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Started by David T. Hall
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: David T. Hall
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
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I've been running BC3K for about a week now and am starting to realise the depth of this sim. Not many games manage to keep me up until 4am but this one did it. Talk about addictive!! Best of all, the game is currently free. Cheers, David... David Hall (Australia)
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: ewd... Gene Tang
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
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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)
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: thom... Christopher Thompson
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
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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. -- -=Christopher Thompson=- comp.lang.javascript meta-FAQ at: http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~thompson/programming/javascript/meta-FAQ.html All email is spam-filtered: http://www.internz.com/SpamBeGone/ My minimalistic web site: http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~thompson/
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: ewd... Gene Tang
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
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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?
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: Christopher Reid
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
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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. Chris Reid CRei...@aol.com alt.games.wing-commander Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/7595
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: gte... Patrick William Aikens
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
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David T. Hall (davi...@winshop.com.au) wrote: : I've been running BC3K for about a week now and am starting to realise the : depth of this sim. : Not many games manage to keep me up until 4am but this one did it. Talk : about addictive!! : Best of all, the game is currently free. Do you know of any CDs (magazine CDs, anything) that have had BC3K on them? I don't want to download 10 ~5MB files... unless I have to. -- Patrick William Aikens Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 Email: gte...@prism.gatech.edu "Oh my God, THEY KILLED KENNY!!!!" "You Bastards!!!!"
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: Christopher Reid
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
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Patrick William Aikens wrote: > > Do you know of any CDs (magazine CDs, anything) that have had BC3K on > them? I don't want to download 10 ~5MB files... unless I have to. You could use GetRight to easily download the thing big large 50 MB file when convenient. http://www.getright.com Chris Reid CRei...@aol.com alt.games.wing-commander Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/7595
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: ewd... Gene Tang
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 00:00
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?
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: Cain Hopwood
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00
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Erik wrote in message <6hr438$c8$0...@dosa.alt.net>... >Gene Tang wrote: > >> >>The site said something about appearing in gaming magazines as a free >>"demo" anyone know which ones? > > No, sorry. Derek Smart used to name a few mags some months ago, but >never said which issues were carrying the game AFAIK. > You may have better luck asking in alt.games.bc3000ad or e-mailing >Derek at: 'dsmart<AT>pobox<DOT>com'. (yeah, I'm anti-Derek but I >still wouldn't want him to receive spam just because I wrote his >unedited e-mail address in a post <g>). Sure (grin) last months Australian PCPowerPlay had the full version on the cover CD
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: dsm... Derek Smart
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00
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On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 20:18:30 -0700, Christopher Reid <CRei...@aol.com> 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. er, that's incorrect sir. The free v1.01D7C is not even in the same league as v1.00 released in 1996. All the info you need is at www.bc3000ad.com Derek Smart, Ph.D. Designer/Lead Developer Battlecruiser:3000AD "The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been." ICQ : 158435 Email : mailto:dsm...@pobox.com Media Contact : mailto:bc3000a...@mindspring.com World Wide Web : www.bc3000ad.com BC3K Latest News : www.bc3000ad.com/gnn.html Active Worlds : Teleport to GALCOM at www.activeworlds.com
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: dsm... Derek Smart
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00
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On 22 Apr 1998 18:42:37 GMT, gte...@acmex.gatech.edu (Patrick William Aikens) wrote: >David T. Hall (davi...@winshop.com.au) wrote: >: I've been running BC3K for about a week now and am starting to realise the >: depth of this sim. >: Not many games manage to keep me up until 4am but this one did it. Talk >: about addictive!! > >: Best of all, the game is currently free. > >Do you know of any CDs (magazine CDs, anything) that have had BC3K on >them? I don't want to download 10 ~5MB files... unless I have to. I believe CGW, PC Games and CGS+ will carry it at some point. They had already planned their cd-roms issues by the time the version was available on 2/13/98 Derek Smart, Ph.D. Designer/Lead Developer Battlecruiser:3000AD "The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been." ICQ : 158435 Email : mailto:dsm...@pobox.com Media Contact : mailto:bc3000a...@mindspring.com World Wide Web : www.bc3000ad.com BC3K Latest News : www.bc3000ad.com/gnn.html Active Worlds : Teleport to GALCOM at www.activeworlds.com
Re: Battle Cruiser 3000AD
Author: dsm... Derek Smart
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00
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New screen shots from Battlecruiser 3020AD due out soon. www.bc3000ad.com/screen_shots2.htm If you're playing BC3K and you _think_ it's good....you aint' seen nuthin yet. Derek Smart, Ph.D. Designer/Lead Developer Battlecruiser:3000AD "The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been." ICQ : 158435 Email : mailto:dsm...@pobox.com Media Contact : mailto:bc3000a...@mindspring.com World Wide Web : www.bc3000ad.com BC3K Latest News : www.bc3000ad.com/gnn.html Active Worlds : Teleport to GALCOM at www.activeworlds.com
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