How am I playing this since EA shut this game down 6 years ago? Well some Good modders out there have finally been able to get a server up. They had to recreate all the stats, and they are still working on it so it is still in beta, But seems like the game I remember playing all those years ago.
 
So if you are into the space mmo thing and Don't want to spend any money I invite you to try this out.
Sign up on their forums here to get all the downloads and view the how to and what not
 
If you get on let me know and we can team up some time. :D

awesome i played this game years ago and was totaly pissed to hear it was being shut down so they could use the servers for sims online. im interested in being able to play now.

Tell me a bit more about it? 

it looks like a mod community is building a server and emulating the game. from what the site says its in beta setups and has lots of active users. if this gets working well im definitely going to look into playing it on the private server there setting up. this game was basically the first non fantasy (knights and castles) style mmo ever and was also Westwood studios final game before being purchased and eventually shut down by EA. mass effect was actually partialy inspired by this game. the N7 on Sheapord's armor is an obscure reference to earth and beyond.

" it looks like a mod community is building a server and emulating the game. from what the site says its in beta setups and has lots of active users. if this gets working well im definitely going to look into playing it on the private server there setting up. this game was basically the first non fantasy (knights and castles) style mmo ever and was also Westwood studios final game before being purchased and eventually shut down by EA. mass effect was actually partialy inspired by this game. the N7 on Sheapord's armor is an obscure reference to earth and beyond. "

" it looks like a mod community is building a server and emulating the game. from what the site says its in beta setups and has lots of active users. if this gets working well im definitely going to look into playing it on the private server there setting up. this game was basically the first non fantasy (knights and castles) style mmo ever and was also Westwood studios final game before being purchased and eventually shut down by EA. mass effect was actually partialy inspired by this game. the N7 on Sheapord's armor is an obscure reference to earth and beyond. "

" @PNut_Buttr_Panda said:

" it looks like a mod community is building a server and emulating the game. from what the site says its in beta setups and has lots of active users. if this gets working well im definitely going to look into playing it on the private server there setting up. this game was basically the first non fantasy (knights and castles) style mmo ever and was also Westwood studios final game before being purchased and eventually shut down by EA. mass effect was actually partialy inspired by this game. the N7 on Sheapord's armor is an obscure reference to earth and beyond. "

I know they say beta but it is pretty much the retail game. Been playing for a while (lv 37) and everything is there. What they are still working on is balancing mobs and what not and server stability. What I am surprised about is that they get about 1000$ worth of donations a MONTH. that is a LOT for a community like this. "

" @PufferFiz said:

" @PNut_Buttr_Panda said:

" it looks like a mod community is building a server and emulating the game. from what the site says its in beta setups and has lots of active users. if this gets working well im definitely going to look into playing it on the private server there setting up. this game was basically the first non fantasy (knights and castles) style mmo ever and was also Westwood studios final game before being purchased and eventually shut down by EA. mass effect was actually partialy inspired by this game. the N7 on Sheapord's armor is an obscure reference to earth and beyond. "

I know they say beta but it is pretty much the retail game. Been playing for a while (lv 37) and everything is there. What they are still working on is balancing mobs and what not and server stability. What I am surprised about is that they get about 1000$ worth of donations a MONTH. that is a LOT for a community like this. "

Can you tell me about the game? You might win yourself a new player.  "

" @The_Laughing_Man:  it has a huge map to explore. the game has three unique races that  are all direct descendants the human race from earth. all three races are uneasy with each other but manage to uphold a very loose peace. all three races have two class types. you can freely drive your ship wherever you feel and dock at various stations and platforms and walk freely around inside to visit shops and interact with other players avatars.you can "fast travel" by engaging warp drives there is no teleporting per say as the only way to warp to another location is by using various jump gateways that connect the different systems and planets. you can also visit several planets surfaces and travel around just above the ground and visit cities there. the different races and classes specialize in different weapon types and other specs. an expantion pack was going to bring more content and add the missing third class for every race but was never released as EA shut the retail games servers down to "pursue other developments" even though they likely just needed the server hardware to run more sims online junk even though that game eventualy died as well.  dude its a great game im really interested in playing it again i just wish the website they built was a bit more streamlined and easier to locate the information i wanted. "

I'm a little confused on how to sign up for this
Is it to late to get into now? 
When I go to the only download page I can find on the board I get This

" I'm a little confused on how to sign up for this
Is it to late to get into now? 
When I go to the only download page I can find on the board I get This "

" @PufferFiz:  does the game still have the basic story quests and such even without the job bulliten boards or is it just wandering around and blowing stuff up? also are the god damned Vrix in the emulated version? "

" @Coombs: i think they got only one server available.
 
@PufferFiz: if i remember right towards the closing of the game and its shutdown the damned vrix started showing up all over the damned place. someone told me that the game ended with the vrix destroying earth or some randomness. "

" @PNut_Buttr_Panda:  So maybe I'm just retarded but I can't get this to work......  Everything seems to be going fine but then it says "Couldn't find the patch, Try again later."  I don't know,  EnB-Up.exe   is the patch file right? Where do I install it to?   "

I tried to play this a few months ago but even after updating I couldent even get my system to load it, im not sure if its incompatable with my system or it couldent connect to the server but I quickly moved on. I still keep wanting to play it though, I remember the concept being cool so I might go look up some gameplay and see if I want to try to get it to work again.

" @PufferFiz: how do you point it it to client.exe? i guess i dont understand what your trying to say. "

" I tried to play this a few months ago but even after updating I couldent even get my system to load it, im not sure if its incompatable with my system or it couldent connect to the server but I quickly moved on. I still keep wanting to play it though, I remember the concept being cool so I might go look up some gameplay and see if I want to try to get it to work again. "

" @PufferFiz:  I pointed it to client.exe,  Still says it can't find the update "