Mythonian
06-09-2012, 01:22 AM
Not sure many of you have heard of this or anything, but anyway...
Star Control 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Control_II) was originally released back in 1992. It was made by Toys For Bob. It was easily one of the best games of the early 90s.
In 1996, Star Control 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Control_III) was released. It was made by an entirely different group, and a lot of people hated it. It was terrible.
In 2002, the source code of Star Control 2 was released. Almost immediately, a fan project to port the game to modern computers and operating systems was started. It was called The Ur-Quan Masters (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/). It also included numerous graphical adjustments to the game and various other improvements.
And finally, in 2008, a portion of the Ur-Quan Masters crew split and began working on a fan sequel to Star Control 2 and the Ur-Quan Masters, since Star Control 3 sucked. They called it Project 6014 (http://code.google.com/p/project6014/).
Project 6014 features a completely new story, more races/ships, and focuses on a different section of the galaxy. It is currently in development still, but they've had demo versions out since October, 2010.
Trailer for Project 6014:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQBQYi88AAI
Well, I love the games. I've played all of them a lot, and so, partially out of inspiration from SlayerGaming and Metkil getting into posting YouTube videos, I'm going to be putting up some videos on Project 6014.
I urge you to check them out and try out the game if you're interested.
"Myth Plays" thread (http://fcwars.net/forums/showthread.php?6590-Myth-Plays).
http://www.youtube.com/Myth0nian
Star Control 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Control_II) was originally released back in 1992. It was made by Toys For Bob. It was easily one of the best games of the early 90s.
In 1996, Star Control 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Control_III) was released. It was made by an entirely different group, and a lot of people hated it. It was terrible.
In 2002, the source code of Star Control 2 was released. Almost immediately, a fan project to port the game to modern computers and operating systems was started. It was called The Ur-Quan Masters (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/). It also included numerous graphical adjustments to the game and various other improvements.
And finally, in 2008, a portion of the Ur-Quan Masters crew split and began working on a fan sequel to Star Control 2 and the Ur-Quan Masters, since Star Control 3 sucked. They called it Project 6014 (http://code.google.com/p/project6014/).
Project 6014 features a completely new story, more races/ships, and focuses on a different section of the galaxy. It is currently in development still, but they've had demo versions out since October, 2010.
Trailer for Project 6014:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQBQYi88AAI
Well, I love the games. I've played all of them a lot, and so, partially out of inspiration from SlayerGaming and Metkil getting into posting YouTube videos, I'm going to be putting up some videos on Project 6014.
I urge you to check them out and try out the game if you're interested.
"Myth Plays" thread (http://fcwars.net/forums/showthread.php?6590-Myth-Plays).
http://www.youtube.com/Myth0nian