Homeworld: Game of the Year Edition | 
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| From: Vivendi Universal
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $72.99
New (4) Used (7) from $25.94
Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 10415
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 95
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Game of the Year
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8 x 2
Model: 71115
UPC: 020626711159
EAN: 0020626711159
ASIN: B00004T77A
Release Date: May 17, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New In Jewel Case w/ Install Code & Manual On The CD - Ships FAST w/free Delivery Confirmation Emailed To You! *Buy With Confidence From Amazon Pro Merchant*
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| Features:
| • | Choose from 16 single-player missions or play online with up to 7 people | | • | Customize your game, from fuel consumption to color schemes | | • | Choose from detailed weapons systems, including ion cannons, guided missiles, and space mines | | • | Lead your rag-tag fleet of starships on a voyage to a mythical homeworld |
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Product Description
Relic Entertainment and Sierra Studios proudly introduce the Homeworld Game of the Year Edition. Winner of multiple Game of the Year and Strategy Game of the Year awards, Homeworld is a revolutionary step in gameplay and technology, simultaneously delivering stunning special effects, brilliantly-rendered ships, exciting single and multiplayer missions, and an innovative interface.
Amazon.com Review
Relic Entertainment and Sierra Studios' Homeworld forced gamers to view real-time strategy games in a completely different way. Homeworld's events take place in 3-D space complemented by stunning graphics and magnificent sound effects. While it does adhere to real-time strategy games' traditional balance of resource gathering and unit creation, Homeworld feels unique; Relic has created a vast and interesting universe that's worth visiting time and time again. Having won numerous industry awards (including Game of the Year and Strategy Game of the Year) in 1999, Relic and Sierra have repackaged the original Homeworld into a Game of the Year Edition The imaginative plot competes with the graphics as the game's best feature. Upon the discovery of an ancient galactic map inscribed with the words "our home," the people of Kharak began construction of a massive mother ship and fleet to traverse the galaxy and reach their true home world. Players construct, maintain, and control the Kharak fleet through 16 challenging single-player missions or against fellow humans on Sierra's WON.net online gaming service. During the solo campaign, you'll face literally hundreds of enemy vessels. All friendly and enemy ships--ranging from small yet dangerously quick interceptors to the powerful and expensive destroyers and heavy cruisers--are rendered with exquisite detail. If you already own Homeworld, there's not enough here to justify the purchase; however, if you haven't enjoyed one of the freshest games of all time, Homeworld: Game of the Year Edition offers an experience that shouldn't be missed. --Doug Radcliffe Pros: - One of the best games in recent years, offering a fresh look on a popular genre
- Fantastic graphics with a 3-D engine that allows you to get up close to dazzling ship battles
- Addictive single-player campaign and easy-to-use Internet multiplayer options
Cons: - Game of the Year Edition doesn't include extra missions or enhancements to gameplay
- Higher learning curve than standard real-time strategy games (but worth the effort)
Amazon.com Product Description
Command a massive star fleet on an epic journey home. Since the discovery of the Guide Stone 100 years ago, our very origins have come into question. Now, after years of technological advancement and careful study, there is one inescapable revelation: we do not belong here. From that moment of discovery on, we have dedicated ourselves to one goal--returning home.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 83 more reviews...
 Homeworld: Game of the Year Edition June 14, 2008
As one of the oldest windows video games I had always enjoyed the complexity of this game, and the strategy aspects of it. The navigation controls of the game were some of the most original I had seen.
If there was one thing I have to say against it would be that it is difficult to get running under operating systems like Windows XP and Vista since these systems compatibility with older games has always been lacking.
Other than that I have always enjoyed the experience playing it.
 Great Game March 24, 2007
I saw my dad playing this game and i thought it looked good, so i went out, bought the game and started playing.
Although at first it was hard to "Get into" it made up for that with the amazing graphics and stunning performance.
The only thing that set me back was on the "Kharos Graveyard" when that "Graveyard Cog" kept stealing my Capital ships and Carriers.
