It's not impossible, but a huge ammount of work to do. And believing or not :) the "fun" part is the hardest one. You can program lots of features, but the real problem is to find wich cobination is the "fun" one.
Hm, I have a running engine, but it seems I have a hard time getting high quality models ;)
So it will take a while untill I find a few ships to start with.
I don't remember being abandonware, I just think the source code was made available for noncommercial use.
And however I think it's worth 4.99 euros :)
I do own a white label Freespace & Freespace 2 compilation and I've bought it long after I've finished Freespace 2.
I was wondering what players think about the latest space sims (X3, DSOne, ... you name it):
1. What do you dislike in the newest space sims ?
and of course:
2. What fetures would you like to have in a new space sim ?