I’m also interested by the underlying technology, which has been faithfully preserved in key respects.

These krellan ship captains only get more sadistic with age, it seems.

“Have patience with the game,” the blurb goes on.

A screenshot from MS-DOS space sim Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander’s 2.0 release in 2023, showing a battle for control of a 2D spaceship coloured red and green.

Now that’s what I call a sim.

Whether it’s entertaining to play is another matter, of course.

There’s no mouse control, so you’ll need to memorise a few keyboard shortcuts.

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Did you play this originally?