~Free Download~ Wing Commander Privateer Remake 1.0 Released

[psiu]

Whoa...550 KB/sec on the bt download...

 

[BUSTaMOD]

Thanks OP

 

[bigfil]

free is always hott
thanks

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I loved this game as a kid.

Freelancer replaced it for my Space stim do what you want game though.

 

[Kung Lau]

This IS the shiznit.

Thanks OP.

 

[theangel24]

freelancer's nowhere near as good as the original privateer. Does this have the righteouf fire expansion too?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: theangel24
freelancer's nowhere near as good as the original privateer. Does this have the righteouf fire expansion too?

I didn't say it was. I'm just saying that not so 640x480 graphics give it some major bonus points in my book

I've wasted far more hours on Privateer than Freelancer though. Without doubt.

 

[rhacquer]

Having never been much of a gamer, how would you rate this in terms of "family-friendliness"? Violence, gore, language, sexuality, etc.

Sorry if I sound lame--once you get kiddos, you'll understand.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I never actually FINISHED the game, but I'd put it in the PG to PG-13 range.

 

[aircooled]

 

[tk149]

Thanks, OP! I never played the original Privateer, but I loved Privateer 2 (which was an inferior game according to reviews).

 

[Actaeon]

Best wing commander ever! I wonder if I still have the CD/Floppys around.

 

[jjyiz28]

im gonna post this on the software forum as well. this is toooooo HOTTTT

 

[Spg]

Just git it off a mirror at 295k

 

[jst0ney]

awesome I can't wait to play it.......again.

 

[theangel24]

so can anyone confirm? does this have the righteous fire expansion pack included with it? or is it just purely the original?

 

[TDon]

Thanks SG. Great post.

I remember playing this game loooooong ago, it was awesome.
Looking forward to trying this out.

TD

 

[iamWolverine]

awesome i absolutely loved this game and have been wanting to play it again for a while now . . .

 

[alm4rr]

Privateer Remake establishes a connection to itself (127.0.0.1)
many firewalls are incorrectly configured to block such connection (norton firewall, windows firewall) because such connections cannot cause harm to your computer since localhost is your own system (if your own system is infecting itself it has other means ;-) )

sometimes these firewalls will popup annoying messages about privateer connecting to itself--and sometimes this causes your video drivers to crash because a fullscreen app was interferred with by a popup window.

Properly configuring your firewall averts this condition.
For those of you who are unsure about how to properly configure a personal firewall you can tell privateer remake to pierce your firewall
by editing vegastrike.config and adding a line
<var name="pierce_firewall" value="true"/>
to the audio section

other options include a) playing in windowed mode
and b) playing without music (sad)

 

[whitelight]

THANK YOU

 

[ErmanC]

Help. I"m hooked. Never played the original. Downloaded the thing and have been playing it for a day and a half. Must say the learning curve is rather steep, but the trade or fight / good or bad aspects are rather engaging.

Thumbs up for the find.

 

[flashbacck]

Originally posted by: huesmann
How are the graphix in the new version?

It looks like only the ship models were redone. All the other artwork (cockpit, screens when you're walking around on a planet) is the same. Maybe artwork is in the works for a future release.

http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/gallery/vegastrike_mod?page=1

The models look nice, but I think the texturing could be better.

 

[SkyBum]

Cool.

My very first PC game was the original wing commander on a 386 w/32Mb RAM and integrated graphics. God, i've been smitten with gaming ever since.....

I remember waiting for a game that was coming out a year or two later by the same team (chris roberts???) that was based on a conflict in the US where you could play as a sort of mercenary for hire. I can remember a pic of a jet fighter climbing straight up out of a ball of fire....

Anybody remember that game? Was it any good? It's killing me that I can't remember the name!

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: SkyBum
Cool.

My very first PC game was the original wing commander on a 386 w/32Mb RAM and integrated graphics. God, i've been smitten with gaming ever since.....

I remember waiting for a game that was coming out a year or two later by the same team (chris roberts???) that was based on a conflict in the US where you could play as a sort of mercenary for hire. I can remember a pic of a jet fighter climbing straight up out of a ball of fire....

Anybody remember that game? Was it any good? It's killing me that I can't remember the name!

strike commander, it sucked!!!!

 

[SkyBum]

Originally posted by: RichieZ


strike commander, it sucked!!!!

Heh, guess i didnt miss anything then......