Stardock Tried To Make Star Control, Master of Orion Sequels

Posted by Soulskill on Monday November 17, 2008 @04:16PM from the brought-to-you-by-frungy-the-sport-of-kings dept.

Gamasutra reports on comments from Stardock CEO Brad Wardell in which he described his efforts to revive two old but popular franchises: Star Control and Master of Orion. Quoting: "'I actually pitched Atari on a whole idea for a true successor to Star Control,' [he said], noting that the game would follow original series developer Toys for Bob's Star Control II rather than the Legend Entertainment-developed Star Control 3 ('We just pretend that never happened,' the CEO says of that release). ... Novato, California-based Toys for Bob has actually floated the idea of making its own Star Control II sequel, with co-creator Paul Reiche III indicating he has tossed potential design ideas around, but with the company now owned by publisher Activision the proposal seems to be stuck in limbo."

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RE: Big whoop... by jamesh · 2008-11-17 21:24 · Score: 0, Redundant

Obviously at least 5 people remember it for your post+sig to have been scored funny :)
I'm surprised nobody has linked to The Ur-Quan Masters...
Re:Big whoop... by Mark_in_Brazil · 2008-11-17 21:47 · Score: 0, Redundant

Like Star Control II was such a great game. Who the hell on slashdot even remembers it?

Those who don't remember can play a Free version.
There are versions available on the project's download page for Windows, OSX, BSD, and Linux.

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