Games
- Star Control (1990), the first of three computer games (Star Control, Star Control II, and Star Control 3) developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade. Alpha Tauri (another name for Aldebaran) is the homeworld of the Ilwrath, an arachnoid species that styles themselves as being supremely evil.
- Frontier: Elite II (1993) and Frontier: First Encounters (1995), computer games written by David Braben et al. Aldebaran is a distant, uninhabited system.
- FreeSpace 2 (1999), combat simulation computer game designed by Dave Baranec et al, and published by Volition, Inc.. The game continues on the story from Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War, once again thrusting the player into the role of a pilot fighting against the mysterious aliens, the Shivans. The earlier war of the Galactic Terran Alliance against the alien Parliamentary Vasudan Empire was interrupted by the appearance of the enigmatic and militant Shivans, who began slaughtering Terrans and Vasudans alike, causing them to form the Galactic Terran Vasudan Alliance in response. After the FreeSpace 2 defeat of the Shivans near the Gamma Draconis jump node in Capella, the Vasudan Government is moved from its crippled homeword to the Aldebaran star system.
- Escape Velocity Nova (2002), computer game developed and published by Ambrosia Software. The planet Merrol in the Aldebaran system is officially controlled by the Federation but it is constantly torn apart by open rebellion and rampant piracy.
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Famous quotes containing the word games:
“Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming games and acrostics, which at least require a certain inventiveness.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“The rules of drinking games are taken more serious than the rules of war.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)