Privateer Gemini Gold

[Bullwinkle]

I took a look at this and it looked pretty impressive, but you guys know I'm a bit of a spoiled brat when it comes to graphics. Couldn't play the Wing Commander games for that reason. Will I be able to stomach this?It depends on what you like. Gemini Gold has updated graphics (800x600) but the "look" is intentionally retro. For example:[hsimg][url]http://privateer.sourceforge.net/images/screenshot-3-perry-superbase-landing-pad.png[/url] Gold is a clone of Privateer made, by students, with an open-source game engine, presumably for a project. With that in mind, Gemini Gold is a brilliant demonstration of the capability of the Vegastrike game engine.Gemini Gold is also a nostalgic trip down memory lane because Privateer is the Grandfather of the modern Space Sim game.I have no idea whether you will like it, but it is only a 300 Mb download. The most difficult part of just trying it was that I had to read the Tutorial in order to understand the User Interface (UI). And the Tutorial is located in the Appendix (of all places!), so it took maybe an hour of "ground school" and Tutorial missions before I was ready to fly missions.I think that there is something slightly "unfinished" about Gemini Gold's user interface (UI)... as though the semester ended before all of the finishing touches could be made. It is usable but, if memory serves, the original Privateer's UI was more polished. As a result, Privateer was a little more intuitive, while Gemini Gold requires reading the manual.Nevertheless, it is definitely playable, and has the same humorous comm chatter and goofy enemy factions as the original. For game play experience, it might be fun to try to find an old copy of Privateer and see whether you can get it running on XP. For graphics quality; definitely Gemini Gold.ScoreGrade I would give to a Computer Science class in gaming: A+Completeness of port of Privateer to the Vegastrike engine: 90%+Privateer as a history-making game: Five Stars (out of five)Score for a free, fun, game that runs on a netbook: A/A+Whether you will like it: YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary)

[Potsmoke66]

critics allowed? i didn know that game, but ships movements look like they would hang on a cable, brrrrr.now i know again why i.......

[Bullwinkle]

potsmoke66 wrote:
critics allowed? i didn know that game, but ships movements look like they would hang on a cable, brrrrr.now i know again why i.......
What? Man, I think I need a Potsmoke-to-English translator! You know that stuff shrinks your brain and makes you want to eat and play video games all day, right?just kidding... (mostly). ;)PS: Freihofer's Chocolate Cookies, mmmmm!

[sscadmin]

Privateer: Gemini Gold is a single player title with no online play. It is a pretty good recreation of the original and v1.03 has a some nice fixes and gfx updates and voice overs.

[IronHound]

I loved the idea of this game. (Having never played the original Privateer.) But GG has some bugs its needs to work out. For one, enemy ships that wait for you to leave a station. This is game breaking early on. You can literally have 3 Talons following you around and destroying you each time you undock from a station.There is a big thread on it in their forums, but it effectively ruined the game for me.I don't mean to sound like a downer, I just firmly believe the game has bugs that need fixing. :)YMMV is key here, definately try the game out if you get the time. Its pretty amazing in its own right.

[sscadmin]

Updated the download area for this game and added the latest 'tweak' patch and put descriptions in for everything. When I get the added time I will download and upload the Mac/Linux versions as well. Download Area: [url]http://spacesimcentral.com/ssc/files/category/75-privateer-gold/[/url]

[XenonS]

Hi DarkOne,thanks very much for the patch 2.86. Just want to cry out here: everyone loving this game should have this patch that fixes a lot of things and makes the gameplay more enjoyable. Two thumbs!XenonS P.S.I will surely go through the 2 storylines again, just to - hopefully - hear the voiceovers of these fanatics Church Of Man :haha: