This game was very cool because it had an open ended technology tree potential, where you could discover ancient tech way down the list of advancement.. It didn't usually happen, or was too significant.. But I remember a game where very early on, got a few techs that gave superior shields, firepower, and the ability to actually construct the ship.. and just became an evil conquering force to all the primitive civs in the way...
One of my favorite playthroughs that I ever did I ended up getting the late technology that allows you to block a star line..... I strategically cordoned off half the galaxy and then expanded😅
Tons of 4x games have taken this exact formula and built on it, but in my opinion they overcomplicate it and ruin it's simplicity. I just want an HD remake of this game and I would be happy forever.
I still play this to this day. Awesome game. One thing I love about it is that you can name your ships. I always named my colony ships Col 1, Col 2, and so on.
@Frey You pretty much have to, especially when you have like 60 ships. Same with my ships with the planet assault ships, only way I could keep track was to name them Invader 1, Invader 2, and so on.
We used to love this game back in the days, I used to play Capellons with their useless ability, they have even tried to release a remake, but there was no interest about 10-15 years later. If you guys have some nostalgia regarding the 90s we recommend different and our game called Precursors: Armored Angels. It's a little rough like 90s game, but there you may have a chance to feel again the climax we could find in the games from 90s. In the most contemporary games there's no challenge, but there you will find one.
This is up there with Total Annihilation and Privateer.. Privateer had that moment where the guy shoots the pirate because pirates are expensive. And he's on a budget. Total Annihilation had awesome music.
this game was mindblowing back then for my 12 year old self! specially the alien species designs where sooo well done & "exotic", not just humans with wrinkles on their foreheads&noses, but truly alien!
Amazing game. Lot of species to choose from with different specialities that entice you to explore different game strategies. Like one species let you telepathically communicate with others and thus establish diplomatic relations immediately. This allows you to influence other species early and build alliances before they could establish contact with potential competitors. Another one gives you advantage on research so that you can have stronger ships or more prosperous colonies. I live the music. Throughout the decades I every now and then listened to the soundtrack on my iPods.
Beautiful game. Music was (is) amazing and general climate as well. Fantastic gamplay with some micromanagement but nothing too harsh that 80's kid couldnt handle :)
I just wish the AI hadn't sucked so bad. The AI had no idea how to develop it's planets after like turn 500. I always got the point where my entire planet is covered in Meagfacilities and Metroploises and the computer just has a few factories and tries to build crappy ships constantly. The way they use their ships is pretty easy to deal with too.
----- @João Barroso ----- - You can get it legally on Hard-Copy by buying it from "second-hand"-shops, offline or online. Or you can get it illegally from websites dedicated to abandoned software. Why the game hasn't been added to legal services like GOG or Steam yet is very puzzling? Might have something to do with their deal with Apple. With that said... The game definitely has it's flaws, but it has such an abundance of charm and character that it's still a "Must Play"-game. NB!...: For anyone who value their sanity, I would strongly recommend/advice you to disable that awful **DING**-sound in the game. Took me a few minutes to figure out were it was located in the game files in the game directory of the "PC-CD-ROM"-version of the game. After that it took only a few seconds to disable it. Extremely Important to note...: Simply deleting or renaming the file called "Ding.voc" only presents you with a new annoyance when the game can't find the file in question. You have to change the Call-command for "Ding.voc" for it to get disabled without adding to the problem. Funnily enough, making the game look for a file that doesn't exist to begin with works perfectly fine, while it doesn't work as intended when the game is looking for a file that should have been there. One of life's small ironic paradoxes... -----
BizzyX78 Hello, I bought Ascendancy for my iPad some good years ago, and now I cannot find it in my games for download, can you tell me what happened? Thanks in advance Cheers
juegaso!!!! lo ame y jugue mucho tiempo, ahora no se puede jugar sin emulador, siempre esperé una siguiente versión pero nunca lo sacaron es una lastima :C
I liked the rat people... don't remember their name. They had the ability to instantly sway someone diplomatically (because they're so cute)... so wars you started to steal planets could be ended as soon as you wanted without any problem.
Hm... the race who can enforce peace was the best. It was like a cheat. I attacked everyone, then they declared war and then I made peace again... This is actually almost a bug of the game.
