Talk:Star Control II

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Contents 1 Groombridge 2 The Ur-Quan Masters 3 Named Planets 4 Mycon 5 Screenshots 6 GP2X Port 7 Plot Summary Source?

[edit] Groombridge

Should be a paragraph about the original idea behind Groombridge in SC2? Originally Paul Reiche and Fred Ford wanted to portray themselves as gods, but had no time to put in the final version because of time constraints. -Anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.244.165.185 (talk • contribs) 22:22, July 23, 2007

If you can find a reliable source for a citation, put it in. --GargoyleMT 00:21, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Ur-Quan Masters

I think the Ur-Quan Masters section on Star Control page should be moved here because UQM is a remake of Star Control II not Star Control. See full discussion at Talk:Star Control#The Ur-Quan Masters and Star Control 3. --Voidvector 07:54, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Named Planets

Is this section really encyclopedic? It seems more like a random list to me (and not very useful at that). Cheesy123456789 00:08, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mycon

Anyone notice how similar this name is to the The Mekon? could be deliberate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.64.108.55 (talk) 20:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

No need to look for such an abstruse etymology. Check Myco-. GhePeU 23:47, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Screenshots

Since The Ur-Quan Masters is open source, is it possible to move the screenshots to Commons?--87.7.67.48 (talk) 12:11, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I investigated this possibility when I added the rationale, but while the game is GPL, the media contents (including the graphics) are released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5, which isn't acceptable in commons. GhePeU (talk) 19:37, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks--87.16.69.13 (talk) 18:58, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GP2X Port

The article reads

A very playable port has been produced for the GP2X portable game system.

but I would argue that its a fully playable port, not a very playable port. I would almost go so far as to say fully functional, but when you try and have it run with the Precursor's remixes it can run rather slowly, so I wouln't go that far. If there are no objections in the meantime then I will make the change tommarow. Also, I feel the link to the GP2X port should be to Senor Quack's version of it, which is maintained, opposed to the current version, which I don't think is... I will do that tomarrow too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeotronic (talk • contribs) 03:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It has been done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeotronic (talk • contribs) 17:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plot Summary Source?

I once owned the PC version of game, and while my memory may not be the best, I do not recognize half of what was written. The PC opening was not like that, neither was the "Ur-Quan Masters" opening like that. Was this taken from the manual or the 3D0 version? Pakopako (talk) 05:52, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I have the open source version, the ship used to get to Unzervalt wasn't even named in the PC intro. I presume it's as described in the 3DO intro. Digifiend (talk) 11:14, 27 May 2008 (UTC)