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Re:Lost something? Search through 91.7M files from the 80s, ... by noduerme on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @08:10PM (#33255789)
Almost sounds like you could be describing Starflight...?

https://youtu.be/GaYIk3MIFGI

Check out the map around 15:00 and the planet landing around 16:21.

Re:Lost something? Search through 91.7M files from the 80s, ... by nebula8804 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @02:11AM (#33258358)
No that seems more like the DOS era. This was definitely some sort of Win32 application (ie. runs on Windows 95/98 and not DOS)

See my comment here for more info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33258294

Thanks for the suggestion though!

Re:Lost something? Search through 91.7M files from the 80s, ... by noduerme on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:49AM (#33259763)
I meant the second one, the dos game you mentioned. Glad you found the first one though I'm curious what the second would be..
Re:Lost something? Search through 91.7M files from the 80s, ... by wruza on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @08:34AM (#33261204)
Haha, I suspect both of you misread usernames/replies itt ;)