It’s a game I used to play on PC in the mid to late '90’s.

Basically you establish mining outposts on planets and go around collecting, buying and selling the minerals.

Platform(s): PC

Genre: Space/Trading Sim

Estimated year of release: 1995-1999

Graphics/art style: Mostly from the inside of a spaceship cockpit (I think)

Notable characters: N/A

Notable gameplay mechanics:

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  • Sciaphobia@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Gazillionaire, Elite, or escape velocity maybe? Maybe Freelancer, but that was later than your time estimate.

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      6 days ago

      Sorry it’s not any of those.

      Alien legacy was really close graphics wise but it was more of an exploration/trading sim without the turns.

      • Sciaphobia@lemm.eeEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Ah. Hmm. The only other ones I remember that might be in similar vein that might trip a memory are Fragile Alliance, X: Beyond the Frontier, but those aren’t really graphically similar. Hardwar, maybe?

        If you want space fairing, base building, trade empire creating fun, that is the X universe’s entire thing though. If you can’t find what you are looking for, maybe X3 or X4 would scratch the itch.

        • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          6 days ago

          Thanks for the suggestions I’ll look into it!

          I’ve been looking for this game for twenty five years now and I’ll probably be disappointed once I find it.

          • Sciaphobia@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            I feel your pain. I had a tune from Robo Warrior (NES) stuck in my head for… I couldn’t even tell you how long before it just randomly clicked one day.

            X3 is really, really hard to learn. I have heard 4 is better in that regard. If you try either, you should probably start with 4! Also, it’s very different, but Escape Velocity Nova is really worthwhile if you like exploration, trading style games. Old af but it holds up imo.

            Edit: I spent some time Googling when I saw you said you thought the game had the word Galactic in it. Imperium Galactica?