Conquest: Frontier Wars

never gets old. would be nice to get a 2023 update. like better graphics.

I have very fond memories of playing this game in the late evenings back in early 2000's, it was one of the first games to get me fascinated with spaceships and RTS genre. In terms of gameplay, it is nothing special (by today's standards). You build a base, collect resources, construct spaceships and send them to shoot enemy spaceships. There are 3 factions, each with different strengths and weaknesses as well as a 16-mission campaign and skirmish mode. While graphics and UI design does show its age, the sound design and soundtrack are still amazing. I don't think I'll ever get out of my head the sound of battleship cannons or Terran theme. Worth noting that running this game on modern hardware will most likely require you to download some patches and modifying game files. There is a decent guide in the Community Hub section for the game. And if you're playing in 4k, be prepared for 1/3 of your screen being taken by pixelated HUD. I wish someone would make a remake/remaster of this game.

Create Game, played lots in my childhoood years. good to revisit a classic after not been able to find my original CD disk.

A great little classic. It's an old 16 bit game, so it won't run perfect everywhere and the graphics are nothing to write home about, but it has a lot of charm, still plays well, looks okay, and I'd honestly call it rather fun. The campaign is good and some of its more distinct mechanics, like the supply line system, are novel even today. For some reason it won't record my playtime though. I think steam believes the game is only running whilst the start-up window is there. For the price, I'd definitely recommend it. It's very solid for its time and has aged pretty well all things considered.

For us old folks

THIS IS HOW TO FIX THE SOUND ISSUES I really wish this game was properly ported/maintained as I feel like more people should play it, one of my favourite childhood games. If you're looking to just get the game into a playable state without it skipping dialogue/having audio codec issues which seem to happen by default, one solution that has consistently worked for me is applying the patch called: "All Codec for CFW and C2-VU" (you can find it on ModDB), I've tried it on both Windows 10 and Linux; it works for both. Can't speak for other patches but this one always works for me. If you're into classic strategy/overlooked gems give this one a shot :D