Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD

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From: ewd... Gene Tang
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 00:00

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Erik (er...@plonk.org) wrote:
: Christopher Reid wrote:
: >Gene Tang wrote:
: >> Christopher Thompson (thom...@scapa.cs.ualberta.ca) wrote:
: >> : Gene Tang (ewd_...@ece.concordia.ca) wrote:
: >> : : David T. Hall (davi...@winshop.com.au) wrote:
: >> 
: >> : : : Best of all, the game is currently free.
: >> : : Sorry? Currently free? (My not keeping up with BC3k info)
: >> : Check out http://www.bc3000ad.com/
: >> : It really is free.  It's a big download, though.
: >> So it actually works now?
: >   I believe the free version is nearly identical to the one that was
: >sold publicly.  It's offerred as a "demo" to get people interested in
: >BC3000 Version 2.0 which is supposed to be an improvement.
:  The free version is different from the original release in terms of
: performance, being the result of about 500 patches (slight
: exaggeration here). It actually kind of works now, but there're still
: some problems and development is incomplete.
:  The free download is the DOS game patched to version 1.01 D7C and
: Version 2.0 is supposed to be a WIN32 only product.

The site said something about appearing in gaming magazines as a free
"demo" anyone know which ones?

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From: ewd_...@ece.concordia.ca (Gene Tang)
Subject: Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Date: 1998/04/23
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