Hyperspeed

Moby ID: 3429
DOS Specs
Buy on DOS
$51.18 used on eBay
Buy on Windows
$3.49 new on Steam
Note: We may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made via eBay or Amazon links (prices updated 3/11 11:24 PM )

Description official description

Hyperspeed is a space trading and combat simulation game, and a follow-up to Lightspeed. The player controls a pilot who is sent on a mission to find a new home for humans, after the Earth has become nearly uninhabitable. The goal is to encounter alien species and negotiate with them to allow the colonization of a planet by the humans. To do that, the player has to engage in diplomatic talks and trading, and also fend off hostile aliens.

The gameplay mostly relies on the template introduced by Elite: the player explores the galaxy piloting a space ship, encountering alien races, trading with them, and purchasing better weapons, shields, and engine for the space ship, helping the protagonist to survive in combat. There are four star clusters to explore, each one with its own difficulty level.

Groups +

Screenshots

Promos

Videos

See any errors or missing info for this game?

You can submit a correction, contribute trivia, add to a game group, add a related site or alternate title.

Credits (DOS version)

26 People · View all

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 62% (based on 4 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.0 out of 5 (based on 5 ratings with 0 reviews)

Be the first to review this game!

Trivia

Music

Hyperspeed shares something with Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Specifically, they both have the same theme song. It seems that Jeffery L. Briggs, who did musical work on Hyperspeed (and many other MicroProse games), and was the Executive Producer and one of two people who did the soundtrack for Alpha Centauri, remixed the Hyperspeed theme song for SMAC's main menu.

Analytics

MobyPro Early Access

Upgrade to MobyPro to view research rankings!

Identifiers +

  • MobyGames ID: 3429
  • [ Please login / register to view all identifiers ]

Contribute

Are you familiar with this game? Help document and preserve this entry in video game history! If your contribution is approved, you will earn points and be credited as a contributor.

Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Alexander Schaefer.

Macintosh, Linux, Windows added by Charly2.0.

Additional contributors: Longwalker, Patrick Bregger, piltdown_man.

Game added March 6, 2001. Last modified December 27, 2023.