| Startopia | 
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| From: Eidos Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $10.00
You Save: $29.95 (75%)
New (8) Used (3) from $3.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 14403
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 6 x 1.5
UPC: 788687114011
EAN: 0788687114011
ASIN: B00004WI4B
Release Date: June 21, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Simply Fantastic Fun! August 9, 2008
Hands down, this was one of the best games I've ever played! And I play a TON of games from Call of Duty to Super Mario. You'll get addicted BIG TIME to this game right away. The missions are a lot fun to work through a few will take a little strategy. There is just nothing else out there like this.
You will NOT regret playing this one!
Fun Strategy Game May 11, 2008
I remember getting this game when it first came out and playing it for hours on end. I replayed it in just the last couple weeks, and I remembered how much fun it was and so completely addictive it is!
I do, however, want to mention that this CD is for 95B/98/ME. I have it running on Windows XP, but after a certain point the computer locks up and I can't get past it. I will restart the game and once it gets to the same spot again it locks up again.
I know that MuckyFoot is no more, so there won't be any 'official' updates, but if there was ever a game to be re-released for current software and hardware, this would be the one.
 A Great Beginning December 7, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game is easy to like. The slick graphics and interactive feel make it modern and appealing. The quirky techno soundtrack helps too. The only complaint I can levy is that it's easy to finish all the "training" levels, and go straight to the open ended "sandbox" mode. After you control the entire station, there's nothing else to shoot for!
I bought this game pre-9/11, and I think something must've happened to stopo production on a sequal, or an improved newer version....I mean come on....Sim City got a second, third and fourth chance, and spun-off countless times....why not Startopia?
I love this game... all 10 minutes of it. April 6, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to give this game a rating of 4 stars, even if it is short. The game design and camera angles alone are worth it. I played the demo of this game when it first came out, and I remember just playing with the camera features for 10-15 minutes.
In a free play mode this is basically superb RTS world management game. With all the different features you can beat a level in at least 5 different ways.
The missions are great for learning the ropes, however they will only take about 2 days to beat, most of this time being spent in the last 3 or 4 missions.
This wasn't the most disappointing part though, because at the end of the origional missions there appears to be more, but they just do not work, or were a teaser for a never made sequal.
But, back to the positive side. This game's level design is open source, and anyone who can use a spreadsheet (Excel) can modify and create custom campaigns. So, if you've got some hardcore gaming buddies you can keep each other entertained for at least a couple months trading levels back and forth, or you can simply try your hand at game design solo.
With top rate graphics (for it's day) and a new look at an old game format, I have to go with 4 stars.
-- nemo54321
Fun at first but wears off fast October 25, 2003
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm sorry to say that I got pretty board of this game pretty fast. It was worth about 10 hours of "fun" play time for me, but from then on out it was just too repetitive, and confining. The animations are great, but the gameplay itself was lacking for me, and the storyline was really dumb in my opinion.
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