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DOS version

Just noting: There was also a (very cool) DOS game called "Terminal Velocity". In this game, you where flying around in a 3D enviroment, picking up powerups, and generally blasting everything that moved. There where a set of "missions" (4 or 5, i think + one bonus when you had made all the others), which where composed of a set of planets on which you had to complete some objective or another.

The game wasn't acctually a DOS game, as it booted its own OS (at least it claimed to) on top of DOS. It was also quite large, filling up an entire CD-ROM. But it was good! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.109.132.9 (talk • contribs) 15:26, November 1, 2005 (UTC)

See Terminal Velocity (computer game). Chris Cunningham 12:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended Page

I just noted that the site at http://www.ev-nova.net is suspended. Does this mean, the link should be removed from the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.202.174.85 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 19 June 2007

Yes. Done. Chris Cunningham 12:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in the last paragraph

If I remember correctly, the SOL graphic exists in the data file, but the ship does not exist in the game, and there is no cheat code to obtain it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.242.7.96 (talk) 18:33, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Star Wars

I clearly remember a Star Wars version. 192.235.7.100 (talk) 01:09, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think I remember a user-generated plug-in based on Star Wars, but Ambrosia Software did not create a 'Star Wars version' of Escape Velocity. There's really no call to mention specific user-generated content, except perhaps that EV and EVO were ported to EV Nova. 90.195.203.155 (talk) 22:27, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 25 November 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Per consensus (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 05:07, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

– Game is the primary topic for the proper name version by pageviews, getting more views than the others combined (besides Escape Velocity Nova, a WP:PTM and in the same series). Unless a series page is made, the game probably ought to be primary. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 23:41, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. "For the proper name version" is doing a lot of work here. Escape velocity the physics concept has ~900 views a day, this obscure game has 50 views a day (which honestly still seems high). WikiNav says that people who go to Escape Velocity with a capital V still usually end up at Escape velocity (physics) despite the fact that over half the hits are from Escape velocity's hatnote. SnowFire (talk) 04:34, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@SnowFire: It will still be a single step from either the DAB page or the video game to reach the physics article. Unless you are implying that Escape Velocity needs to be the primary redirect, this shouldn't technically matter (and I don't believe it's a primary redirect). I'm just saying it's primary amongst the disambiguated articles. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 07:52, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- - WikiNav disagrees, and says that the physics concept is the most common hit from Escape Velocity (capital V) as mentioned above. Don't see the problem with it being a disambig page. SnowFire (talk) 19:27, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Too obscure of a topic for WP:DIFFCAPS to be a factor here. 162 etc. (talk) 17:16, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose per SnowFire, its probably safest to disambiguate the title case version like Red Meat. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:07, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, per above. Using diffcaps as a reason when the original term is of such commonsense notability should be a cause for speedy closes of RM's. Randy Kryn (talk) 09:00, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.