Tachyon: The Fringe

Tachyon: The Fringe is a fascinating reminder of an era when space combat simulators tried to combine demanding piloting with meaningful player freedom and an actual sense of living on the frontier. Originally released in 2000 and developed by NovaLogic, with NovaLogic and THQ Nordic listed as publishers on Steam, it places the player behind the controls of a mercenary spacecraft rather than treating them as another anonymous military pilot. Its technology is undeniably old, but underneath the dated presentation is a surprisingly ambitious space adventure built around contracts, exploration, faction choices, tactical combat, and a branching storyline. The campaign follows Jake Logan, a mercenary pilot drawn into a major conflict on the edge of civilized space. Bruce Campbell provides Jake's voice, lending the protagonist a recognizable personality that helps keep the narrative entertaining. Instead of pushing players through a completely linear succession of missions, the game provides some freedom over where to travel and which assignments to undertake. This mercenary structure works particularly well because it makes individual jobs feel like part of a larger career. You are fly…

Classic old space simulater. Played it as a kid and loved it, replayed it as an adult and still loved it. All to the classic snark of Bruce Campbell lol.

Exe files contain malware binkplay.exe pack.exe space.exe tachyon.exe update.exe The only exe file that has no virus is revupdat.exe I checked those files here: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/search Didn't check anything else.

When you click Start game, followed by the instruction of selecting a slot, the play button never lights up. This is a broken product in 2026.

It is an old game - but lots of fun and character.

I enjoyed playing this game back in the day but I'm leaving a negative review because it's too much hassle getting this to run on Win 10/11. I finally got the graphics working after using dgVoodoo instead of nglide (which didn't work for me), but then I kept getting the "spinning cockpit" issue and couldn't fix it using all the obvious solutions.