CNET Editors' review
This bare-bones Palm strategy game is reminiscent of the old DOS classic Dope Wars. Both have the same basic goal: sell goods at a profit and retire rich and happy. In Space Trader you are an intergalactic merchant buying and selling goods such as robots, ore, weapons, machines, water, and food. You travel among different solar systems from planet to planet, looking for cheap products and high prices for your goods. On your travels you run into pirates and greedy cops looking to steal your cargo. As money comes in from your trading, you can enhance your earning potential by upgrading and adding ships, buying more cargo space, hiring space deckhands, and adding various armaments to your ship. If you get bored with the honest space-trader routine, you also can try your hand as a galactic pirate hijacking other trader's cargo and trading in the illicit drug market. Although this route can be more difficult, it also can prove to be more lucrative. Even with a rather basic look and feel, Space Trader's impressive number of variables manages to keep the game challenging. This, coupled with fact that the game is completely free, makes Space Trader a great game for anyone looking to kill some downtime with a Palm device.
Publisher's Description
From Pieter Spronck:
Space Trader is a complex space trading strategy game in which the player travels through the galaxy trying to amass enough money to buy his own moon. Earning money is easiest as a trader, but it is also possible to become a bounty hunter and hunt down pirates, or to become a pirate and rob honest traders of their cargo.
Version 1.2.2 may include unspecified updates.
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All versions:
4.7 starsout of 192 votes
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Current version:
4.0 starsout of 9 votes
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"It goes to some spam website do not try to download!!!!"
Version: Space Trader 1.2.2
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It goes to some spam website do not try to download!!!!
Cons
It goes to some spam website do not try to download!!!!
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It goes to some spam website do not try to download!!!!
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"After three tries, I still can't download it"
Version: Space Trader 1.2.2
Pros
This might be a great game, but I'll never know; the download files are incomplete.
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"Great game but quickly loses fizzle"
Version: Space Trader 1.2.2
Pros
This is a great game for about two weeks. When you finally get the hang of making lots of cash it's pretty boring. Just buy, fly to planet giving the best margins, sell. Once I could buy a huge ship and made lots of money, it lost its fizzle.
Great game if you have a commute on public transit.
Cons
Nothing at all. Worked perfectly on my little, old Palm Zire 21.
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"Great Game / Other Versions"
Version: Space Trader 1.2.2
Pros
This is one of the best games for PALM at all. So do not hesitate to download it.
Cons
It works for PALM only, but there are several ports to different plattforms now. The most famous is the browser game GHO Trader found here: http: / / ghot.chinamauer.de/
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"Brings back memories"
Version: Space Trader 1.2.2
Pros
The first game I ever played like this was on an old telnet bulletin board. That game was called Trade Wars 2002. Local users would campaign for months on end, tourney, and so forth. This is a single player version, with limited graphics, but still addictive and fun.
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"Very cool trading game."
Version: Space Trader 1.2.2
Pros
This game is very open ended and there is a lot of variety in what you can do. For a free mostly-text game, you can't beat that.
There is no great "save the world" storyline, but there are quests you can go on if you look hard enough. The "normal" difficulty is very challenging, so I'd recommend trying it out on Beginner or Easy first.
Cons
The only thing I found annoying was that the menus are sometimes clumsy to work with. But once you get used to it they're not that bad.
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"buy travel sell make money"
Version: Space Trader 1.2.2
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buy travel sell make money
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S L O W
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"Great Game For The Throne!"
Version: Space Trader 1.2.2
Pros
This game is a nice little free game to play when you're bored and have a minute, or an hour, or ... two... :-D to pass the time by. I love strategy games and even though this is not very graphical, the game play itself does pretty well.
Cons
Bigger Galaxy? Another Version?
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"Excellent game!"
Version: Space Trader 1.2.2
Pros
Sure, it doesn't exactly incorporate cutting edge graphics or a highly advanced combat engine, but it'll have you wasting more hours alone with your device than you strictly should be wasting.
Cons
The occasional crash, especially with "special missions", but it's free - that more than makes up for these minor bugs!
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