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Taldrenites => General Starfleet Command Forum => Topic started by: Xtory on March 31, 2005, 04:21:38 pm
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This is my first time posting here. I'm hoping some one can help. I have been looking for Star Trek: StarFleet Command 3 but i have had no luck. I want to buy it but according to one person i spoke to at an electronics boutique she said it had been discontinued. I tried Best Buy, Electronics Boutique, Gamestop, Wal-mart, Babbages, Target but none of them had it. The K-Mart in my area doesn't even sell computer games. I have even tried calling the other Electronics Boutique and other Gamestop stores in the area. None of them have it.
Does anyone know where i might have luck finding it. I really really don't want to try Ebay. Perhaps a reputable on line store or a store that i can call up on the phone to see if they have it. I live in New Jersey in the US if that helps any.
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Hate to break this to ye, Xtory, but SFC3 has been discontinued for about 2 years now. The reason for this is in 2003, Activision (the publisher) filed a lawsuit against Viacom (which owns Paramount Pictures) claiming that Viacom hadn't upheld it's end of a contract signed in 1998, and had "let the once proud Star Trek franchise stagnate". Activision's lawsuit also terminated their rights to the Star Trek game license. The lawsuit was settled a few weeks ago, but so far, there hasn't been any announcement of another entry in the SFC series. As far as buying it online, good luck. Amazon had it listed, but they were asking close to NINETY dollars for new-in-box copies. $90 for a game that's close to 2 years old!! That's highway robbery!
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You can get it on Ebay for about $5 to $10
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11053&item=8182212798&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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well i have it for sale for a bit more that ebay but at lest your sure to get it with me.
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It stinks that i can't get it at a store. I have never bought a game online unless you would count an everquest expansion download. I don't even have a credit card and getting my mom to let me borrow hers is like pulling teeth so i guess i won't be able to get it.
I thought the reason SFC 3 was discontinued was because interplay went out of business though i do admit i have not been keeping up with the gaming news as much as i should. I hope, since the lawsuit is settled between Activision and Viacom that more copies of SFC 3 will be put out along with an updated patch which seemed difficult to find.
The first thing i did before i went out to hunt for a copy of SFC 3 is look for a patch online. I could not find one at Interplay since they folded. I checked Taldren's website and had no luck there either. I don't think they ever plan to put up a support page at the Taldren website despite what it sais when you click on support.
The part that really stinks is that i knew SFC 3 was out a long time ago but i didn't consider buying it. I hadn't even considered looking for a copy until after i reinstalled SFC 2 and started playing that again. So now that i wan't it and i can't get it i want it even more. lol
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Ebay and members here who are willing to sell the game take Money Orders, however it increases delivery time.
As for a patch, the latest and final patch is v534_b located in the announcements section of this board.. fixed and put into an installer by me.
Taldren is out of business and as such, no more patches to come, with exception of the revision I am attempting to do on the v534_b patch.
The Taldren web site is just that a web site, all patches were released in the forums, which were transferred to here.
Besides, if you like SFC games, Orion Pirates is the best that keeps with the original SFC.. SFC 3 is a dumbed down point and shoot version designed in the TNG rea that has much less micromanagement.. It lacks the tactical depth of the first 3 SFC games...
Now SFC 3 is great if you don't like too much micromanagement or thinking when playing.
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SFC 3 is not an Interplay game only 1 and 2 EAW and OP are not SFC3.SFC3 is only an Activision game.
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...which oh-so explains the MechWarrior "tonnage" system adopted for upgrades.... ::)
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Besides, if you like SFC games, Orion Pirates is the best that keeps with the original SFC.. SFC 3 is a dumbed down point and shoot version designed in the TNG era that has much less micromanagement.. It lacks the tactical depth of the first 3 SFC games...
Now SFC 3 is great if you don't like too much micromanagement or thinking when playing.
Agreed. Although too much thinking was never a problem for me in the first three SFC games, since I never was good at any video games online. ;) But I would say the same. Although I feel nostalgic enough to try hauling my butt, saving and wiping my hard drive out, and starting over with a fresh copy of SFC1 and SFC: OP... I just need to get past the part where I feel too lazy to do that. Heh. :)
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This is my first time posting here. I'm hoping some one can help. I have been looking for Star Trek: StarFleet Command 3 but i have had no luck. I want to buy it but according to one person i spoke to at an electronics boutique she said it had been discontinued. I tried Best Buy, Electronics Boutique, Gamestop, Wal-mart, Babbages, Target but none of them had it. The K-Mart in my area doesn't even sell computer games. I have even tried calling the other Electronics Boutique and other Gamestop stores in the area. None of them have it.
