "It's a fictional document addressed to a space captain" [+]"It's a fictional document addressed to a space captain" ( ) --Molly... Vote for this game | |
| Never Gives Up Her Dead, by Mathbrush 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Zape... Vote for this game | |
| Across The Stars: The Ralckor Incident, by Dark Star and Peter Mattsson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ant-Fan... Vote for this game | |
| Orbital Decay, by Kayvan Sarikhani 1 vote "A genuine effort..." [+]"A genuine effort at creating a realistic portrayal of a damaged space station. Obviously, there is some sci-fi thriller element to the gameplay (it uses both NASA photos and art imagery) but the author balances fact with fiction fairly well. I was especially impressed with the spacewalk puzzles." ( ) --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
| The Endling Archive, by Kazuki Mishima 1 vote "Our feelings..." [+]"Our feelings about space tend to have a mix of melancholy and wonder. This is the purest form of melancholy." --matt w (Matt Weiner)... Vote for this game | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ant-Fan... Vote for this game | |
| Star City, by Mark Sachs 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --DJ... Vote for this game | |
| Starcross, by Dave Lebling 1 vote "Surprised It Hadn't Made the List Yet" [+]"Surprised It Hadn't Made the List Yet: Infocom's "Starcross" is probably not the best game on this list, but it was probably the first credible hard sci-fi IF. I recall my own sense of bafflement at trying to understand alien life (and the lack thereof) that was truly "alien," as opposed to, say, the residents of "Grunds in Space." While it does not explore space per se, it explores one of outer space's most tantalizing promises in a way that was both compelling and novel. Some parts of it have aged better than others, but it remains a favorite of mine." ( ) --Jimmy Gonzolo... Vote for this game | |
| Into the Open Sky, by Matthew Lindquist 1 vote "Gives a sense of..." [+]"Gives a sense of the desire to escape into space; not always the most polished game, but captures a sense of wonder (and it plays pretty smoothly)." --matt w (Matt Weiner)... Vote for this game | |