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 hamish 06 Nov 2012
I haven't played any vid games for many years, but I reckon I might start again in 2014 :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20165344

The sound track on that clip took me back to some very happy days as a nipper with a BBC micro.

Crowd sourced funding site is here, looks like it is taking off :

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous

Good luck to the guy, I'm surprised he didn't interest one of the bigger gaming outfits with the concept.

 ThunderCat 06 Nov 2012
In reply to hamish:

I got a little nostagic flutter when I read that too.


Loved it.
 d_b 06 Nov 2012
In reply to hamish:

I will give him money so long as he promises to work with Ian Bell...
Clauso 06 Nov 2012
In reply to hamish:

Nothing quite like trying to run a cargo of narcotics through an anarchy system...
Removed User 06 Nov 2012
In reply to hamish:
It was scary the way it totted up your total saved game play. Loved it then, not sure I'd have the time to paly it now though!!
Ken Lewis 06 Nov 2012
In reply to hamish:
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> Good luck to the guy, I'm surprised he didn't interest one of the bigger gaming outfits with the concept.

For the same reasons Freelancer got massively scaled back from dynamic economy MMORPG to static economy 32 player server gubbins, and Freelancer 2 won't ever happen.

Anyone excited by this should give Oolite a go to satisfy their cravings while waiting

 paul-1970 06 Nov 2012
In reply to Clauso:
> (In reply to hamish)
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> Nothing quite like trying to run a cargo of narcotics through an anarchy system...

There was nothing quite like the pay-day though if you did! Then it was time to go shopping for military lasers and energy bombs...


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