Is it only me or there is no winning screen in this game? Otherwise this is the most awsome game! :-) I got some screen telling me I own 2/3 or all the stars and so on so maybe that was their intention when I should just stop and be happy, but I went on to eradicate everyone. There came nothing in the end however and I even occupied literally all the planets. Is there no win screen at all? :-(
1. Download & install: www.dosbox.com/ 2. Mount a folder as the C-drive in DOSBox: mount c "x:\some\path\on\your\pc" 3. Mount the game CD in DOSBox: mount d y:\ -t cdrom
+isegrim1978 DOSBox has been ported to iOS & Android so you can play the DOS version. Although, I don't know how well it works, I've used DOSBox only on Linux & Windows.
I installed it on my android phone via dosbox, but a have sound glitches, and i doubt how to deal with it:(. Any help to fixing that? I would be very Thankful guys!!! Maybe there is definite setting required for this game personally...
Maybe a performance issue. Are you using max cycles? Does your Android DOSBox version support dynamic core? Try those first. After that, try increasing the frame skip. If that doesn't work then try different sound settings: prebuffer, blocksize, sbtype, maybe GUS. And as a last-ditch effort, disable sound and/or music in the game's settings.
some years ago i reserched the main developer and found him on twitter.. and had a letter set up and thought about offering him my enheretence (?) .. all i had from my family.. but than i was not brave anough and also had no idea, what one pays.. i mean who knows if the source code still exist.. and the name and logo is.. not that exciting .. it was 50.000€ .. and wanted to make a version for phone or web..
just something i wanted to share .. and for that dude who made this.. if you happen to google your.. masterpeace.. you did your part to make the world a little better XD
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One of the best games of the 90s...simple yet brilliant
God i miss the theses Times!!!!
Master of orion 2 was better
I spent many days and nights playing this game. The music was perfect.
Я тоже.
Agree.....
Can't think of any game that would have better music than this.
Original fallout music is awesome too
Total Annihilation
@@robertpatter5509 Jeremy Soule wrote a lot of gaming masterpieces.....I still play TA all the time....
I have been playing this game in my childhood, when I was 10 years old. I just love it.
Excellent soundtrack.
This game was very cool because it had an open ended technology tree potential, where you could discover ancient tech way down the list of advancement.. It didn't usually happen, or was too significant.. But I remember a game where very early on, got a few techs that gave superior shields, firepower, and the ability to actually construct the ship.. and just became an evil conquering force to all the primitive civs in the way...
One of my favorite playthroughs that I ever did I ended up getting the late technology that allows you to block a star line.....
I strategically cordoned off half the galaxy and then expanded😅
We need a sequel to this so bad.
Tons of 4x games have taken this exact formula and built on it, but in my opinion they overcomplicate it and ruin it's simplicity. I just want an HD remake of this game and I would be happy forever.
I mean... Stellaris is very much like this, but obviously massively expanded on.
@@MST3Killa Stellaris is nothing like this ^^
@@baronsengir187 They're both in space... so... yeah it is very much like it.
@@MST3Killa :D Comb the desert
this game forgotten masterpiece
I still play this to this day. Awesome game. One thing I love about it is that you can name your ships. I always named my colony ships Col 1, Col 2, and so on.
@Frey You pretty much have to, especially when you have like 60 ships. Same with my ships with the planet assault ships, only way I could keep track was to name them Invader 1, Invader 2, and so on.
Took me forever to recall the name of this game! Thanks for uploading
Man, I loved this game back in the day :)
I always loved these creative, non humanoid races. I wish we could see them in a tv show if the rights could be bought. ;)
Or a new Game
One of my absolute favourites in the DOS-Era.
smacked me with a large dose of nostalgia. thank you
First game I bought when I got a PC... and I still have to play it.
We used to love this game back in the days, I used to play Capellons with their useless ability, they have even tried to release a remake, but there was no interest about 10-15 years later. If you guys have some nostalgia regarding the 90s we recommend different and our game called Precursors: Armored Angels. It's a little rough like 90s game, but there you may have a chance to feel again the climax we could find in the games from 90s. In the most contemporary games there's no challenge, but there you will find one.
This is up there with Total Annihilation and Privateer..
Privateer had that moment where the guy shoots the pirate because pirates are expensive. And he's on a budget.
Total Annihilation had awesome music.
Been looking for this game for decades!
The masterpiece which literally Made you Believe in those fantastic species ❤
yeah the galaxy felt more alive then in anything else that was out at that time!
I loved this game as a kid. Never made it too far in the tech tree but I didnt care. Nostalgia trip 💯
Holy shit this takes me back... used to love this game, One of my first 4X games along with Master of Orion II.
