Wing Commander - Privateer - Righteous Fire
 

Now THIS is a Classic...

:) Flight Sim with flexibility to go anywhere and do any amount of missions as long as you want and/or complete the main story line. :P

Also there was an addon for it called Righteous Fire. I have the CD version of this great classic that also came with another Flight sim called Strike Commander another ingenious game from Origin...

Gosh, I miss flight sims with a storyline.. I miss Origin. :(...

Re: Wing Commander: Privateer
 

Sounds verry much like "modern" day freelancer.Man that was a good game... :wink:

Heh, Freelancer (the sequel to Starlancer) by Microsoft is like the dumb down and very fixed feeling of Wing Commander: Privateer. I played it and felt disappointed even if it had nice graphics.

Privateer was about doing anything you want practically... Buy any arrangement of armament and sensory. There were 3 different ships that you could buy. There was many zones with asteroids to go through and you could technically fly off in one direction for an infinte time. It was and still is the best free range Flight Sim game. :) The best thing was there was a machine (kinda looks like an ATM) where you could pick up basic missions from which 6 were randomly made for you. You could keep playing small missions for as long as you wanted to play the game since the game didn't end when you finished the main story line. :)... If you got tired of this you could always make a living out of running products from one world to another and try to fight off pirates and sneak contraband past police. :) Now this was a great game. It also sported voicing for all the characters that they had you talk to (Bartenders (male and female versions), special characters, yourself, ship dealer) Also there were some specialized worlds that were like Enterainment worlds and well it just is all about exploring. The basis of a good game :).

Privateer is on the roster for upload but don't expect to see it any time soon.

yeah, you name it!! privateer was great!!

the first game which managed to get into the steps of good old elite!!

after i got through privateer, i was kind of sad...but some years later
freelancer had been released and i was happy again!

i love space simulations which not only focus on combat but also offer systems
of trade, letting you choose whether you wanna be either pirate or trader....
great stuff!!

uploaded it ages ago. without review and not sure if it was suitable to be on the site. (abandoned or not)

Moved from FoN.
Wing Commander: Privateer (1993) by Electronic Arts, Inc.
ESA Protected until 2009.

Wing Commander: Privateer - Righteous Fire (1993) by ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Abandonware

not protected anymore...

Any word on when this game will be uploaded? I've been itchin' to play me some Privateer. :drool:

I could upload this later this weekend.