{"id":231,"date":"2009-01-09T09:40:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/?p=231"},"modified":"2023-08-25T11:26:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:26:41","slug":"ev-nova-universal-binary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/2009\/01\/09\/ev-nova-universal-binary\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Universe: EV Nova goes UB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/194178\/evnova-2.html\">Macworld brings us the news<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090622050348\/http:\/\/www.ambrosiasw.com\/\">Ambrosia Software<\/a>&#8216;s classic space exploration-trading-fighting-sandbox game <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090703053341\/http:\/\/www.ambrosiasw.com\/games\/evn\/\">EV Nova<\/a> has been upgraded to Universal Binary (or, for our non-Mac using readers, it runs natively on Intel-powered Macs).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/evnova2.jpg?resize=640%2C485&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" alt=\"Bad place to be in a shuttle.\" title=\"Bad place to be in a shuttle.\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First released back in 2002, EV Nova was the third the series of <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090705040630\/http:\/\/www.ambrosiasw.com\/games\/ev\/\">Escape Velocity<\/a> games, all with similar gameplay and with the ability to be extended and modified via plug-ins, leading to a very devoted online following. There&#8217;s even a Windows version.<\/p>\n<p>Think single-player, top-down, simplified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eveonline.com\">EVE Online<\/a> (but with better quest writing and without all the annoying Cider client crashes on the Mac) and you&#8217;ve got a good idea of EV Nova. Might not be cutting edge, but the fact that Ambrosia took the time to update a six year-old game to Universal Binary status says something about the game&#8217;s enduring popularity, and about Ambrosia&#8217;s dedication to their products.<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/194178\/evnova-2.html\">Macworld<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macworld brings us the news that Ambrosia Software&#8216;s classic space exploration-trading-fighting-sandbox game EV Nova has been upgraded to Universal Binary (or, for our non-Mac using readers, it runs natively on Intel-powered Macs). First released back in 2002, EV Nova was the third the series of Escape Velocity games, all with similar gameplay and with the &#8230; <a title=\"Universal Universe: EV Nova goes UB\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/2009\/01\/09\/ev-nova-universal-binary\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Universal Universe: EV Nova goes UB\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[102,103,104,105,50],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-games","tag-ambrosia","tag-ccp","tag-ev","tag-eve","tag-macintosh"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pedXm-3J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6307,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/6307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}