[PC][Game] Operation: Inner Space

Description: Inner Space is the first Windows game with true AI. You fly around inside your computer, collecting icons or destroying them, and once all icons are dealt with, you are allowed to leave Inner Space. Imagine doing that at 36 frames per second, even on your 486? That's Inner Space. Includes: This includes the full game and "The Works!" package which includes a ship builder and a sound and voice effects package. This game totally rules my childhood. The guy is _still_ selling copies of this game, which was made at least 100 years ago.

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tekproxy (2008-04-04)

It's a smallish, older game but I _scoured_ the internet for months trying to find a copy but could never find it. So, I uploaded it here.

midfielder (2008-04-04)

thx for your work

666DOGLORD666 (2008-04-04)

Thanks a lot, tekproxy!!!

wasaswer (2008-04-07)

I am unable to install this. The setup runs and then asks for an install directory. Upon hitting next, the installer exits.Anyone have advice or a solution?

tekproxy (2008-04-07)

wasaswer: What are you trying to install?
It might be that you're not installing them in the correct order. THEWORKS gets installed first.
Also, what's the directory you're trying to install it to? It's an older game and they sometimes have trouble with spaces.

wasaswer (2008-04-07)

I tried installing the works, but it gives an error. It says that a valid installation was not found. This is the SETUP.exe in theworks folder.

tekproxy (2008-04-10)

Yeah I was wrong. Shipdisk is installed first. File names always confused me.

playboyj305 (2008-04-22)

Seed please!!!

playboyj305 (2008-04-22)

thanks

ReploidArmada (2008-04-28)

I installed the game from my HDD fine, but no matter how many times I install it, I get the same error: "Drive K: is not a CD drive. Reinstall from Inner Space CD to fix." Does anyone have some advice?

007bistromath (2008-04-29)

omg I have been looking for this for so long!
This is the first game I've actually felt guilty for ganking in god know's how long, but $35 is just insane. I promise when I have a shitload of money someday I will buy the rights to this game from those dudes and release it to the public domain, k?

tekproxy (2008-05-06)

ReploidArmada:
The game came to me from e-mail in two files, the ones you downloaded. I'm inclined to say it's something on your computer. If you fix it, please post how here.
007bistromath:
I scoured torrent sites about every month for a few years before I finally broke down and paid 35$ for it--an insane price, but I did it with the intention of sharing it. Good luck facing your inner demons, and I hope your Windows\System32 directory isn't randomly selected as a racing directory.

ReploidArmada (2008-05-11)

I've found the answer! It was on another forum. For those users getting the following error on Windows:
"Drive X: is not a CD drive. Reinstall from Inner Space CD to fix."
Do this:
Go into the WINDOWS root folder, look for Win.ini, and look for these lines:
[Inner Space]
CDPath=X:\
Delete the latter and you're home free.

ReploidArmada (2008-05-11)

After a half hour of playing the game, I've noticed that the only problems with it are some slowdowns when spawning ID portals and some other events, and crashing upon entering an ID portal. But, it's amazing beyond words to once again be playing this game.

tekproxy (2008-05-21)

ReploidArmada:
+10 Awesome points for posting the fix, mate.
I'm glad you're enjoying it, finally.

zarcain (2008-06-01)

ok, so I'm having quite some trouble here.
After installing shipdisk, I can't run the program because ISPACE.DLL is faulty. It tells me to reinstall, but the install says the same thing.
any idea on how to fix?

tilimir (2008-06-12)

the game won't install for me. it get as far a asking me to choose a directory and then it just disappears

dakondakblade (2008-06-19)

Hey guys. Just joined to let you know I figured out the answer to the game crashes after picking a directory to install to scneario,
Right click on the INSTALL for the game. Click program Compatibility, click Run for windows 95, 256 colors and disable visual themes.
Reason is most games in 95 were based on 256 colors, and since INner Space follows this, it will NOT run unless you have selected the 256 color option.
PEace!
Tim

xxpirateninjaxx (2008-07-08)

im having the same issue, i believe, as wasaswer and tilimir
i run the shipdisk install first, go through some options, choose my install directory (leave as default) and then the program just disappears, installing nothing.
ive tried compatibility modes and different install directories, and nothing has worked. any help would be appreciated

Doomstalk (2008-07-09)

Try moving the contents of shipdisk.rar to a different directory. It looks like it doesn't deal with long filenames very well.

