Price: 150,000 credits.Ĭenturion class - It looks and acts like a fighter jet. If you can defend yourself well and do a lot of cargo runs, it's not a bad choice but not entirely necessary. Despite all the armaments, Galaxies aren't too hard to take out. Two primary weapons and a secondary weapon can be put in each turret and in the front. Largest cargo space of them all and the most turrets (three - left, right, rear). The cargo hold is the same size as that of the Tarsus class. Can use the highest level of shields and armor, mount two primary weapons on the front, two in the rear turret, and one secondary weapon in front and rear. Other purchasable craft and their properties: tractor beam (used to pull jettisonned cargo into the player's ship's hold).topedo launcher (only ammuntion is the proton torpedo).They are (in order of least expensive to most expensive): The primary weapon types use energy rather than physical ammunition to fire and are much more frequently used. ![]() It isn't much but it works until you can afford better. It has little, but enough, cargo space, and room for two primary weapons and two secondary weapons or tractor beams. The ship you begin with is a Tarsus class. The player began the game as a privateer in an asteroid mining base in the Troy system. When I got this game it was already a " classic" title and included the game's expansion, Righteous Fire, on the same disc. ![]() These, however, are pretty much the only drawbacks. The game also features no multiplayer mode. Unfortunately, the only sequel ( Privateer 2: The Darkening) sucked (so says every opinion I've heard of it, at least, as I've never played it myself), the game is no longer in print (though if you look around, you might find it hosted online somewhere), and it seems another sequel and an MMORPG based on the Privateer gameworld/style of play has been cancelled. The game was released by Origin (way back before Electronic Arts bought it out) in 1994 and, to this day, I've seen only a small handful of games with the same level of freedom in them. Even then, the player can ignore the plot temporarily and even continue playing the game after the plot has ended, if he or she wants to. There's an actual plot which can be completely ignored (and even missed if the player never checks any of the bars at certain stations) if the player doesn't care to " end" the game. Contact:, done in 0.003 seconds.A spin-off of the Wing Commander games (it takes place sometime between the first and second Wing Commander games), in Privateer, you are free to do as you wish in the game, for the most part. Wing Commander: Prophecy - Gold, Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom, Wing Commander Privateer (CD-ROM), Wing Commander II: Deluxe Edition, Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger, Wing Commander 1, Wing Commander: Privateer, Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi People who downloaded Wing Commander: Privateer - Gemini Gold have also downloaded: It's good fun once you've mastered the controls although you can't help feeling that it's a poorer imitation of Wing Commander and lacks both the quickfire action, thrills and depth of it. You can upgrade your ship to conquer the galaxy but life is not made simple by other barbarians, pirates and evil commanders. Depending on what you want to achieve, you can take your chance and become a pirate, merchant or bounty hunter. ![]() Your task is to start over the 'Privateer' in a new and sparsely populated sector of the Confederation. Your role is as Grayson Burrows who inherited a small old scout class ship from your grandfather. Key to this is that the game uses the 'Voxel' graphics engine which offers some spectacular angles and viewpoints of the ship and impressive graphics - much less blocky than usual 3D graphics. Privateer Gemini Gold is basically a remake of that game adapting it for today's faster machines and more demanding gaming enthusiasts. Privateer was one of the first games in offering "open ended" gameplay (like Grand Theft Auto), when finishing the main plot, you can continue your game by exploring the rest of the universe. Over 10 years later a small group of Privateer enthusiasts reintroduced the game with a new graphics engine and real 3D spaceflight. According to the developers, back in 1993 Privateer was released as part of the Wing Commander series and became a great success in the gaming industry.
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