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Several fan-driven remakes have also been worked on, to various levels of completion.

Ascii Sector is a remake of Wing Commander: Privateer using ASCII-like characters in 16 different colors to present its environment. Its latest version is 0.7.1.2 (Dec, 2010) and it's being developed for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems. Unlike the original game, Privateer Ascii Sector allows players to create their own missions by using the game's scripting language.

Known as Remake, this fan-made version has a more liberal approach to original game because of new additions not present in the original game, including fancier graphics (especially the ship models) and more gameplay-related features. The first version 1.0 of Remake was released for download on the project's website on March 6, 2005 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems. The latest version is 1.2 and was released in the same way on July 15, 2005. After completing the plot and losing the steltek gun, the player can go on with the Righteous Fire missions. As of Aug 2011, this project home site seems to point to Vega Strike.

In contrast to the above versions, Privateer Gemini Gold strives to be as true to the original Privateer as possible. Originally devised as a purist modification of Remake, Privateer Gemini Gold developed into its own project, which since then has shared resources with Remake. Version 1.0 of Privateer Gemini Gold was released on July 23, 2005 for download on the project's website for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems, followed by the first patch 1.01 on November 15, 2005. 1.02b2 was released in April, 2007. The game also includes the Righteous Fire missions. Current ongoing developments include remodeling 2D graphics of bases in the original game into high resolution.

Parallel Universe is a stand-alone modification of the Remake version 1.2 mentioned above. Besides the original Privateer content, the project adds some new ships, fan campaign missions, ship equipment and revamped graphics to the game. The project is in a playable state, yet under constant, further development.

Private Remake, Gemini Gold and Parallel Universe all use Vega Strike, a space flight simulation computer game. Its code is Open-source software, allowing to make modifications.