Space Combat

Space Combat is a game produced by Laminar Research to provide a simulation of space combat with accurate physics, unlike most other games of the same genre. Although originally a shareware game, the latest version of Space Combat—1.40—was released as freeware.

This article is about the 2004 videogame. For the military topic, see space combat. For the general videogaming topic, see Space flight simulation game.
Space Combat
Developer(s)Laminar Research
Publisher(s)Laminar Research
Designer(s)Austin Meyer
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Release
  • WW: April 20, 2004
Genre(s)Space flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

In the game, the laws of physics are modeled fully, so ships do not behave like aircraft: they behave like spaceships in a frictionless vacuum. This means that any velocity picked up will be maintained unless an opposite force is applied by the engines.

The game is a free-form simulation, with no plot or mission system. The spaceships have things such as biodomes and customizable engines. The ships can be equipped with weapons (such as lasers and torpedoes).

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