Firefly vs. Privateer

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YT

Saturday, September 18, 2004 6:01 AM

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Originally posted by DarkArchon:
Also, anyone remember 'Elite' for the C64?

Sherman, set the WayBack machine for, what, like, a THOUSAND YEARS AGO?

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LETOV

Thursday, December 23, 2004 8:08 PM

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Originally posted by Routier:
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Originally posted by DarkArchon:
Privateer was an awesome game. Way ahead of its time. Earth and Beyond online is similar. Also, anyone remember 'Elite' for the C64? It was the original 'Privateer' game.

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"Elite" was designed by 2 young Brits and *first* came out for the BBC Microcomputer in 1984. I know - I had a copy which I got from England! It was a sensation, and soon was ported to the C64.

http://www.hooplah.com/encounters/version.htm

To overcome graphical limitations on the BBC Micro, it split the screen & ran in 2 different graphics resolutions simultaneously, using interrupts. Technically brilliant, and a great genre-defining game.

(Wish I still had that boxed copy - it'd be worth quite a bit now)

Yes, memories......

Ahhhhhh Elite. I loved that game. I had the pleasure of playing it on the BBC Micro while visiting family friends in England in 86. Since then I've played the crappy PC versions and the neat (although buggy as hell) sequel Frontier. Good fun.

GUNRUNNER

Thursday, December 23, 2004 8:43 PM

Don’t forget Escape Velocity! In fact I’m part of a group that is working on a Firefly Mod for the game!

JAZAF

Monday, January 31, 2005 1:01 AM

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Originally posted by MalDiscontent:
. If you notice, Serenity almost looks like a Tarsus.

hey, yeah! now that I think about it. The Tarsus and Serenity do look pretty similar

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MARVIN

Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:50 AM

Maybe a firefly mod could be made on top of vegastrike.
Try it. It's open and free.

http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/

Did however take up alot of memory last time i tried it..

Nothing can beat Elite tough :)

GOOSE

Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:52 PM

I am wondering if any one has imported the Serenity into Freelancer and, if so, where I can get that mod.

Otherwise, I would like to take a whack at it. But since this will be my first Freelancer mod, I'm not exactally sure what I need to do. So anyone with some ideas?

F224EVER

Thursday, October 6, 2005 3:25 AM

In response to the last post, I am trying to import the 'Serenity' as a ship into Freelancer. It will take a little time since it will be my first mod too, but email me and I will send the finished product before I post it on lancersreactor.com. In the meantime, keep your fingers crossed that it turns out well. And, by the way, I think just cruising in the ship will be bad ass because it would prove quite difficult to rewrite the entire galaxy for the galaxy of firefly. Maybe I can make a Mal skin as the main character too... hahaha, I just might have to now... throw me some feedback.

The one thing I've learned is that in your eyes, noone can do better than you.

REIRDEN

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 5:47 AM

Oh man, if you succeed in the Serenity mod for Freelancer, please contact me. I tried to do it myself, but I guess I just don't have the talent. I would really appreciate it.

Cruise the 'verse in a Firefly... that's the dream right there.

MAMIYAOTARU

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:54 AM

"Maybe a firefly mod could be made on top of vegastrike."

Interestingly enough there has been talk among some of the VS devs of doing just that, mainly between the two who were chiefly responsible for the Privateer Remake.

It's stalled a bit though, I haven't been online much lately. Anyway, anyone with an interest in helping out can swing by with art or suggestions for how it should play.

Serenity itself is in engine and looking fine, it's just hard to know what to do with it. VS has a lot of trading but also a lot of space combat. Some 1st or 3rd person on-planet action would imho be a benefit, though VS hasn't such a thing yet.

DAGON93

Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:34 PM

I didn't have the shiny goodness to have a computer when Privateer was out but I do have Privateer 2 which had some magor bugs but other than the story line it was an awesome game except for the fact that your ship was a fighter and you had to hirre a cargo vessel :( But nonetheless still pretty cool. Is there a version of Privateer out there that I can play on my computer now? I can software compatability done to win 95

Explode?! I don't wanna explode!

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