or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
More Buying Choices
knightdisco... Add to Cart
$4.20 + $3.99 shipping
Amazon.com Add to Cart
$24.99  & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
Hitgaming Video Games Add to Cart
$48.98 + $7.99 shipping
Have one to sell? Sell yours here

by Got Game
Teen
2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Select

Platform
error!
 
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by phife.
Only 3 left in stock--order soon.
PAYDAY The Heist
Game Downloads Farewell to February - Save up to 75%
We're waving goodbye to February and welcoming the approaching spring with savings of up to 75%, from now until February 29, 2012. Check out our selection of over 90 downloads up to 75% off, including "PAYDAY The Heist" and "Red Faction Armageddon" for $4.99, "Saints Row: The Third" for $24.99, and "NBA 2K12" for $9.99. Learn more.

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this item with Dark Horizon $9.75

Space Trader + Dark Horizon
Price For Both: $13.50

These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. Show details

  • This item: Space Trader

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by phife.
    $3.99 shipping.

  • Dark Horizon

    In Stock.
    Sold by 1stVideo and ships from Amazon Fulfillment.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought


Product Features

Platform: PC
  • With Web Access you can use a Web browser to ACCESS and UPLOAD your files! Anytime, from Anywhere!
  • Use Web Access for iPhone to ACCESS files on your LinkStation!
  • The eco-friendly power savings mode cuts cost and powers down the LinkStation based on the power state of your PC
  • iTunes automatically makes the LinkStation available as a content source in your iTunes software
  • Built-in FTP and Print servers

Product Details

  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: B001CUCZDM
  • Item Weight: 1 pounds
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Release Date: October 15, 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,228 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes


Product Description

Platform: PC

Many years from now, humanity is ruled by The Ministry of Accounts, an oppressive bureaucracy that tracks, records and taxes every transaction of daily life. From the depths of Red Tape, a new breed of marketeer arises to challenge the authority and make a profit: the Space Trader is born! As a Trader, players will attempt to amass a fortune beyond their wildest imaginations, buying and selling commodities as well as taking up arms against the oppressors and even accepting bounty missions, hunting down crime bosses and their thugs.

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

 

Customer Reviews

8 Reviews
5 star:
 (1)
4 star:
 (2)
3 star:
 (1)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:
 (4)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
2.5 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Deeply Flawed Gem, February 18, 2010
By 
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
So much potential unrealised with a finished product that looks like a first draft. And yet this flawed game is still a ton of fun to play and once you get into it, it's very very addictive.

What we have is a futuristic space trading sim. You hop around the solar system buying low and selling high. There are enough visual queues to assist with your purchases and if you do it right, you'll just about always make a profit. About half the goods you can buy are your standard commercial fare and the other half are black market type items. The game states there could be problems carrying black market type items either from other vendors or from the authorities. It was fun starting off with a pittance and building it up to millions.

The other part of the game is a shooter and it's cleanly woven into the trading sim. Merchants, bartenders and/or citizens may offer you a job bringing in or stopping a criminal. The trading sim takes a back seat while you take on this new action shooter business. As far as shooters go, it's way dated (mid 90s?) but there were no system hiccups so all was good.

Technically, the game is a pure old school throw back. But because the trade sim and shooter elements together are so rare, the game gets a huge amount of credit. The vocalization is horrible - probably the game makers themselves. Additionally, the vocals many times do not match the character or the words on the screen, The graphics sorta remind me of "No One Lives Forever" (NOLF). But the music, while it's repetitive, is good and works with this game. I put in about 10 hours with the game and only had one CTD.

Beware there are no saves. The game saves itself either when you reach a new destination or after you finish a shooter mission. So if you're gonna quit the game quit after you finish a shooter mission or land on another destination. Also do not jump out of what ever game play you are in (Challenge or Campaign). Popping into another game play will reset your game to the beginning of whatever chapter you are in. As I said in the beginning, a draft product.

Still, the price is great and it makes for a very pleasant diversion from my AAA games that require months to complete. I like this game and can see myself playing this thing in short spurts for a very long time.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars not bad, February 4, 2009
= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Space Trader (CD-ROM)
Ok lets face it this game is a great idea that didn't quite make the cut. You start off working off a debt. Items are all over the map and it plays like an rpg. but you also have fps sessions when you bounty hunt.

the biggest downside i had was the game gets boring. buy up cheap goods and bounty hunt travel to another location sell off goods and repeat.

like i said a great idea that just doesn't make the cut. i was hoping for a spacesim like freelancer or freespace. Its not bad but not great either.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but problems, December 26, 2008
By 
= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Space Trader (CD-ROM)
I am actually angry at this game. First, installing the game, it automatically installs an online patching/connection service that I did not want. But that is the only way to install the game and then that is the only way to start the game. I didn't like that, as I didn't need online aspects to play this basically solo game. That connection software then runs in the background and slows my whole computer to a crawl, even after several reboots and even after turning it off.

So far, I have played 10-15 miniutes of the game and have suffered about 30 crashes. And since you cannot save the game (it saves it at periodic points, but you have no control), you lose all progress on most crashes. Many of these crashes, crashed my whole system. I have tried several resolutions, all patches are in, etc. but have been unable to stop the crashes.

So, I am giving up on thi one.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews






Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   
Related forums



Look for Similar Items by Category

Platform: PC
phife Privacy Statement phife Shipping Information phife Returns & Exchanges