Gate 88

Gate 88 is a multiplayer action game. The player pilots a ship in 2D, as in Asteroids, while building structures such as turrets, factories, and research stations in an effort to destroy other players' bases while protecting their own.
It also offers multiplayer capacity over LAN and the Internet via public servers. The user interface allows players to pilot their ship while performing strategic operations such as researching upgrades or ordering fighters to a location.
The game is released as freeware by Queasy Games and is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. As of early February the meta server went down thus disabling a large part of the multiplayer.
PC Gamer UK reviewed Gate 88 in 2005, claiming that "Gate 88 is to Asteroids what the Taj Mahal is to Lego".
Gameplay
In the game, players can build buildings and research upgrades with resources. Factories will increase the rate at which you get resources,
which are made like any other building. There is a limit for each type of building. The research building allows you to research
things, the more you make, the faster you can research. You can also make shipyards which make ships, and you can launch them by
making targets with your capitol ship.
The player controls the capitol ship, and buildings are spawned directly in front of the ship.
The capitol ship also has a weapon, which uses power, and different configuration modes.
Buildings
A list of buildings that can be built in Gate88.
(With the exception of the Command Post, all buildings cost resources to build)
Command Post - The "base" of a player. When this is destroyed the player must build a new one.
Factory - Increases resource production rate.
Research Lab - Researches various upgrades and technologies.
Power Generator - Powers all buildings within a certain vicinity of the generator.
Time Bomb - Denotes after a set period of time, damaging all enemy units caught in the blast.
Missile Turret - Shoots missiles ay enemy units.
Mass Driver(MD) Turret - Pushes enemy units away from the MD.
Exciter Turret - Surrounds enemies with bullets.
Regen Turret - Heals any friendly units. (Buildings and Ships)
Fighter Yard - Builds fighters. Each Yard can hold up to 5 ships.
Bomber Yard - Builds bombers. Each Yard can hold up to 5 ships.
Signal station - Allows the player to see enemy units on their map.
Jump Gate - Allows the player to travel to other warp gates they have placed.Must be within range of a Signal Station.
Research
Battery - Increases battery power and firing rate. (Affects Bombers and Fighters as well)
Mechanics - Increases Speed. (Affects Bombers and Fighters as well)
Heavy Materials - Increases Mass and HP. (Affects all units belonging to the player)
Weapon Pod - Adds an additional gun onto your ship. (Max of 4)
Regeneration - Grants Regen Configuration (Special - Heal the player's ship . Normal - Fires shots that heal anything they hit)
Heavy Config - Grants Heavy Configuration (Special - Rapid-Fire bullet . Normal - Large bullets that do less damage as they travel further out from the player's ship)
Stealth config - grants the Stealth configuration (special - makes you and friendly building around you invisible . normal - a rapid fire gun)
Signals - Increases the range of a signal station.
Mini Turret - Creates a turret on your ship that shoots enemies nearby. (Max of 3)

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