Maelstrom - Page 4

07-08-2006, 11:24 AM

Blast - that should be OverLord.

www.overlordofharmony.com

19-03-2007, 08:20 AM

Hey all I askign any one that has the game etehr installed or some one that has teh CD ether rar the instalion folder or make a iso of the CD and would not mined sending me a copy. My old 6 disk Dos verion is no loger working and I can;t seem to fined a download for this game

I be realy happy if some one msn me at [BEEEP]@gmail.com and ether send me a zipied voerion of the install, zipped verion of each 6 disk, or the CD rom verion into a iso.... thanks

laiocfar · 13-04-2007, 05:19 AM

This is one of the best games ever made but also one of the most unrated. So we missed sequels or at least games that follow the idea.

Airgedok · 06-03-2008, 07:07 PM

Love this game when it first came out and I agree with the developer when he said it was cutting edge and would change the genre. Unfortenetly it didn't. I think it suffers from ADD player not being able to kill something right away, and Micromanagement. I like micromanagement so I like the game. Other hate it and because this game is designed to react to your micromanaged choices the game doesn't really have automated features (would defeat the whole purpose) the game is also harder than most of the current games out there. So it puts off people as we have read.

Whats great about this era of games is that hey had limited graphic capability and limited sound capability so you had to concentrate your resources to game play and story. Today we get games that are all flash and no substance because so much is put into making the game sound and look great but less for game play. Its why the market is flooded with first person shooters and real time strategy. The take little effort for story and game play. Ironic that this real time game was all about the story and plot based and rewards based on what you do and don't do.

For those people who love this game you should also look up Alien Legacy I have a cd of this game. Its similar to this except you don't have the middle management personel that you can hire in maelstrom. I wont go into detail about AL but that game is along the same vien as maelstrom. You should enjoy both if you enjoy one.

Oskatat · 24-05-2009, 03:24 PM

I read the manual and most posts here.... how can i improve efficiency? military is ok, SIN is good, but mining and research, the things that matter, are sub par.... so, how to improve that? increase budget, increase free personel? I'm already selective in hiring (experience, study credentials)

Oskatat · 24-05-2009, 03:57 PM

Oh, and some info... the syndicate will send a fleet to any planet thet you send a fleet to, unless you send the cloaked fox. I jut scouted and reconnoited (or something) the eyeball, to no effect, but wit SIN and a FOX, no syndicate interference

also, to protect against the invasion and assassination, you shouldnt have a fleet at harmony but launch it as an atack fleet there

find reseacrchers with varying skills and change what they research. If they have 15 personel each research goes fast, but you cant have that many without compromising your mines etc. sidenote, keep an eye to techs that improve mining. theyre important

laiocfar · 03-06-2009, 02:25 PM

10 researchers per team perform pretty good, mostly if you got many teams.

droctopus · 11-07-2009, 03:46 PM

I figured out how to make dragon ships only cost 256 fils/game currency. If anyone is interested let me know. I've been playing around with the game files with a hex editor.

Exeter Cu Ion · 16-04-2016, 03:41 PM

Hi. Can anyone tell me what key I have to press to install the game? I know 'I' is Input, 'O' is Output (this seems to freeze the install with a beige screen) 'S' is Sound and 'Q' is quit, but I can't seem to find the key (or key combination) to Install?

I'm using DosBox 0.74, with c: drive mounted as my usual dosbox folder, the Maelstrom download from this site, and a: drive mounted as the unzipped folder containing the install files.

**Smiling Spectre** · 16-04-2016, 08:07 PM

It seems for me that game on site is pre-installed. You don't need to install it. So your installer is not from Abandonia.

Anyway, I found installer and tried it. Yes, it seems something wrong with output. Anyway, you can move in the menu with Tab, and select with Enter. Everything (including installing, but excluding "output path") works well for me.

P.S. Installer is broken, BTW, but it seems it installs everything all right anyway. But I didn't check it too close.