Kristian Joensen wrote on Jul 25, 2013, 05:30:

Here you go.

Thanks, I looked for it in star control section and couldn't find it. It was in the atari auction thread lol.

Dev wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 21:49:

Kristian Joensen wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 13:52:
A Stardock employee said the following on the GOG.com forums:

Source links are appreciated

NegaDeath wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 18:27:
Apparently I have never played Star Control, nor heard of it (not that I can recall anyways). And that makes me angry as watching a few vids makes it clear this is right up my alley. Wtf. Well now I know which game I'm playing next.

Easy enough, AND its free! (the ur-quan masters version). I highly recommend it in fact, since they are very faithful to the original games, and combine the best of both the PC and 3do, plus if you d/l all the remix music thats another great experience.

Here you go.

NegaDeath wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 18:27:
Apparently I have never played Star Control, nor heard of it (not that I can recall anyways). And that makes me angry as watching a few vids makes it clear this is right up my alley. Wtf. Well now I know which game I'm playing next.

I envy you, playing Star Control 2 for the very first time.

Meeting those crazy new races, upgrading that magnificent ship, fighting those arcade battles. Fretting over all those unexplored worlds, bliss.

Dev wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 21:49:
Easy enough, AND its free! (the ur-quan masters version). I highly recommend it in fact, since they are very faithful to the original games, and combine the best of both the PC and 3do, plus if you d/l all the remix music thats another great experience.

Yes that's what I tried. I like it! I can see some of the influence on Mass Effect with all the planet exploration and mining and stuff. Looking forward to Stardocks update.

Truthfully it can only be better than the mucked up game that was Star Control 3 (if you haven't played it just skip it - SC2 was the best one by far). SC3 was a pale imitation made by a different group - and it showed.

Kristian Joensen wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 13:52:
A Stardock employee said the following on the GOG.com forums:

Source links are appreciated

NegaDeath wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 18:27:
Apparently I have never played Star Control, nor heard of it (not that I can recall anyways). And that makes me angry as watching a few vids makes it clear this is right up my alley. Wtf. Well now I know which game I'm playing next.

Easy enough, AND its free! (the ur-quan masters version). I highly recommend it in fact, since they are very faithful to the original games, and combine the best of both the PC and 3do, plus if you d/l all the remix music thats another great experience.

Kristian Joensen wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 13:52:
But there will be a new Star Control game with Star Control 2 serving as a major source of inspiration. That's about all I can say at this time."

I want this to be a good thing, but given their track record, I just don't have any faith that Stardock has the ability to deliver something that I would enjoy playing even remotely as much as the original.

Star Control 2 is a true classic. You're in for a treat!

Apparently I have never played Star Control, nor heard of it (not that I can recall anyways). And that makes me angry as watching a few vids makes it clear this is right up my alley. Wtf. Well now I know which game I'm playing next.

A Stardock employee said the following on the GOG.com forums:

"Atari has the trademark for Star Control (obviously a key component) and the (c) for Star Control 3.

But Paul Reiche owns the (c) for Star Control 1/2. You couldn't do a HD version of Star Control 1/2 without his permission.

In terms of the game universe itself, we wouldn't (I work at Stardock) want to do anything that would be considered "canon" without Paul Reiche's blessing and, ideally, involvement.

None of this will affect Star Control on GOG except where checks get sent to. Stardock is already a GOG partner.

But there will be a new Star Control game with Star Control 2 serving as a major source of inspiration. That's about all I can say at this time."

As long as nobody messes with Frungy, the Sport of Kings, that's okay with me.

Blue wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 09:26:

SevereTireDamage wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 09:19:
Star... Craft?

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

on the forums for the Ur-Quan Masters website (home of an open-source Star Craft 2 remake project)

=)

These aren't the droids we're looking for...

SevereTireDamage wrote on Jul 24, 2013, 09:19:
Star... Craft?

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

Yes, even though they share the same initials SC, there's a difference between the 2
Also, I should mention that I actually first found a mention of the post in the original link from the earlier blues story when they did an update to it. I prefer to read about and link to the original source though, especially since in this case the forum post is the complete thing, and one can see the discussion there.

I'm very glad that the open source UQM that is blessed by the original devs won't be affected. I wouldn't expect it to be normally, but who knows these days when trademarks/copyrights get involved.

Read this in the thread yesterday and it is indeed welcome news. Excepting the fact that we are talking about Star Control, not Starcraft

Star... Craft?