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Spaceward Ho! - 5.0.5

strategic space exploration & conquest game

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All Time:	(4.0)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	5.0.5
Release Date:	2003-04-09
License:	Update
Downloads (this version):	5,875
Downloads (all versions):	13,024
Price:	$39.95

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Product Description:

Spaceward Ho! is a strategic game of awesome scope. You control the entire military and economy of a spacefaring race. Your goal: explore and colonize the galaxy.

Unfortunately, you are not alone. Alien enemies bent on galactic conquest will oppose your expansion. You fight them by developing new technologies and expanding your empire, or you can ally with them to turn enemies into friends.

Terraform newly discovered worlds or mine their natural resources. Maneuver your starship fleets, both in defense of your own systems and in offensive strikes against the evil aliens. Your strategic decisions will determine the fate of the galaxy.

It's incredibly fun to play alone against the excellent computer players, and even better with other humans on the internet.

Spaceward Ho! has won numerous awards over the years, including being inducted into the MacWorld Game Hall of Fame and winning Best Network Game of the year.

What's new in this version:

Revert gravity sorting to increasing/decreasing; we like it better that way.
Fix star name in "supernova cooled down" message.
Click on "Radical" tech name brings up radical research dialog (if you haven't already selected a radical program tech to cut).
Don't limit MPs you can earn in a single game to 65535.
Fix potential player sync issue (5024 or other error) when dead players rejoin and watch a game.
Fix sync problem with players trying to rejoin after armageddon (they'd have to resync every turn).
Fix problem where after a player disconnects, server decides not to update anyone's turns any more.
Allow local open/save of all versions of ho files that are data structure-compatible, even if the game's rules have changed slightly.
Fix network instability issues caused when users disconnect through failing to ping.
Don't display "can't seem to connect" dialog unless we've tried to send a message recently
Disable player popus after you have ended your turn.
Fix problems that sometimes prevented user selection of skill level for "any" skill multiplayer games.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

PPC
Mac OS 8.6 or higher with CarbonLib
or
Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

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Could be one of the greatest games of all time. - Version: 5.0.5, 5/8/2003 10:51AM PST

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davesag (Dave Sag)

Spaceward Ho is an anient game, and still one of the best games I have ever played. The latest version is really just a polish on the same game that I've been enjoying for at least 7 years. And I never get tired of it, and I hardly ever win. The smaller universes are like crack for strategy gamers, and the huge ones can be played for days and days. And for $40 it's a steal.

It's a good… - Version: 5.0.4, 2/11/2003 06:23PM PST

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PeterNLewis (Stairways Software Pty Ltd)

game, and looks solid after playing the demo for a short time. Not much changed from when I played it about a decade ago. But when playing the demo beware - although it will let you save a game, it wont let you open one! I wasn't much impressed with this sneaky and unmentioned move, so I've shelved it for now, maybe I'll come back and try again in six months and then pay my $40.

A Nony Mouse:… - Version: 5.0.4, 2/10/2003 09:08PM PST

karlvonl (Karl von Laudermann)

I bet you don't play NetHack, either :-P