Does anyone know where i might have luck finding it. I really really don't want to try Ebay. Perhaps a reputable on line store or a store that i can call up on the phone to see if they have it. I live in New Jersey in the US if that helps any.
Tell you what, you email me with an address and I'll send you a copy.
hklang AT gmail.com
Harry
p.s. before you think I'm some wacko, I work at Paramount. Others here can vouch for that.
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Yep, Harry is a damn fine man around these parts.
Stephen
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p.s. before you think I'm some wacko, I work at Paramount. Others here can vouch for that.
Um, I wasn't aware that working for Paramount, as you do, made you exempt from being a wacko. I would have thought that your job would actually have caused you to slide a little bit further into that category wouldn't it? ;)
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p.s. before you think I'm some wacko, I work at Paramount. Others here can vouch for that.
Um, I wasn't aware that working for Paramount, as you do, made you exempt from being a wacko. I would have thought that your job would actually have caused you to slide a little bit further into that category wouldn't it? ;)
There are days where it can have that effect ;)
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Oooh...Got any trek posters laying around? ;D
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Wow, good to see someone from Paramount on here.
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i think i can get it brand new around 50$ us at a radio shack, i can call tomorow and see if the still have it, or i can sell my copy for less and you can play multyplayer over the net with it since i never use it and the one before also.
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I've got a copy that's just sitting around. Gimme an address and it's in the mail. Payment optional.
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Does that mean we can blame Enterprise's cancellation on Harry ;)
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Does that mean we can blame Enterprise's cancellation on Harry ;)
Ha, ha. No.
As for posters lying around....don't think so. But I'll look around.
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Thank you all very much for the offers to send me a copy of the game. To be honest it really wouldn't feel right receiving something for free. I'm am also a bit paranoid when it comes to revealing real life info such as my address or telephone number so i would not be willing to pay for a copy either. I really do appreciate the offers though and i am glad to see so many nice people that replied to my post.
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As a father, I applaud your intelligent caution, especially on the internet; would that most other kids have such sense.
I think if you want to verify that Harry here is really Harry Lang of Paramount, you can search the web to see that Paramount really has such a guy involved with their Star Trek franchise.
You could then find an official Paramount address for Mr. Lang and communicate with him that way... but it'll cost you a stamp. You may not have to pull your parents' teeth for one of those!
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Thank you all very much for the offers to send me a copy of the game. To be honest it really wouldn't feel right receiving something for free. I'm am also a bit paranoid when it comes to revealing real life info such as my address or telephone number so i would not be willing to pay for a copy either. I really do appreciate the offers though and i am glad to see so many nice people that replied to my post.
well you could use a 3th persone address who will received your game, you pay him and he received the game and give it to you when it arrived.
or maybe as a radio shack to get it from another radio shack.
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if you go to amazon.com or ebay on other _normal_ days you will find sfc3 for about, oh say, 100-150 bucks. no joke.
Oh yeah.. as for sfc3 stinks - keep in mind that one man's trash is another mans gold.. you are also leaving out the many mods which exsist for sfc3. In other words, the older sfcs are not as uber as you think. Perhaps to you - but not to all. To each their own.
I agree that out of the box sfc3 left out a lot of detail and polish - but try one of the mods out there for it. makes a big difference.
thanks.
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Thank you all very much for the offers to send me a copy of the game. To be honest it really wouldn't feel right receiving something for free. I'm am also a bit paranoid when it comes to revealing real life info such as my address or telephone number so i would not be willing to pay for a copy either. I really do appreciate the offers though and i am glad to see so many nice people that replied to my post.
well you could use a 3th persone address who will received your game, you pay him and he received the game and give it to you when it arrived.
or maybe as a radio shack to get it from another radio shack.
Don.How come you keep saying you can get this from Radio Shack as it has bee discontinued and all remaining copies have been pulled?If you are seeing this at Radio Shack in a new box with the that is probably an Asian pirated version.
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well last time i check there was a radio shack with a copy of sfc3, i can go check again and see but it was not a copy as far as i can see.
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I'd be willing to paying a fair price for SFC3. I was blown away to see it selling for $90. Since I'm already listed on the internet through work I don't mind having it shipped there. Is anyone still interested in selling?
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In case any one is wondering, I'm not a reseller looking to make a profit. I just discovered this game last week and was disappointed to discover that it's not being distributed any more. I'm not willing to fork out $90 on EBay and I'm also not willin gto download it for free even though Google showed me that option so eagerly.
I purchased Orion Pirates - the demo seems good. But there are features in SFCIII that I'd like the chance to experience.
If anyone is willing to part with an unused copy, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
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I second that, I too would be willing to pay a fair price if anyone has a copy to spare.
Just PM me.
Thanks