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Privateer Remake Complete
flyboy writes "In a similar vein to the remakes of the Origin's Ultima series games reported in 2001 and 2004 a group of Wing Commander fans has remade Wing Commander: Privateer. Unlike the Ultima remakes, the Privateer remake is finished at version 1.0 with 3d graphics and the whole storyline. For the new kids on the block, WC:Privateer was a much loved trading game similar to the more venerable Elite, which appears also to be in the process of a remake. As a linux fan I was most happy with the remake's use of GPL 3d engine software and release of Linux, Macintosh and Windows versions. See Screenshots here."
Best space-sim EVER!
this was one of my all time favorites back in the day.
now just gimme x-com on linux
I've played all 3 - the Mac, Linux, and Win32 version. I hate to say this, but the Linux version simply isn't up to snuff. The graphics are choppy and blocky, making the game unplayable. The Win32 version, on the other hand, is a joy to play. So go out and enjoy this game, but have a Windows partition around to enjoy it on. -Steve
They link to a Source Forge Gallery of screenshots. They also warn that there are spoilers in the gallery.
-dave
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Here is one of the Ultima remakes of which they speak. One of the best games ever made.
http://www.filerush.com/download.php?target=privat eer1.0.exe
Just download it and try it yourself :)
i verse/priv ateer1.0.exe?download
e rse/priv ateer1.0.bz2.run?download
s e/priv ateer1.0.dmg?download
Privateer for Windows:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wcun
Privateer for Linux:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wcuniv
Privateer for OSX:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wcuniver
[My english is better than most other people's german, so please point out mistakes politely. Thank you.]
:)
You probably meant ceased, not seized. Seized is when you grab hold of something. Ceased is when something ceases to be. Hope that's polite enough
...there have been "finished" Ultima remakes. two complete Ultima IV remakes for Neverwinter Nights, even. Ultima III was remade for Game Boy Color. And Akalabeth has been known to be remade by programmers on their lunch hours. That's not to even count engine remake projects like exult or xu4...
Of course, uncompleted ones vastly outnumber the completed ones =)
MirrorDot as usual.
Note that Escape Velocity was released for Windows last year. I loved it on the Mac, and on Windows I even paid for it... Although IMO the final scenario (Nova) isn't anywhere near as good as the second (Override) or some of the total conversion add-ons available - probably because Nova is fairly linear. Fortunately, Override was ported to Windows, as well, and is available as a free add-on.
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This song is apparently supposed to celebrate their release
s em usic.mp3
ftp://ftp.wcnews.com/files/mods/privremakerelea
I certainly don't remember this from the original privateer.... sounds like something like a cross between the hunt for red october theme and a funeral march
I wonder what it significates for this project other than the (now dead) smouldering pile of junk that is their server.
Bittorrent for the Windows Version
Bittoreent for Linux Version
Bittorent for MAC Version
Use the torrent, and make MY download faster! MWHAHAHAHAHA!
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It is a Vega Strike mod, hence the link to VS (as the GPL engine) in the /. article.
What the article doesn't really mention is that the Privateer Remake development crew is mostly Vega Strike developers. I believe Privateer is one of the games that inspires the VS developers, although VS itself is a very different game universe. Once the VS engine was in a position to make a Privateer Remake possible then they poured a lot of effort into making it.
I look forward to future releases that should continue to improve upon the graphics 'ported' from the original Privateer and bring the remake further up to date.
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Indeed VS was born AS a Priv remake, then it was decided that it should stand alone and the Priv remake ocntinued as a side project.
(yeah, I helped)
Yes, there is a new plot. Basically this is Privateer + Righteous Fire + an addon which was never released -- think Wing Commander/Secret Missions/Secret Missions 2.
Also, we will expand Priv to work with the whole Wing Commander Universe.
Depends, they might get around it by requiring the orignal game to play. I've seen that more than once, people reimplement the engine, and what data that needs updating (like 3D graphics) but all other data is left orignal and thus you have to have the game. Doomsday, a Doom engine, is this way. You can override most included content with your own so you can add new music, 3d models for enemies, etc, but to play the oringal game you still need the orignal WADs.
/. burnination, but that's one way to go. Also developers some times release their projects into the public domain, though that is quite rare.
Not sure in this case since their server is suffering from
They do, in fact, require the original game to play the remake. The original game provides all of the data files (ship stats, plotlines, etc.). The remake just provides a modern engine to run it.
...". There is no way to market an add-on product without referencing the original trademark and this is usually considered fair game (think about an application for Microsoft Windows(tm)). 2) EA (or whoever currently owns the rights) would be insane to not grant the remake a license to use the trademark since they are making money off of it.
To my knowledge, it cannot violate copyright because they do not copy anything; they extend. If anything, the existence of the remake provides a revenue stream for a 12 year-old game that does not run anymore on most PCs. The 'classic' compilations of many of these old games can still be bought in many game stores. All a game producer needs to do to cash in is press a few CDs of the original game with no new development costs. Can't argue with that.
What games like this do sometimes run afoul of is *trademark*. By using 'Wing Commander: Privateer" in the game materials, they could arguably violate the original trademark, but 1) there is a world of difference in saying "this game *is* Privateer", and this game is "an add-on for Privateer, which, btw is a registered trademark of
Notwithstanding, both law and corporations have been known to be irrational.
I admit that I did play a ton of TradeWars when I was in highschool, and some of the inspiration for EV came from saying "gee, wouldn't it be cool if you could actuall see what was going on here?" so there was definitely some influence, at least in a general sense!
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