Aeterna (2008-08-13)

I actually bought this game many many years ago, with the works package and lost it, i've been looking for it ever since, Thanks for this upload it's a great game.

sheex32x (2009-01-24)

I used to have this game too, then the disk stopped working! I've forgotten about it for a long time and just thought to look for it again. ^_^ For the .dll problem, just copy the ISPACE.dll file from your Shipdisk folder into SPACE (or wherever you installed it to). That did it for me.

zeric7x (2009-02-15)

I think I know whay it wont install or play for some people. Innerspace seems to only reconize up to about 7 spaces in file extentions. So you should extract the file dirictly to the C drive and then install to there and leave the folder name SPACE. As long as you do that it should install. This version like the demo Has very werid errors and will crash. iI think its because its badly codeded or something. Juat save lots guss.

edetech (2009-04-03)

Thanks for posting this one, I'll seed it for awhile. If you are trying to install this game to a network drive, you must trick it into thinking the network drive is C: or you can install it to C:\ and then migrate the directories over to your network drive and edit the INI file found inside the windows folder. It is very rough to install because the programmer was very specific about it being installed to C: and no other drive letter.

vggtb (2009-05-04)

For the people who have trouble with a crashing installer:
The game seems to have a problem with long folder paths. If you just downloaded it, the game will likely reside somewhere such as : C:\Users\\Files\Downloads\InnerSpace"
The installer simply cannot handle the length of that file name. Solution? Just copy the two files over to the c:\ root and install it from there - it should work that way.

Hunnuli (2009-06-03)

This is an excellent game. I believe I already have the works package, but I'll grab and seed just incase :D.
Bumped into this while looking for the ship packs(not quite willing to pay 10 bucks for them). Has anyone seen them around?

tekproxy (2009-06-05)

@Hunnuli: The Shipdisk.rar file should come with what you want.

k.series (2009-08-10)

"at least 100 years ago"
lol4chan
That said, thanks for the game, guy.

Okasi (2010-05-01)

hey, anyway you could tell me a step by step how to install the file on a windows 7 64-bit OS? I have winRAR, Alcohol 120%, Dosbox, and both the files you provided. I'm trying to find workarounds to the compatibility issues for the last 4hrs, but have found nothing =(

minstryofsnd (2010-05-18)

awww man I just took hours finding the name of this game!! all i could remember was the dolphin sound one of the ships made and the controls were like asteroids!
Installed stright up for me on Windows 7 (just unrar shipdisk) then installed and played no worries!)
nostalgia'd so hard hearing the sounds then after exited "Please stay" god feels like more than a decade i've played and it turned out it has been! don't think i'll play much I know I bought it back then so doesn't feel like stealing :) who really pay for this now except to share i commend and thank you tekproxy!

Okasi (2010-05-19)

which version of 7 do you have? and what specific program did you use to unrar it?

minstryofsnd (2010-05-19)

I have win7 ult x86 and winrar.

Okasi (2010-05-19)

ah... thats probably why. ultimate has the xp mode that allows compatibility for 16bit programs....

 mrspatula (2010-12-12)

Oh god. I have been searching this for years... Many, Many thanks! :)

codemonkeyb (2012-10-10)

For those having trouble, there's now a version of this packaged up using DOSBox to run it.

TheTorrentForce (2012-11-11)

One of the best computer game i have ever played. Thanks so much. it works perfectly.

TheTorrentForce (2012-11-26)

Seeding.

TPB4ever007 (2013-01-02)

Hey tek i got a problem with the game.
I downloaded your torrent a couple years ago and it switched back to the shareware version. I tried reinstalling it but it only installs the shareware version. I've looked through my registry but i can't find any keys related to the game. Please help if you can, I'm not a noob, I've tried everything.

DStriker (2013-01-24)

Im seeding this game it rocks! Thing is its missing the manual which is needed to reinstall should the game be in shareware mode (well page 1 of the manual) as it explains how to reinstall..... If anyone has a manual for this and is willing to upload it ill help seed it

DStriker (2013-01-25)

For those having issues reinstalling if this game goes to trial mode add force to the run line of the short cut (might have to make manually).