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    EV NOVA for WIN!!!11!!1


    Ambrosia Software (ambrosiasw.com) has finished their port of Escape Velocity Nova (and supposedly EV Overide, AND Escape Velocity) to teh Windows!

    It's great to see a company that listens. I've played those three games for years- some of the cheapest, most engrossing fun on a computer. Woo-hoo, I'm so excited!

    For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, I'll describe the games. You play a space pilot in a universe. You run hundreds of generated missions or follow tailored campaigns while building, customizing, fighting with your ship (and eventually fleet). It's a blast!



    and Asher, please don't turn this into a mac bashing thread
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    you beat me to it. I've been looking forward to this for some time
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      Victory at last! Possibly the game I have most awaited (if you count how long I've been waiting for a windows port of any EV game).

      Is it downloadable?
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      • #4
        Hah-hah!
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        • #5
          Ack... stupid laptop can't handle EV Nova. I guess that makes it EV no va for now. (grumble) Stupid HP tech support driving me insane... need real laptop back
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          • #6


            KH FOR OWNER!
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            • #7
              (and supposedly EV Overide, AND Escape Velocity)


              Ambrosia's making official plug-ins for Nova that recreate the EV and EV Override scenarios. Hopefully they'll come out soon.
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              • #8
                Never mind, the EV and EV Override plug-ins are already out.

                http://www.ev-nova.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2491
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                • #9
                  Download link: http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evn/

                  So this game is like Elite, yes?
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                  • #10
                    Thank you for the heads up! This is the best gaming news I've heard for quite some time.
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                    • #11
                      I've been playing it for months already, so if you guys need help, you can talk to me...
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                      • #12
                        I played the original EV to death (was drawing tribute from nearly every non-rebel planet) and I went around with my seven rebel cruiser fleet blowing stuff up.

                        In EV Override, I eventually built up a fleet of several powerful alien ships, but I didn't really like how ships in your fleet lost their names
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                        • #13
                          Are there any Star Trek or Star Wars mods?
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                          • #14
                            well, a couple quick questions.

                            To get the hypergate codes from Sigma shipyards, do i have to do that mission to Kont? I can get to kont without problems but once i get in system i get ambushed by some houseless raiders and the ships don't show up well on sensors so their rather hard to beat in my starbridge.


                            Also, how the hell am i supposed to land on harbor in Scheal for the Wild Geese mission? my mod C doesn't stand a chance against 2 enterprises and a manticore and the station itself is hostile so i cant get past the other ships to quickly land.
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                            and water'd heaven with their tears,
                            Did he smile his work to see?
                            Did he who made the lamb make thee?

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                            • #15
                              Are there any Star Trek or Star Wars mods?


                              There will be. EV and EV Override both had total conversion plug-ins set in the Star Trek and Star Wars universes. These may get ported to Nova and there are also brand new plug-ins in development.

                              http://www.ev-nova.net is the best place to keep an eye on released plug-ins and those that are still in development.
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