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Message 805273 - Posted: 5 Sep 2008, 15:05:39 UTC

Man, I've been waiting for this game for a LOOONG time. It's basically a SETI-enthusiast's dream come true in the form of a PC game!


http://www.space.com/searchforlife/080904-seti-spore-videogame.html


The SETI Institute is offering a special reduced price membership package through generous cooperation with the Spore dev team:
http://www.seti.org/spore/
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Message 805364 - Posted: 5 Sep 2008, 23:48:04 UTC
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It reminds me about this game from 1996.

link http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/creatures_index.php

[edit]And the best part Its Free.

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Message 805759 - Posted: 7 Sep 2008, 5:35:02 UTC

Downloading now!

Goes live tomorrow, or tonight at midnight???

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Message 806137 - Posted: 8 Sep 2008, 9:50:58 UTC - in response to Message 805759.  

Downloading now!

Goes live tomorrow, or tonight at midnight???

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I got abducted but it bumped me up to the civilization level...

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Message 807035 - Posted: 11 Sep 2008, 16:51:43 UTC
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My new ship NCC-1701 + :

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dcQgW-vWtns


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Message 808295 - Posted: 15 Sep 2008, 1:08:16 UTC

SecuROM rootkit found in game:

http://isohunt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=85806

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/10/spore-seeds-rootkit


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