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Build and manage an Utopia among the stars!

Startopia, the one of a kind cosmic-themed city building and managing simulation, is now available on GOG.com for only $5.99.

Envision a gigantic network of starships and space-stations housing a diverse population of alien races living together in harmony. Imagine the thriving intergalactic commerce, the flourishing culture, the booming scientific and technological advancement! Picture the perfect society living in luxury and peace of this utopia--or a Startopia, if you will. I'll have you know that such place really existed until the disastrous intergalactic war brought an end to this cosmic paradise. But not all hope is lost! If you prove to be a capable Stationmaster--skillful in economy, city planning, interspecies politics, and brutal corporate rivalry--Startopia will rise again!

Startopia takes the classic city-builder genre to the stars! Manage a fully simulated alien society of nine distinctive races in which each citizen's mood, needs, and goals can be individually tracked. Supply your station with commerce, security, leisure, and habitation. Design bio-decks and use terraforming technology to shape them to your liking. But these are only some of the tasks that lie ahead of you. All of this will be much easier with the help of VAL--your AI advisor--brilliantly voiced by William Franklyn, the British actor famous for his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio performance.

Prove to be a worthy administrator of Startopia and restore the perfect stellar society to its former glory, for only $5.99!
Never heard of this game, graphics look great.
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RafaelLopez: Never heard of this game, graphics look great.
That seems to have been its main problem: most people just don't know about Startopia. I myself only found out about it years after its release in one of those "Sold Out" budget brand CDs in a bargain bin. It is a great game that really felt like a Theme Hospital in space (which comes naturally since the guys that made it, Mucky Foot Productions, were mostly ex-Bullfrog) with added combat and voice acting.
It also helps that the graphics and the interface have aged well. A true good old game.
Post edited September 04, 2012 by TNGpt
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migizi: "Hey there, it's your old pal Aurona"
Ah, the guy I always want to sell moldy crap to...
What was the trick to de-mold old packages?
I am surprised by the number of people that didn't know this game. It was very well received in Germany, iirc. Being basically a Bullfrog game (Theme:Space Station would be a fitting alternative). And it is by far the best of the "theme" series.
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SimonG: I am surprised by the number of people that didn't know this game. It was very well received in Germany, iirc. Being basically a Bullfrog game (Theme:Space Station would be a fitting alternative). And it is by far the best of the "theme" series.
In my case, chalk it up to being out of the PC world in the early 2000s. I didn't know of its existence until people started talking about it on GOG's forum around the time Square Enix was added to the list of big publishers.

I love these types of games, so I'm very happy that this has popped up here now. My backlog won't be happy about this though. ;) Still hoping for an eventual Theme Park and Theme Park World release from EA.
I knew a lot of people liked this game but i didnt know it was that big :D

Even RPS put a post up about it today

I picked this game up in like 2010 boxed for £1 and i loved the game

Cant wait to get a new laptop to play this on the go :D
Just played through the tutorials and the first mission, and I'm already really digging it. The whole curvature of the space station definitely gives it a very unique look.

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RafaelLopez: Never heard of this game, graphics look great.
Indeed they do. It's also nice that the game actually supports widescreen resolutions. Runs like a charm in full detail on my crappy lappie.
Just had to post to say "Thank you" for this release.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
AWESOME! I had this game years ago, was very close to finishing it, and had to move countries for a job, and had to leave it behind - could NOT find it anywhere for years, then found the website of the author and his patches for graphics for it and wanted it SO very badly (as it is a wonderful game.)

I had actually forgotten the name until I found the author's pages a year or so ago. I was hoping it would show up here someday - well, that day is here, I am SO instabuying this.

Also: YES! YES! YEEEESSSSSS! SWEEEEEET AWSOME WOOT YES YES YES!
This looks awesome. Insta-buy!
I wonder if this means we'll also get Urban Chaos (from the same developer) on GOG? I remember a PS1 version of that one, but a few bad reviews kind of made me shy away from it, now years later I come to find out it wasn't that bad upon looking at further reviews. Anyone here play that one? Was it decent?

As for Startopia, i'm almost wanting to buy it, but there doesn't seem to be that many missions from what i've heard though there is a sandbox mode i've heard is pretty good. Are there alot of things that will keep me interested in the sandbox mode for awhile?
This one really belongs here. I only played a little some years ago, but that was sufficient to like it.
Thanks for this release, wishlisted (too much backlog)!
Finally! What a fun, smart, good-looking, unjustly overlooked game that still totally holds up today. A perfect addition to the GOG lineup.
At first I didn't think anything of this game. Then, while obsessively looking browsing the games list to see how new games are selling, I couldn't help noticing how this game skyrocketed up the charts during the first couple of days so I wishlisted it. And now that I checked the latest posts here mentioning the developers were ex-Bullfrog, it became a must buy. :D
I'll have to get it tomorrow with Urban chaos and possible weekend sale games.