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Woohoo! Will there be a boxed version or just direct download?

Interesting space-sim starting on kick-starter. http://youtu.be/5S26ZbHTxEs It kinda reminds me a lot of BC3K/BCM/UC. However, despite the video, Derek definitely came up with a few their "new" ideas - first. It should be a pretty kewl game as long as they don't succumb to the lowest common denominator and dumb it down for the masses.

hehe I still have GBS II and GBS III.

LoD keeps crashing. I don't know if it's the Nvidia drivers or the AMD 4x processor. Maybe it's windoze 7. Does LoD work better on XP?

FYI, if Elite: Dangerous and Star Citizens can get crowdfunded for millions, then BC3K can too. We space-simmers are legion. We are out there. Believe it.

err.. I meant a 2015-2016 reboot, 2014 is toast.

My two cents? BC3K is one of the best damn space sims ever created and deserves an updated engine, and a 2014 reboot! Still a niche game though. You'd definitely have to include an interactive in game tutorials. I think you'd more than make you're money though. Just no usenet flamewars this time.

Anyone following this game? I'm an old school Frontier geek. I have the original Elite, Frontier, and Frontier: First Encounters. I've played them all as much as I've played BC3K, BCM, and UC, Now that Elite Dangerous is finally being developed (using a Kickstarter to fund the damn thing) old David wants to force everyone to be online? Does that mean no single player? I don't know. I'm torn. I comprehend that updating a constantly evolving persistent universe is better done through online updates, but what if I don't or can't be online 24/7? I can't play the damn game without an internet connection? WTF? If it's a lame ass attempt at copy protection, then I think I might want my pre-release money back. I'm just venting. Pisses me da phuck off! Whatever happened to Battlecruiser online? Now that would've been a kick-ass game!

Just been getting back into UC! Having a blast! I forgot how fun this game can be! Shout out to Derek for making a kick ass game! Happy Halloween!

Please don't clutter the main thread with non-RP posts. Please post here. Thank you

[RP] Galcom military prison Date: Unknown Location: Unknown It was a situation that happened more often then he cared to admit; being locked in a cage from which he could not leave. It was just part of the professsion...another variable in the profit and loss equation. He couldn't complain however. His accomodations, though restricted, were far from barbaric. Though he shared his 120 ft x 120 ft cell with 5 other inmates, there was plenty of food, entertainment, and basic sanitary facilities. Each inmate had their own private sleeping cubicle. The showers and toiletries were private. The administration; polite and civil. But he just couldn't leave. There were no bars. The only thing that stopped the 6 men in this cell from leaving, was the small little microchip implanted deep within their bodies. Walk past the green light.. it turns red, and they die. Painless, effective, and final. He reclined on his bunk, bored, and stared at the notches he had made in the wall for each day incarcerated here. 368. All lined up in neat rows. It was time to leave... [/RP]

Well, no one seems to have the time, nor the inclination for BC RP anymore, and it's no BC RP if I have to do it alone.

I'm like an old indie myth. Gone but never forgotten.

Yeah, I've talked to Sho and if you are willing to RP, I'll get us all set up shortly. I remember where I wanted the story to go, it's just going through all me old notes on the RP

Damn.. we sure were passionate back then.. great read of the history of BC3K

Okay..I'll do it myself

I remember they created the usenet .space-sim forum especially to keep us all out of the .flight-sim forums.

does anyone want to finish this RP?

Does anyone want to fifnish this RP?

It's great to see the old school alumni! I missed you people!

I love that tune! Brings back a ton of memories! I remember when I first bought BC3K, it was buggy as all hell, but I played that game for years, until BCM came out, and then I played that until UC came out! I remember I lost a girlfriend over that game, but I didn't care! Best space-sim ever! Does anyone remember to usenet Flamewars? I remember comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim and the endless debates we would have.. great times!

What's up SC. Long time no chat. How's it going?

I started playing UC again after a few years, now I think I've got my nephew addicted. He's only 15, but he's definintely aquired the BC bug.

Yeah..it's Shift-9. I started to remember after awhile in the command chair. My BC skills are a little rusty.

Where is the PDF manual for this game? It's been years, and I can't even remember the short-cut to manual jump. I thought it was CTL-J, but that don't work!