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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by mstade on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:25PM (#13708386)
Fascinating! Also – off topic, but – this description reminded me of Twinsun[1], the planet in the game Little Big Adventure. It remains one of my fondest game memories of that era, despite all its weird bugs. I've thought about finding a copy and playing it again at some point, but I fear it might spoil my good memories of it..

[1]: http://lba.wikia.com/wiki/Twinsun

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by axoltl on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:42PM (#13708530)
Dammit, why did you have to remind me... Both LBA and LBA2 stand out as extremely memorable from my childhood. It does look like there's a revival of game-styles from that era, given Thimbleweed Park[0], Pathway[1], and apparently 2Dark[2] from (one of?) the authors of LBA. Any more?

[0] https://thimbleweedpark.com [1] http://www.pathway-game.com [2] http://www.2dark.cc

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by mstade on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @05:45PM (#13709972)
Wow, those look amazing! Thanks for the tips!
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by 4lejandrito on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:13PM (#13710173)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dotemu.lba
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by civilian on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:30PM (#13708884)
You can pick up Relentless on GOG :] https://www.gog.com/game/little_big_adventure
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by mstade on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @05:47PM (#13709994)
And apparently there's a macOS version too – SOLD! Thanks buddy! :o)
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by hulahoof on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:36PM (#13708923)
For what it's worth I did this a few years ago and was not disappointed - great to hear other people grew up with this game too!
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by mstade on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @05:49PM (#13710006)
Great to hear! I just bought LBA and LBA2 from GOG, from the sibling commenter's tip. Now I just need to find a few free hours!
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