The good old days.

[Galaxias]

Does anyone remember when an Anaconda only cost two shillings and sixpence?

And engineering was setting a carburettor on a mark 2 Cortina with a screwdriver?

 

[Oss133]

Thruppence.

The spellchecker doesn't even recognize it

 

[Galaxias]

Thruppence.

The spellchecker doesn't even recognize it

That was my pocket money, every month.

 

[Zoltah-Talion]

Does anyone remember when an Anaconda only cost two shillings and sixpence?

I certainly remember when you could pick up a free one from Hutton Orbital!

No, but seriously, I remember when you could fly round all the Sol stations, picking up Data Delivery missions to Hutton for several million credits each. Stacking 15 to 20 of them was no problem. Over the course of a week or two I easily made enough for an Annie, my first ever big ship! Wonder why you can't do that any more? *sigh*

btw I think this thread should be read with Dvorak's "New World" Symphony playing in the background. And perhaps a glass of Chateau de Chasselas to go with it.

 

[Jenner]

I remember in beta how excited I was when I could finally afford to buy a Cobra. Seemed like I was rich beyond measure.

 

[Arry]

I remember when I could fill my empty fuel tank, for just 7 credits.

 

[Stealthie]

I remember being excited when I'd save enough credits to buy an additional pulse-laser for my AspX.

 

[Speedcuffs]

I certainly remember when you could pick up a free one from Hutton Orbital!

No, but seriously, I remember when you could fly round all the Sol stations, picking up Data Delivery missions to Hutton for several million credits each. Stacking 15 to 20 of them was no problem. Over the course of a week or two I easily made enough for an Annie, my first ever big ship! Wonder why you can't do that any more? *sigh*

btw I think this thread should be read with Dvorak's "New World" Symphony playing in the background. And perhaps a glass of Chateau de Chasselas to go with it.

Ee lad, wer tha deliverin' t'Hovis to Hutton?

 

[Patau82]

Ohh, i member

 

[dm06]

Old farts thread?

 

[VR SenseiMatty]

Oh I remember the Katzenstein Run in less than 12 parsec...

Ah no... it was more than 50 milion credits in less than 75 minutes...

I could afford my outfitted Anaconda with that.

 

[Cmdr Delmonte[VR]]

The rares route! ROund and Round and Round and Ro...... you get the idea ;-)

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[Galaxias]

Old farts thread?

Don't you even dare..... Or I'll put me pint of mild over yer 'ead.

 

[Ian Phillips]

Old farts thread?

Calling T.j

 

[IndigoWyrd]

So glad to have never played the 1984 version, FFE or whatever else came before this version, or I'd have likely given this a pass too.

 

[Morbad]

Does anyone remember when an Anaconda only cost two shillings and sixpence?

Isn't a shilling worth about five trillion credits?

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

I remember when I played 2.0 and was still confident about the game's future. They just assured that engineers wouldn't bring powercreep into the game. Boy - was I wrong.

 

[Galaxias]

Isn't a shilling worth about five trillion credits?

No.

 

[DWorth]

I remember when we had to fly nine billion light years for twenty seven hours a day in a tin bath powered by pedals to make 0.0001cr and when we got there, the Thargoids would shoot us out of the sky and eat our brains. And we were the lucky ones!

 

[Sir.Tj]

Calling T.j

off your about 20 years older than me...