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Oolite

Oolite is a space sim game, inspired by Elite, powered by Objective-C and OpenGL, and designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up, modify and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be…

1 July 2004

Oolite is a simulator, released 1 July 2004 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Oolite is

Oolite was released in 2004. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Oolite is a space sim game, inspired by Elite, powered by Objective-C and OpenGL, and designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up, modify and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be changed by using simple, free graphics packages and text editors.
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How it plays

Its themes are action.

What it launched against

Oolite launched on 1 July 2004, within three weeks of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, ESPN NFL 2K5 and Silent Hill 4: The Room.

Released around the same time: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, ESPN NFL 2K5, Silent Hill 4: The Room.

Quick answers

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When did Oolite come out?
Oolite was released on 1 July 2004 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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