Help me find a really, really old space combat game

[Eloque]

I've been spending hours online searching in vain for a computer game from my youth. One of the first games I've ever played, one that I'd really like find back.

Here is what I know;

• I played it on an 8086 or 8088
• It's a game of space combat between 2 spaceships
• One ship is a round shape, and fights defensivly, ie it uses it's laser to shoot down missiles
• One ship, a somewhat triangle like shape, fight aggresisvly, it fires a constant barrage of missiles
• Both ships have energy supplies that regenerate over time
• Energy is used for propulsion, missiles and laser
• You can use laser to shoot down missiles
• It was monochrome
• You could either play vs. the computer, have the computer play against itself or play against another human
• It had really nice 'newtonian' physics, you could slow down or speed a ship but not really steer

If anyone has any clue, I'd really appreciate it!

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

Spacewar?

 

[Eloque]

That does look very much like it, I believe it was some sort GWBasic version of it. Bear in mind, it played it in the 80's. Spacewar is from '62?

Getting closer. Thanks.

 

[Anteaus]

Sounds like Star Control 1, but I think he might be looking for something older. Most of that list is verbatum Star Control.

 

[gorobei]

its spacewar. there were different revisions that came out for pc in the 80's.

star control was the eventual stepchild. ariloo vs spathi or mmnrhnm was the classic match up. i even loved the singleplayer map control mode as well.

download urquan masters for a freeware remake of SC2

 

[veri745]

Sounds like this:
Spacewar (1985) for DOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5qHe2VadA

 

[Eloque]

Excellent! That is the one! Looks dingier then I remember The interwebs are wise it seems and have a long memory.

Thank you all for the help, I am off to recreate as an exercise in PyGame.