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yup, this one. I'd really like to see it finished as SQ was my favorite series but I think there were some different circumstances.
There have been a couple other fan made games linked over at spacequest.net and a remake of SQ2 in the works at IA

Clearly this is ripped off from Space Quest: "use vaporizer on bin":

http://www.sq7.org/omnipedia/index.php/Trash_Vapor izer

Roger Wilco rolls in his digital grave!

Narrator: It's here at last! With a combination of SAI--Simulated Artificial Intelligence--and VRAI--Virtually-Real Artificial Intelligence--we at MaxThis! Software have created a simulated simulator experience that's unlike anything you've ever simulated playing before. With SimSim, you can create a simulated environment in which you can create any simulated environment you want!

In addition to KQ9, SQ7 may also be next to come under the axe, although they are apparently in talks with VU and Phoenix Online Studios about this new turn of events. All this being said I hope that VU will come up with a slightly better reason than 'because we said so' since it only encourages people to see VU as another namless corporation that is more concerned with grinding out endless titles for the sake of money. At the end of the day however VU is, as VU does, and it seems it will continue to follow the Microsoft creed of 'if its original, buy it up and make more money'.

Ok.. Let me make sure I understand this correctly..

I maintain a few domains, such as a Sq7.org, from which I send e-mail.. I send it from home, from my girlfriends house, from wherever I happen to be.. But I send it by connecting through the sq7.org server, and forwarding mail through there.

The way I understand SPF, I just need to publish that the IP sq7.org runs on is authorized to send Sq7.org's mail, and NOT the IP for my home, office, etc, since I don't send directly from the local computer.

If I did send directly from the local computer, without going through the external server, I'd need to add my local IP to the SQ7.org DNS records.

As it is, though, I'll need to avoid using my ISP's SMTP servers if mine go down, or add them to the domain.

Am I understanding this right?

-Colin

Of course, that's just the video page.. The rest is still there, just a directory up, at http://www.sq7.org/tmp/host/epicgaming/hardware/md _oc/

The site, including the videos, are convieniently mirrored to sq7.org

yep, and additionally you got Space Quest 7 and Quest for glory VI projects.

Tierra vga remake of KQ1 and KQ2 they are also making a remake of quest for glory 2

In case the site shuts down under the load, I've mirrored the page (including the Video,) to our SQ7.org project server.

Mirror

Good luck, and a cool project. A Hacker in the coolest sense of the word.

In case the site shuts down under the load, I've mirrored the page (including the Video,) to our SQ7.org project server.

Mirror

Good luck, and a cool project. A Hacker in the coolest sense of the word.

I hope it has the bandwidth.... It seems to be fairly.. Crashed?

I threw a copy of my version of the images at
http://www.sq7.org/temp/mirror/www.mujmac.cz/image s/ if it won't load for you..

-Colin

In my opinion, the hardest part is getting good Artists. I run the open source SQ7.org game project, and we're doing some exciting stuff. We're doing fully voice acted, 3d rendered, interactivty, or a large scale.

While we've always have plenty of programming help (not that we couldn't use more..), I've found that getting 3d graphic artists is amazingly difficult..

Programmers tend to discover the site on their own, or read my sig in Slashdot, and help to volunteer to bring together a project like that. Programming types Rock.

But Graphical Artists tend not to do that, and I'm not sure how to attract them.. I've tried posting to 3d forums, Offering to pay the few bucks I can each month.. But I've never really gotten as much as I need. The people I have are Great, and we're doing some pretty damn cool artwork, but we need more help.

How do other people solve this problem? Can anyone give any advice on how to get their attention? Adwords on Google?

Colin

In my opinion, the hardest part is getting good Artists. I run the open source SQ7.org game project, and we're doing some exciting stuff. We're doing fully voice acted, 3d rendered, interactivty, or a large scale.

While we've always have plenty of programming help (not that we couldn't use more..), I've found that getting 3d graphic artists is amazingly difficult..

Programmers tend to discover the site on their own, or read my sig in Slashdot, and help to volunteer to bring together a project like that. Programming types Rock.

But Graphical Artists tend not to do that, and I'm not sure how to attract them.. I've tried posting to 3d forums, Offering to pay the few bucks I can each month.. But I've never really gotten as much as I need. The people I have are Great, and we're doing some pretty damn cool artwork, but we need more help.

How do other people solve this problem? Can anyone give any advice on how to get their attention? Adwords on Google?

Colin

How long before this project gets shutdown because of copyright or trademark violations?

Same applies to the Fan-Made Sequel.

I really wish they would start (re)making some cool adventure games

While not a 3D remake, some people are remaking classics using the freeware Adventure Game Studio (AGS). King's Quest I and II have been redone (very well I might add) by Tierra Entertainment (and they're working on Quest for Glory II), and there's a fan-made Space Quest 7 in the works as well as a fan-made Quest for Glory 6.

The Adventure Genre LIVES!

One of the most interesting posts I've seen regarding this subject was found at Microsoft.com

I'd love to hear how you'd address some of the points he brings up in the article.

In case the site goes down, or is changed, I've mirrored it at sq7.org/media/ms.html

Looks as though some fans are also intending to release a version of Space Quest VII

http://www.sq7.org/about.php

It also gives a good bit of detail about why there haven't been any recent games in the series.