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Ran into this game a month or so ago, new version out recently. Prospector can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/rlprospector/From the game's site:"A roguelike in spaceIn an unexplored sector of space humanity is trying to establish a permanent presence. Megacorporations employ freelance prospectors to find exploitable resources and map unknown planets for them. The player commands one of those scoutships, trying to become filthy rich as a prospector. "All ascii graphics, but quite a bit of depth.Enjoy

Added this game link to my next link page update thanks Songbird.If Prospector has good game mechanics like Privateer: Ascii Sector then it will be something to try.

just looked at some of the vids for this,looks like an interesting game will have to get around and download it some time.

v0.1.16 has been released:[*:2fcybjhu]New Items: Deep space probes[*:2fcybjhu]Each ship gets some specific starting equipment (TT still gets 5 vets, nothing added there)redesigned diseases[*:2fcybjhu]Intelligent critters now build castles too, not just pyramids[*:2fcybjhu]Passengers hang around in bars[*:2fcybjhu]Some UI improvements[*:2fcybjhu]Some bugs fixed