Netrek 9+
The Internet's first team game
Network Mom LLC
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- Free
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Description
Netrek is the _original_ Internet team strategy game. First implemented in 1989, Netrek pits two teams of up to 16 players each against each other for control of the galaxy.
Use torpedoes and lasers to destroy enemy ships.
Bomb enemy planets.
Land armies to capture planets.
Work as a team to wipe your enemy from the galaxy.
This Netrek client is implemented in Swift and is open source at https://github.com/darrellroot/Netrek-SwiftUI
A 3-button (or at least 2-button) mouse is recommended for playing Netrek.
Historic information and documentation about Netrek is available at http://www.netrek.org
Join the "Netrek-forever" Google group to get notifications of scheduled "human" games. In the meantime practice against the robots!
Quickstart: (the app should automatically connect to the metaserver to generate a list of servers--playing as guest without login is enabled by default)
1) Select a server
2) Launch ship -> cruiser.
3) A "that team not allowed" message may appear in bottom right. If that happens select a different "preferred team" and repeat #2.
Game controls:
Left mouse button fires torpedoes
Right mouse button sets course.
Middle mouse button fires lasers.
Numbers (keyboard) set speed.
s toggles shields.
If you die, repeat "Launch ship -> cruiser" to launch a new ship.
What’s New
Version 2.4
1 window instead of 3.
Team messages automatically send message and release focus if you click in the tactical or strategic view.
Better window resizing.
Border shows alert level.
App Privacy
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Information
- Provider
- Network Mom LLC
- Size
- 3 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.5 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.5 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.5 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 9+ Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Copyright
- © 2019-2020 Network Mom LLC
- Price
- Free