6 Jul
2001
6 Jul
'01
3:45 p.m.
> SPACEWAR: n. A space-combat simulation game,
inspired by
> E. E. "Doc" Smith's "Lensman" books, in which two
spaceships
> duel around a central sun, shooting torpedoes at each other and
> jumping through hyperspace.
Must be rather loosely based. The good Doctor never used hyperspace in the
Lensman series (IIRC, in none of his books, unless you count a foray into
the fourth dimension in "Skylark ov Valeron". Wonderful author.
I used to play a version of Space War on the HP-41.