X: Beyond the Frontier (1999) is a video game created by Egosoft for Windows. The first of the X series, it is a space trading and combat simulator game, mostly set in the fictional X Universe. Upon release, it was frequently compared to the older Elite.
An expansion, X-Tension, was released in 2000. Three full sequels have since followed: X2: The Threat in 2003, X3: Reunion in 2005 and X3: Terran Conflict in 2008. X: Beyond the Frontier and X-T...
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X: Beyond the Frontier (1999) is a video game created by Egosoft for Windows. The first of the X series, it is a space trading and combat simulator game, mostly set in the fictional X Universe. Upon release, it was frequently compared to the older Elite.
An expansion, X-Tension, was released in 2000. Three full sequels have since followed: X2: The Threat in 2003, X3: Reunion in 2005 and X3: Terran Conflict in 2008. X: Beyond the Frontier and X-Tension were released in together as X-Gold in 2000. A novel, Farnham's Legend, is based on the plot of X: Beyond the Frontier.
Set in the year 2912, the player takes the role of Kyle Brennan, an Earth test pilot for the X-Shuttle, better known as the X-Perimental Shuttle, which has the ability to jump from one part of the universe to another via a wormhole without requiring a jumpgate.
During the test jump, something goes drastically wrong and Brennan ends up in an unknown part of space. He encounters an alien race, the Teladi, a highly...
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