Battlecruiser 3000AD
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Battlecruiser 3000AD (aka [BC3K] in Usenet) is one of the most-hyped, most-panned, and longest-developed games in computer gaming history. It was under development for seven years, generating one of the longest and largest flame wars in history of Usenet, before publisher Take Two Interactive Software released it in November of 1996. It was even then released against the wishes of its primary developer Derek Smart, as it was still incomplete and buggy. Smart left Take Two and continued to develop the game on his own. Four months later a reasonably bug-free version, BC3K (v1.01C4), was released in Europe through Gametek (UK) via Smart's personal company, 3000AD. Later Smart acquired rights for the game and released it as freeware.
- A sequel, Battlecruiser Millennium, was released in 2001.
- An expansion, Battlecruiser Millennium Gold, was released in 2003.
- A sequel, Universal Combat, was released in 2004.
2 more games are planned:
- Universal Combat: A World Apart
- Knightblade: Final Flight
External links
- BC3000AD Official Site (http://www.3000ad.com/home.shtml)
- Battlecruiser 3000AD free download (http://www.3000ad.com/downloads/bc3k.shtml)
- BC3K flame war archive (http://www.werewolves.org/~follies/)