But yeah, it was a great game .. i've played HW2 .. so i just need to track down a cheap copy of Catacalysm.
The best 3D Strategy game I've played, bar none January 4, 2007
I'm not too much into gaming, but Homeworld is one I keep wanting to play, over and over again. Because the Game of the Year Edition comes with the cheat book, I know all the strategies to beat the game, and I've finished it at least 5 times already. Because of the freedom this game provides, unlike its 2 sequels that tend to limit your fleet size, I really believe this is the best of the 3.
Great game.. but.. July 19, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is definitely one of the best games I've ever played. The story line is fantastic, the cut scenes are wonderful with their hand drawn look, gameplay and control is unmatched except by the sequel, the graphics are amazing, and the sound -music, characters' voices and sound effects - are absolutely amazing. If you're looking for a great, challenging game, Homeworld is just what you're looking for. However... if you're looking for the sound track that comes with the game, the sound track that the picture on the item for sale's box clearly says "Soundtrack included!", don't buy this. I just received it in the mail, opened the packaging and felt slightly tricked as I saw a different box with no "Soundtack included!"... The music in this game really is that good. Even though I already own the game, I really wanted this soundtrack, and would gladly pay twenty dollars for it. So this review is mainly to Amazon and eShopUSA: don't trick your customers by selling more to people than they are getting, it's bad business as this is the last time I'm buying from you.
One of the BEST games ever. Period. December 31, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Before I got this game, I was not really into real-time-strategy (RTS). However I was looking for a good space sim and so I got this game. All I can say is, WOW.
The standard by which I measure games more than anything is the story and content. Homeworld delivered both of them beyond my wildest expectations. And while the graphics may be somewhat dated by today's standards, looks really do not matter compared to the content that the game delivers.
The story is about a 4,000 year-old derlict ship discovered in the desert of a backwater planet called Kharak, which contains an artifact known as the 'guide stone' and information that the inhabitants of Khrak (you can choose from two races to play) are not native to planet but from a world known as Hiigaria. This united Kharak's clans as never before in a massive project to return in their homeworld. Over a period of 60 earth-standard years, a gigantic colony ship is built. Deep inside the mothership is the hyperspace core from the derilect, which was rebuilt for use in the mothership. The ship's tests largely go as planned until the test-run of the hyperspace core. While the jump itself went flawlessly, a science ship sent to the systems edge to receive them has gone missing. Scout ships and probes discover a burned out hulk of what was once the science vessel and a distress call that they came under fire from mysterious hostiles. The mothership and its defending forces are ambushed by these same hostiles but manage to return to Kharak, only to find the planet engulfed in a planet-wide firestorm. All that is left of the Hiigarian race is the mothership crew and some six hundred thousand people in cryogenic suspension who survived the destruction of the mothership's scaffold. The msterious attackers attack the cryo trays, doing their best to make the Hiigarians extinct, but the cryo trays are saved and the crew of an enemy frigate are captured. The enemy crew reveals that the Hiigarians violated a 4,000-year old treaty that they knew nothing about, a treaty not to develop hyperspace technology, which is punishable by extinction of their race. With nothing left, the Hiigarians have no choice but to make it to their homeworld. I will not spoil anything, but the journey is filled with with new discoveries and new perils along the way. The hunt for the mothership and the Hiigarian's fight against the enemy empire to retake Hiigaria would become known as "The Homeworld War."
The gameplay has a steep lurning curve, and taking the training course before beginning the camapaign or skirmish is ESSENTIAL. Even if you have played RTS games, the gameplay system in here is unique enough to require it. You also need a very three-dimensional mind to play this game: learning to defend yourself, think and fight along all three axis is the only way you will win this game. You will also need a lot of patience. Many missions are very long and you will be going back and retrying. From the sixth mission and onward, the game gets VERY hard.
The music is top-notch, ranking up there along with the music from Deus Ex, Heavy Gear and Mechwarrior 2. The music is a combination of orchistral and middle-eastern.
All in all this game deserves five stars.
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