Begin (video game)

Begin, A Tactical Starship Simulation is a video game released for MS-DOS in 1984 and consists of combat between spaceships.

Begin is a tactical starship simulator where the player commands a fleet of ships against an alien force.

Various weapons and functions are included, such as phasers, photon torpedoes and tractor beams.

In 1996, Michael Feir stated that Begin 2 is "the best and most detailed simulator accessible to the blind.

The main difference is that the sequel featured VGA graphics whereas the original used pure ASCII screen characters (text mode).