In 2016, Night Dive Studios reacquired the rights and re-released it.
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An ORIGIN Cinematic Experience", implying that Space Rogue was originally meant to be a series of its own ('Ultima in Space'), before later on Origin turned to the Wing Commander series instead. The press release for Space Rogue stated that it is "the first of its kind in science-fiction/3D space flight simulation. Space Rogue can be considered as the spiritual predecessor to Origin's Wing Commander series. It is notable for being the first game designed for Origin by Paul Neurath, who went on to found Blue Sky Productions (later renamed Looking Glass Studios). The game features elements of a role-playing game, like the much later X Rebirth and Elite Dangerous. Taking place within the Far Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, Space Rogue 's main story revolves around the player character 's efforts to pursue a career and undertake long-range goals beyond his immediate mission. The FM Towns version had its intro remade with slight animations and new illustrations, along with scrolling Japanese text, and exclusive CD quality background music. The game was also released in the Japanese language for PC-9801, X68000, and FM Towns. The game was released in 1989 for Apple II, and Commodore 64, for MS-DOS, the series was ported to MS-DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, and Atari ST. Space Rogue is a space flight simulation video game developed by Origin Systems and published by Origin Systems, Wave Brain, and Night Dive Studios.
For the computer security researcher, see Cris Thomas. This article is about the 1989 video game.