Escape Velocity: Override kickstarter in the works!

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Yowza
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Hey!

There is an ongoing Kickstarter to remaster the old Mac classic Escape Velocity: Override under the name Cosmic Frontier: Override. It is run by two people, a long time fan, and the lead designer of EV: Override itself!

There is roughly one week left and still a little way to go on the Kickstarter, so if anyone here played it back in the day (or still play it on occasion), please do give it a look here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/co ... escription

For those unfamiliar with the game, it is a top-down space action and trading game heavily inspired by Elite, and which also went and inspired games such as NAEV and Endless Sky.

Here is a Youtube video about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYv8zapo2wo

And here are some neat art pieces the community have cooked up over the last month:

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treellama
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Wow, thanks for the heads-up. Backed!
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treellama wrote:Wow, thanks for the heads-up. Backed!
You're welcome man! Just glad I was able to bring it to awareness in time [MUp]
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I should have thought to post this here myself. Hope it gets to its goal, I want a new Override engine! Linux support, widescreen, plus Mac users would be able to play it again. And being on GOG is a great thing.
Sharkie Lino

I remember my bro being a big fan of this game back when. I should tell him, he might like this too!
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