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Great Game, Worth the Money

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: January 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you're a fan of strategy and puzzle games, this is something you should look into! I can't stop playing it. It's simple, the graphics aren't impressive, but it's incredibly fun!

It reminds me of the older games on Apple II and other systems, where they were just simple and fun.

Moonbase Commander owns me! Buy NOW! you won't be sorry.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Being the lucky gamer that I am. I was able to play Moonbase Commander at Humongous Entertainment in Bothell Wa. where Moonbase Commander was created. I also had the great pleasure of watching Moonbase develop over the last year. It is one of my favorite games. Moonbase will have you hooked after 3 minutes of play-time guaranteed. Launching hubs and setting up your defense is so fun! It is so gratifying to blow stuff up and to see all the chain reactions you can set off by playing smart. I love the Crawler! It's this little bomb you can launch out and it crawls over the surface of the planet. Then as soon as it runs into something; LOOK OUT because the explosion radius on the thing is HUGE! It's a great feeling using all the weapons and defensive structures included in this game. It fits any manner of strategy you want to use. The concept of the game is revolutionary and one that will be copied because of it's simple genuis. Before I tried moonbase, I kinda wrote it off because of my dislike for RTS games. But that is not what Moonbase is all about at all. After I got a handle on the concept, and the gameplay of Moonbase, I was immediately hooked. It's the type of game you can't really describe to someone and do it a lot of justice. It is something that must be played to be appreciated. I'm addicted to this game. I showed it to my father-in law, now he's been bugging me for weeks to get him a copy. Moonbase's gameplay is such a cool concept, and it has been executed flawlessly. The graphics are very good and fit the game well. All the menu's are easy to navigate and you won't be confused with a lot of options. Moonbase is very simple in it's presentation and concept; yet once you look into it, it is a very deep and satisfying gaming experience. AND THIS IS NOT A GAME JUST FOR KIDS! Sure kids can play it, and it is even marketed with 9 and up on the box, but I'd say it is more for anyone who enjoys playing games. I don't mean just video games either, moonbase is really a game for anybody. Moonbase should be in everyone's game collection. If you love games you must own this game. Can't wait to see you on Gamespy. Thanks to all the hard working people who made this game possible because it is truly sweet gaming candy.

Killer
Bothell WA.

Outstanding multiplayer turn-based strategy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This really is an excellent game.

Online muliplayer games (LAN, or over the internet via Gamespy) provide an enormous depth of replayability, and work fine over dialup, too. Don't be put off by the low system requirements; the graphics and sound are simple but well-crafted. There are lots of maps with a variety of sizes and terrain and the resource management is without excessive early-game drudgery. Strongly recommended!

Simple but challenging logic game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Don't be fooled into thinking this is some kind of strategic war or economic game. It's strategy in about the same sense that chess is, but with a certain amount of hand-to-eye coordination thrown in. This is really about trying to build up a moonbase on step at a time, while at the same time blocking the other guy's...and preventing him from blocking yours. Each turn, you pick something you want to build, and then "fling" it in the appropriate direction. You might fling something toward an energy pool to build up your energy, or you might fling out a shield to keep the other guy from attack your base.

But again, this is not like, for instance, Outpost, if you're familiar with that game. This is really just a fairly simple logic game. Simple in the sense that there is only a very limited range of things you can do. But the game can be quite challenging. The computer is very sneaky and will send in stuff to blow up your base and defeat you unless you keep a very sharp eye on him.

I bought this used at a low price, and it was definitely a good value. I've played it maybe three or four hours, which makes it already worth the price.

Keep in mind that the game requires a surprisingly huge amount of disk space to install, considering how simple it is. I don't remember offhand, but I think it was around 200 MB.

Game Candy- so sweet to eat!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Is this game Japanese? The art has the look, and some of the names of the computer players have that Godzilla-type sound to them. But these are good things! It really seperates the game from others on the market. If you want to try a different and deceptively simple game with an ancient Amiga-ish feel to it, give this game a spin. You won`t be disappointed.

Prepare to lose sleep, casual gamers!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ok, so with my busy lifestyle, I have very little time to play games. So, when those precious moments come available, I don't like to waste my time on cheesy games. Most of the time I want a game that is just plain FUN, nothing else. This game is one of the few that have won that precious time slot in my life. It will appeal to fans of RTS (Real Time Strategy), TBS (Turn Based Strategy), as well as those that generally don't play games because of how quickly this one can be learned, yet has deep, deep strategy within it.

game is awsome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is the best! i play warcraft,(wit cheats)starcraft(awsome game)and age o empyres but MoonBase Commander takes the cake! pros: awsomely siple map editer,(i find my self useing map editer half of time)awsome replay value,great graphix, sound and gameplay, 7 year olds can play, well thought out campains and low system reqirements. cons: only one can't save in middle of game! but thats unimportnent. the other people go in to game story so read those. this game is the best! buy it u won't regret it!

[Ted!!!] An Absolute Gamer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 21
Date: June 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game [is not good]! It's graphics is cartooned 3d which doesnt fit to the boring gameplay! The graphics gets a 1.5/5! i played it for about 10 minutes and it really made me mad coz what a waste of money!
Dislikes:
Its a shooting game in the moon which is crazily uncool!
You can choose 3 teams which absolutely [not good]!
Its graphics is cartooned 3d which is worse!
Its detail suck which gets you minutes to get used to the weird game!
I can't believe many people over rated this game when this game is not even better than supermario maybe theyre still using windows 95!
Just dont forget id rather buy nothing than to buy this!

Simple game, simple graphics, misnomer name.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 19
Date: August 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has 1. nothing to do with the moon. 2. nothing to do with a base.
You essentially play a 2 angle game. 1. decide what to build (some strategy involved) 2. GUESS at how to aim. That's it. It's not even as fun as the OLD freeware scorched earth. Get that instead.

Is this a find for the blind!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 23
Date: July 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just bought moonbase commander last weekend and it definitely broke my heart. Its gameplay 100% weird and the graphics is 3d Cartoon! Dislikes:
1. You can choose weapons like missiles, mines etc. and using it would take you minutes to figure it out. You'd rather blow up your base first than the enemy coz the missiles just crazily hit your base! You have Towers that provide no defense but a mirror for a missile! Believe me this game is goners!
You can choose between 3 teams that is simply alike and the terrain makes me vomit!...

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