The new, improved "Guess the Game Thread!"

[Solidus Joe]

tah dah

[Althar]

Damn.....that's a hard one

[Solidus Joe]

I'll give ya two hints for free, it's a PC game and it takes place in space.

[Althar]

Starcraft??

[Solidus Joe]

nope. another hint, it was made by a fairly well known book writer.

[Althar]

Star Wars : KOTOR or maybe Half-Life....or Doom

[mushindo]

Independence War / Independence War 2?

[Solidus Joe]

another hint, it is an adventure game.

EDIT: like the Myst series.

[Althar]

DUNE!!!!

[Solidus Joe]

nope, another hint that could possibly give it away with use of google is the book writer's name is Douglas Adams

[polobunny]

Wing Commander or something like it.

[Althar]

Starship Titanic

[Solidus Joe]

bingo, and Althar wins again, if you haven't played it try to play it because it is hilarious.

[Althar]

Thanks to Google!!
I'll put up a pic soon

[Althar]

Okay. It's a Genesis game and you can choose between three types of character.