Over 25 years ago... god damn!
For me better than Master of Orion 2.... that means something. Music is legendary...
I loved when I found out that Shift+Left click gave help on every component :D
The first 4x game I played
needs a remake or so. awesome game
Planet management literally looks better that Stellaris'
And with that nice draws, specially the research one
@@RolandTemplar its a piece of art
@@hf4040 yes, a very niche one
stellaris has gotten better...sort of...
@@Trippy2549 still lags unbearably late game
Best game ever, so special, such a milestone. Dipped thousands of hours in it
Great music on this game. One of my favorite 4x games
Thanks for playing Ascendancy. I love it :)
im still playing this one...love it
Me too
@@RolandTemplar Can you give me a copy? i love this game
@@LofiCoffeeZone search in My abandoware
@@LofiCoffeeZone search un my abandoware
this game was mindblowing back then for my 12 year old self!
specially the alien species designs where sooo well done & "exotic", not just humans with wrinkles on their foreheads&noses, but truly alien!
Amazing game. Lot of species to choose from with different specialities that entice you to explore different game strategies. Like one species let you telepathically communicate with others and thus establish diplomatic relations immediately. This allows you to influence other species early and build alliances before they could establish contact with potential competitors. Another one gives you advantage on research so that you can have stronger ships or more prosperous colonies. I live the music. Throughout the decades I every now and then listened to the soundtrack on my iPods.
Most underrated soundtrack that I know of, of anything ever.
7:08 I forgot to send that colony ship to another star system...
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@zirkoni88
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- It amazes me how you can still be sane after 01:01:03 of *DING*...
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Who else played this game if only for the music?
i need that stunted "ding" to keep playing to help me off to sleep tonight
Bad designers desicion
Beautiful game. Music was (is) amazing and general climate as well. Fantastic gamplay with some micromanagement but nothing too harsh that 80's kid couldnt handle :)
I refuse to update my iPad just because of this game.
I just wish the AI hadn't sucked so bad. The AI had no idea how to develop it's planets after like turn 500. I always got the point where my entire planet is covered in Meagfacilities and Metroploises and the computer just has a few factories and tries to build crappy ships constantly. The way they use their ships is pretty easy to deal with too.
The game can be modded to make it more difficult:
www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showpost.php?p=451513&postcount=578
Antag ftw
Brought me back. Thanks!
i love to find the game, for play again
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@João Barroso
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- You can get it legally on Hard-Copy by buying it from "second-hand"-shops, offline or online.
Or you can get it illegally from websites dedicated to abandoned software.
Why the game hasn't been added to legal services like GOG or Steam yet is very puzzling?
Might have something to do with their deal with Apple.
With that said...
The game definitely has it's flaws, but it has such an abundance of charm and character that it's still a "Must Play"-game.
NB!...:
For anyone who value their sanity, I would strongly recommend/advice you to disable that awful **DING**-sound in the game.
Took me a few minutes to figure out were it was located in the game files in the game directory of the "PC-CD-ROM"-version of the game.
After that it took only a few seconds to disable it.
Extremely Important to note...:
Simply deleting or renaming the file called "Ding.voc" only presents you with a new annoyance when the game can't find the file in question.
You have to change the Call-command for "Ding.voc" for it to get disabled without adding to the problem.
Funnily enough, making the game look for a file that doesn't exist to begin with works perfectly fine, while it doesn't work as intended when the game is looking for a file that should have been there.
One of life's small ironic paradoxes...
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BizzyX78 Hello, I bought Ascendancy for my iPad some good years ago, and now I cannot find it in my games for download, can you tell me what happened?
Thanks in advance
Cheers
I loved playing this game.
:3
So many hours there!
i played my brain out on this
+megafr8nk
- With that DING I'm not surprised...he he...
juegaso!!!! lo ame y jugue mucho tiempo, ahora no se puede jugar sin emulador, siempre esperé una siguiente versión pero nunca lo sacaron es una lastima :C
Se puede compa, con el dosbox y bajarlo de myabandoware, lo juego de vez en cuando, govorum forever
Which game is similar and more new?
stellaris
I'd say Endless Space 1 and 2 have good atmospheric music and play.
The best races are the ones with the best research
Chamachies, are that lizards, yeah they are OP
I liked the rat people... don't remember their name. They had the ability to instantly sway someone diplomatically (because they're so cute)... so wars you started to steal planets could be ended as soon as you wanted without any problem.
