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sodor workshops archive Re: Old memories of Star Control 2
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2009, 11:56:04 pm »

My first experiences with SC2 were toward the end of my elementary school, around 1995, before my family moved to another part of the country. I was like 13. Super Melee mode fun to play and the first thing that captured my interest, but soon after I decided to take a crack at the actual game. Almost instantly the Super Melee mode became irrelevant (I play it rarely nowadays), and in summers of 1996, 1997 and 1998 SC2 became THE game of my life, which it remains to this day. I really had problems finding my place in the new surrounding back then, and SC2 was a wonderful comfort...or maybe a distraction.

Like someone also said earlier, it was the first game and perhaps remains the only that caused such honest excitement. Truly brilliant and unmatched writing in computer games creates a live, important and almost tangible world. I love it!
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sodor workshops archive Re: Old memories of Star Control 2
« Reply #16 on: January 17, 2009, 01:02:49 am »

Sodor Workshops Archive ❲2026❳

In industrial archaeology, archives are not merely collections of paper; they are resurrection engines . The Sodor Workshops Archive preserves the potential of broken things. Consider Duke, the narrow-gauge engine lost in a collapsed shed. Without the memory—the archive of his route, his construction, his purpose—he would remain a ghost. The archive is what allows the railway to mourn, to learn, and occasionally, to resurrect. It holds the schematics for the ill-fated "Coffee Pots" and the test logs for the experimental diesel D199 (known as "Spamcan"). To consult the archive is to acknowledge that every working engine on the main line is only one cracked boiler away from becoming a static exhibit, a memory in a folder.

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The Sodor Workshops Archive stands as a fictional but culturally resonant repository of industrial memory, technological evolution, and social life on the Island of Sodor. Rooted in the universe created by Reverend W. Awdry and continued by his son Christopher Awdry, the workshops are more than a setting in the Railway Series and Thomas & Friends; they function as a narrative device that reflects changing attitudes toward industry, craftsmanship, community, and the relationship between people and machines. Without the memory—the archive of his route, his

The diesel engines are not evil; they are modern . Their archive would reveal efficiency metrics, fuel costs, and union disputes. The steam engines have souls; the diesels have service bulletins. The archive thus holds the trauma of industrial change. When Stepney the Bluebell engine visits Sodor, his archive file is thick with heritage designations. When a diesel is scrapped, its file is thin—a pink slip and a disposal note. The archive’s bias is the railway’s bias: memory is a steam-powered faculty. To consult the archive is to acknowledge that

The archive is categorized into three primary segments: Locomotives, Rolling Stock, and Route Infrastructure.

: Detailed trucks, coaches (including Annie and Clarabel), and specialized maintenance vehicles.


Yes! I actually missed that copy protection when I saw it wasn't there in UQM Tongue
It was sort of a small challenge and a fun start for the game...

Very few games could give me such a strong sense of nostalgia and fondness... SC2 and Thief: the Dark Project were the ones where this was most pronounced (not incidentally, these two are the best games of all time in my opinion Cheesy)
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