FreeSpace was released 25 years ago on 19th March 1998.
In the late 90s, starfighter combat games were a pretty substantial genre. X-Wing and Wing Commander being the clear leaders, but FreeSpace managed to make a name for itself as well.
FreeSpace 2 came out just one year later with huge improvements to the engine, being widely considered the best game of this type, but it also turned out to be the last major release of the genre.
