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In an effort to tie various space simulations together, I was thinking that this page could be referenced as a hub for the other space sims listed on Wikipedia. We could do this by listing this page in the Genre section in the infobox of corresponding games. It should be interesting to see how this page grows. -- Falmarin
How should this page relate to the entry called Space flight simulator? --J.K.
Why's eve listed here? - Bastion
I think it's best to list all games that have their own articles. The sequels after the first game and indented. If there's only one article for the whole series (Freespace, Wing Commander), then just one link. If there is an article about the series and individual articles about each game (X-Wing series), then first the series article and then the individual games. - The Merciful 14:30, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
This article basically starts with Freespace 2. The history section should be greatly expanded to talk about titles such as Space War, Star Raiders, Elite, Wing Commander, X-Wing, TIE Fighter, etc. I'll try to get round to doing this, but if someone else wants to do so, feel free ;) Jaco plane 17:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
It would be great if release dates were included with the game list.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.1.111.82 ( talk • contribs) 13:04, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
This article is a massively pov, pretty much OR essay about how spacesims have been in decline. This needs serious work and a lot of chopping. Night Gyr ( talk/ Oy) 21:47, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
The Descent series is another question mark. I figure mention it, but with a caveat. 142.177.136.197 22:04, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Collapse ? Perceived in North America .. thats not NPOV either. Of recent titles, DarkStar One, X3, Jupiter Incident and so on are doing pretty well in their respective markets. FreeLancer was widely popular as well. X3 has been named game of the year by some influential press outlets. Savuporo 19:17, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
The "space simulation" name suggest basically anything that has to do with simulating space in any way. However, when I read the article I understood the intention as "space flight simulator". Then I read the listed games and found many titles that in no way matches the article, f.i. Star Trek: Bridge Commander. This article needs to be revistited thoroughly; as it is now it is a disparate and confusing kitchen sink. Mikademus 08:13, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
The space simulator is much like Train Simulator or Racing Simulator in the way that it is completely different from a Flight Simulator in which when anyone thinks of Flight Simulator they think of a simulator depticting flight within an atmosphere. A space simulator is obviously different. The space simualtor page is important but more than this, it needs to be redesigned and revamped as in the current state it should just be deleted. It contains nothing about the history, the cultural impact, or current state that it is in. Kilihari 04:38, 6 April 2008 (EST)
We have the collapse and future of the genre...How about a 'birth' of? It could detail Elite, Wing Commander, Privateer etc.
You should mention the first space-sim ("Spasim", by Jim Bowery, on University of Illinois PLATO, in 1974). [1] This evolved into "Airfight" which became "Sublogic Flight Simulator", which became "Microsoft Flight Simulator". Atom 14:29, 29 September 2006 (UTC) (stone/pfw)
While a page that chronicles the genre as a whole is a very good idea, this page is frankly terrible, it looks like it needs a rewrite and a recategorisation. The best idea would be to create an umbrella article called something like "space flight games" and then either link in articles for specific types or put them in the main article under different headings. -- Jd123 12:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm just putting together some reviews and articles for games that have been described in magazines as 'space simulators':
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Marasmusine ( talk • contribs) 07:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Space simulator and space flight simulator have been merged here. That is based on this discussion: Talk:Space_flight_simulator#A_complicated_merge_proposal.
For the video game genre, all information is now at space flight simulator game. To break this consensus, one will need to initiate a discussion and reach a new consensus. Randomran ( talk) 23:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Greetings,
As it turns out, I'm one of the people in the team at LANL who built the "Space Simulator", and I'm at a loss to see why it is referenced here, at least in this context. Someone posted a nice reference (2) but apparently did not read what it was about or else changed their mind about what a 'space simulator' is. This really needs to be fixed, and while I'd love the reference to stay for my own ego, I don't think it belongs here under the current definition of a 'space simulator'. Maybe under 'Beowulf Computer' or 'Supercomputer', but not here. Looks a lot like someone did a Google search on 'space simulator', found a respectable article, and used it without bothering to read it. I'm probably the wrong person to fix this (or I would, by adding a disambiguation link to my 'Space Simulator' that does/did theoretical astrophysics simulations, as the article referenced in ref 2 clearly states). Fix me - please....
Just saying'....
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The contents of the Space simulator page were merged into Astronaut training on January 2021 and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. |
In an effort to tie various space simulations together, I was thinking that this page could be referenced as a hub for the other space sims listed on Wikipedia. We could do this by listing this page in the Genre section in the infobox of corresponding games. It should be interesting to see how this page grows. -- Falmarin
How should this page relate to the entry called Space flight simulator? --J.K.
Why's eve listed here? - Bastion
I think it's best to list all games that have their own articles. The sequels after the first game and indented. If there's only one article for the whole series (Freespace, Wing Commander), then just one link. If there is an article about the series and individual articles about each game (X-Wing series), then first the series article and then the individual games. - The Merciful 14:30, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
This article basically starts with Freespace 2. The history section should be greatly expanded to talk about titles such as Space War, Star Raiders, Elite, Wing Commander, X-Wing, TIE Fighter, etc. I'll try to get round to doing this, but if someone else wants to do so, feel free ;) Jaco plane 17:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
It would be great if release dates were included with the game list.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.1.111.82 ( talk • contribs) 13:04, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
This article is a massively pov, pretty much OR essay about how spacesims have been in decline. This needs serious work and a lot of chopping. Night Gyr ( talk/ Oy) 21:47, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
The Descent series is another question mark. I figure mention it, but with a caveat. 142.177.136.197 22:04, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Collapse ? Perceived in North America .. thats not NPOV either. Of recent titles, DarkStar One, X3, Jupiter Incident and so on are doing pretty well in their respective markets. FreeLancer was widely popular as well. X3 has been named game of the year by some influential press outlets. Savuporo 19:17, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
The "space simulation" name suggest basically anything that has to do with simulating space in any way. However, when I read the article I understood the intention as "space flight simulator". Then I read the listed games and found many titles that in no way matches the article, f.i. Star Trek: Bridge Commander. This article needs to be revistited thoroughly; as it is now it is a disparate and confusing kitchen sink. Mikademus 08:13, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
The space simulator is much like Train Simulator or Racing Simulator in the way that it is completely different from a Flight Simulator in which when anyone thinks of Flight Simulator they think of a simulator depticting flight within an atmosphere. A space simulator is obviously different. The space simualtor page is important but more than this, it needs to be redesigned and revamped as in the current state it should just be deleted. It contains nothing about the history, the cultural impact, or current state that it is in. Kilihari 04:38, 6 April 2008 (EST)
We have the collapse and future of the genre...How about a 'birth' of? It could detail Elite, Wing Commander, Privateer etc.
You should mention the first space-sim ("Spasim", by Jim Bowery, on University of Illinois PLATO, in 1974). [1] This evolved into "Airfight" which became "Sublogic Flight Simulator", which became "Microsoft Flight Simulator". Atom 14:29, 29 September 2006 (UTC) (stone/pfw)
While a page that chronicles the genre as a whole is a very good idea, this page is frankly terrible, it looks like it needs a rewrite and a recategorisation. The best idea would be to create an umbrella article called something like "space flight games" and then either link in articles for specific types or put them in the main article under different headings. -- Jd123 12:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm just putting together some reviews and articles for games that have been described in magazines as 'space simulators':
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Marasmusine ( talk • contribs) 07:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Space simulator and space flight simulator have been merged here. That is based on this discussion: Talk:Space_flight_simulator#A_complicated_merge_proposal.
For the video game genre, all information is now at space flight simulator game. To break this consensus, one will need to initiate a discussion and reach a new consensus. Randomran ( talk) 23:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Greetings,
As it turns out, I'm one of the people in the team at LANL who built the "Space Simulator", and I'm at a loss to see why it is referenced here, at least in this context. Someone posted a nice reference (2) but apparently did not read what it was about or else changed their mind about what a 'space simulator' is. This really needs to be fixed, and while I'd love the reference to stay for my own ego, I don't think it belongs here under the current definition of a 'space simulator'. Maybe under 'Beowulf Computer' or 'Supercomputer', but not here. Looks a lot like someone did a Google search on 'space simulator', found a respectable article, and used it without bothering to read it. I'm probably the wrong person to fix this (or I would, by adding a disambiguation link to my 'Space Simulator' that does/did theoretical astrophysics simulations, as the article referenced in ref 2 clearly states). Fix me - please....
Just saying'....