@@RolandTemplar those would be the ones.
@@MST3Killa they áre, interesting backstory, they use their reyes to calm down even the most ferocious beast
Hm... the race who can enforce peace was the best. It was like a cheat. I attacked everyone, then they declared war and then I made peace again... This is actually almost a bug of the game.
Did you know that if one of your planets is being attacked you can rebuild an orbital shield after every hit and you will never lose a planet?
Yep, very practical
@@chefkoo yeah, IA is not too smart
This game was the tightest shit ever
what?
It was good
@@g8ortron it's is, todo bad sequel Was canned
Lol, i remember the lizards were OP with their technology.
Govorum forever!
I had so much trouble pronouncing the name as a 10 year old German who just had his first English classes but the game is great 😂😂😂
Ich kann mich erinnern es auf Deutsch gehabt zu haben... den "Ionen- Hammer" hab ich bis heute nicht vergessen 😄
@@fusseltyger Ja ich hatte es auch auf Deutsch. Aber ich hab auch Äss-känn-dänci gesagt 😂
@@Paleiko0630 Ich auch immer!
Äss-känn-DÄN-tzi xD
The game looks fun
I love this game
Is it only me or there is no winning screen in this game? Otherwise this is the most awsome game! :-)
I got some screen telling me I own 2/3 or all the stars and so on so maybe that was their intention when I should just stop and be happy, but I went on to eradicate everyone. There came nothing in the end however and I even occupied literally all the planets. Is there no win screen at all? :-(
The screen you saw is the win screen. The game is won when you control 2/3rds of the star systems but you can continue playing.
how you know this game is ancient: "Internet" is considered advanced alien technology....
what is the closest modern game?
Endless Space 1 and 2 have good atmospheric music and play.
Planets with xenos are priceless.
where is part 2?
+Filip Wichowicz There's no part 2.
zirkoni88 :'(
+Filip Wichowicz I had pretty much already beaten the game. I had more colonies than the rest of the species combined.
@@vihu2001 hi Sigrid
Always Played as chamanchi
WOW were come from so many comments
how its work under win 10 with dos box ? how can i play this with dos box ? what are the species to work with dosbox under win 10 ?
1. Download & install: www.dosbox.com/
2. Mount a folder as the C-drive in DOSBox:
mount c "x:\some\path\on\your\pc"
3. Mount the game CD in DOSBox:
mount d y:\ -t cdrom
Isn't the a bad iOS port? Although i would love to play it on my Note 4
+isegrim1978 DOSBox has been ported to iOS & Android so you can play the DOS version. Although, I don't know how well it works, I've used DOSBox only on Linux & Windows.
This game was created for windows back in 95 and was ported to the ios android many years later by the developers....
My first taste of the dark forest. It only gets worse according to Fermi. 😂
I installed it on my android phone via dosbox, but a have sound glitches, and i doubt how to deal with it:(. Any help to fixing that? I would be very Thankful guys!!!
Maybe there is definite setting required for this game personally...
Maybe a performance issue. Are you using max cycles? Does your Android DOSBox version support dynamic core? Try those first.
After that, try increasing the frame skip. If that doesn't work then try different sound settings: prebuffer, blocksize, sbtype, maybe GUS. And as a last-ditch effort, disable sound and/or music in the game's settings.
Watching this while the alien invasion starts December 2024!!!
@@ELEJOTAJE Starts? We have been here for y... I mean, hello fellow Earthling. How are you doing on this fine rotation of the planet?
@@zirkoni42 Lol!! I'm fine thank you!! How are you my cosmic friend!?
GalCiv was clearly influenced by this game.
Mostly
supi spiel
Hilarious to think they chose to use ding.wav for everything.
some years ago i reserched the main developer and found him on twitter.. and had a letter set up and thought about offering him my enheretence (?) .. all i had from my family.. but than i was not brave anough and also had no idea, what one pays..
i mean who knows if the source code still exist.. and the name and logo is.. not that exciting ..
it was 50.000€ .. and wanted to make a version for phone or web..
just something i wanted to share .. and for that dude who made this.. if you happen to google your.. masterpeace..
you did your part to make the world a little better XD
Ok, this is cool, but who's the idiot who decided on the "click button" sound effect. It really puts me off and it's so maddening
It can be removed: www.dosbox.com/wiki/GAMES:Ascendancy#Removing_the_.27Ping.27_Sound