Well, its been on my mind for a while now so here is what i remember from it. (considering I cant remember the name)
Its old, for starters, and futuristic.
It was a space game, it was mostly 2d, you started off as a puny little trading space ship but as you got more money you could go to other planets and buy new ships at docking bays. You could fight other ships (the game wasnt very graphic) and you got misc task to do as you travelled around the galaxy.
Unfortunatly thats all I can recall. Hell the name would be awesome, but even a point in the right direction would be just as good. Thanks.