I was really giddy when I saw this on the screen:

 And this gave me Kreygasm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPpYAUmNzY8

above post edited.

Just one? You ask the impossible!

Perhaps it's because so much of the play time is spent piloting through Hyperspace, but that would probably be my answer. I had purchased the "Role Playing Resource Guide" (or strategy guide, as we'd refer to it now) by Paul and Fred along with the game back in 1993 and it came with a very large and detailed foldout map that marked locations of interest. Such a thing may be outdated by today's standards, but I spent a lot of time carefully examining it while my ship was on autopilot to plan where I'd go next, trying to think a few steps ahead to optimize both time and fuel. I'm curious whether there's some modern analog of this idea that could be adapted; perhaps an in-game star chart to help the player decide where to travel based on the basic knowledge provided, prompting you to keep exploring further.

I've posted here about the Hyperspace travel element of the game being one I'd love to see expanded on. It was nice to have autopilot available just to be able to listen to the Hyperspace theme and not have to worry about maneuvering the ship, but I think it's also an area where the game fell short because it slowed the pace of player involvement and could be a bit unengaging at times. I loved the little artistic details like the shooting stars that would pierce the fabric of Hyperspace and then instantly disappear again like entering a puddle and presumably ending up in some other dimension. There's great opportunity to make some astounding visuals like that for the new game.

I'd love to see Stardock make the process of faster than light travel a lot more dramatic. Anyone who's seen the shot of the Millennium Falcon going to hyperspace in the latest Force Awakens trailer knows what I'm talking about. The warp effect from the most recent Star Trek movie was pretty cool too, where the engines rumbled to life with white light and left a pair of blue contrails behind, as if they were cosmic burnt rubber. There should be a sense of theater as you accelerate to incredible speeds to travel between stars. I feel like a lot of games involving space travel casually overlook just how amazing such an experience would be and take it completely for granted and I'd like to really feel the emotion of the speed and power involved.

Forgive the brief hijack but I've personally imagined a more ideal perspective for Hyperspace would be more of a command view from the top rear of our ship looking forward out to the distant horizon (yes I know there technically isn't one in space) and as we hit these incredible speeds, the view distorts and stretches with the classic "dolly zoom" effect as we watch the stars and nebula we're used to seeing in a fixed position flying past us as though we were on a bullet train!

Something a bit like this...

I loved playing Melee / SuperMelee with friends. Back before the Internet, we had to play while sharing a keyboard. It was a great bonding experience.

Fast forward to today... One of my co-workers is doing an Extra Life 24-hour game-a-thon for the Children's Miracle Network this Saturday. Because I was one of the first people to donate, I get to choose what he plays for an hour. I'm going to introduce him to SuperMelee. We're going to be playing SC2 for charity! How awesome is that?

Here's an update...

My co-worker did his Extra Life broadcast. I was slotted in the morning to come in and play SC2/UQM SuperMelee. What I didn't realize, though, was how much of a fan my co-worker was for local multi-player games. Not only did we spend the hour playing SuperMelee, he went back to it later on in the evening and showed it to his friends. I got him hooked! ("When did this game come out?" "1992" "Wow! It held up well!")

One stellar moment: One of his friends pulled off a 5-reincarnation run of the Pkunk against him. They were cracking up. "That's so cheap!" "You're such a button masher." Hahaha

This is what I want to see come from the reboot. I want a bunch of friends sitting around a monitor or TV, trash talking, while playing SuperMelee.

My favorite moment has to be when my best friend showed me the game for the first time. He came over and helped me install the Ur-Quan Masters and subtly guided me through some of the tougher puzzles. He got me hooked. I got really involved in the fledgling community at the time and even got to work with the creators of Ur-Quan Masters: Project 6014 as a voice actor. I don't think one video game has left quite as profound an impact on me as Star Control II. It'll forever be one of my favorites.

Going to trade with the Druuge and having them fill all my fuel tanks when they are nearly empty and hearing what he calls me.

Druuge: Aieee! I am ruined! You have sucked my full tanks until they are dry! Cruel Monster! Bloated Villain! Slicer of innocent throats! What shall I tell the Manager?! My spouse?!

I feel tempted to one day go with a flagship that has nothing but high efficiency fuel tanks.

Tricking the Ilwrath that you are their gods and the things you can make them do is also hilarious.

Back when I was working as a designer, in 1999, one of the programmers came into the break room one morning and mentioned that PC Gamer was going to have a list of the Top 100 games of the century in their next issue.  My immediate reaction was "I bet Star Control II doesn't even make the list, and I would put it at #1".  I was the only person in the office who had ever heard of Star Control II and spent the next week hearing comments about how I thought some "obscure game only you remember is the best game ever made".

Then the issue came out and, for very different reasons, both I and everyone else in the office was shocked to see Star Control II at #6 on the list.  I thought it had to be a better list than I was thinking it would be, and everyone else had a new-found respect for me and remembered why they had hired me to begin with

For me, picking out a singular experience that I loved the most in Star Control II, because it is such a vast and vibrant world, and to me picking out one point is selling short the entire all-encompassing experience. However, if I was to pick a single moment that stands out the most, or had the biggest impact, it would be the Kohr-Ah genocide sweep. When I first saw them moving my instinct was "Oh, that cannot be good", then the Ur-Quan cries of terror solidified that fact. I flew to the Yehat and Pkunk, my best-est allies to warn them of the impeding danger, but I was too late, all that was left was the smoldering remains of their once great cities. Eventually I flew back to Sol and made my last stand around Earth, defeating dozens of fleets of Kohr-Ah Marauders with my souped-up Vindicator. I inevitably went down, but it was a good run and I took as many of those murderers down with me! Huzzah!

3DO ending, hands down.

Was an amazing reward.

When you explore the 3rd Androsynth ruin... wow.

There's alot of not so serious dialogs... and then that hits you... Reading that combined with parts of the Arilou and Orz dialog is some pretty *heavy* stuff. (tee hee)

Also Juffo-Wup....
My friends and I used to debate what was more powerful. The great potato from the Dinosaur TV show, or Juffo-Wup.

^ Glad to see this on here again.

(video credit is mine, btw)

I don't know if this has been shared here, but I always found this guy's blind playthrough of SC2 interesting (though it was frustrating at times). It makes me so proud to see his curiosity turn into deep admiration as he went deeper into the story. He eventually did a video in retrospect, digging deep into the psyche of the different aliens in the game - but none more compelling than the Ur-Quan.

I thought this video is quite relevant now that SC: Origins is on the way - a reminder of the huge shoes it has to fill.