Battlecruiser 3000AD

Battlecruiser 3000AD
Battlecruiser 3000AD
	European cover art
Developer	3000 AD
Publishers	Battlecruiser 3000AD; NA: Take-Two Interactive; EU: GameTek; v2.0; NA: Interplay Entertainment; EU: GT Interactive; AU: Jack of All Games; Millennium; 3000 AD; Millennium Gold; DreamCatcher Interactive
Designer	Derek K. Smart
Platforms	MS-DOS, Windows
Release	October 11, 1996 Battlecruiser 3000AD; NA: October 11, 1996; EU: March 7, 1997; 23 February 1998 (freeware); v2.0; NA: 31 December 1998; EU: October 1999; AU: March 2000; 17 July 2001 (freeware); Millennium; NA: 19 November 2001; 20 May 2005 (freeware); Millennium Gold; March 2003;
Genre	Space trading and combat simulator
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Battlecruiser 3000AD is a space trading and combat simulator video game developed by 3000 AD. It was designed by 3000 AD president and lead developer Derek Smart as the studio's first project.

Announced in 1992, the game underwent a lengthy and troubled development history. It was first released against Smart's wishes in 1996 by publisher Take-Two Interactive for MS-DOS and Windows and negatively received for its incomplete nature. A patched version was later released for Windows by publisher Interplay Entertainment in 1998. Smart designed and self-published a sequel entitled Millennium, which was released in 2001, and an updated version was released by publisher DreamCatcher Interactive in 2003. A compilation pack entitled Battlecruiser Generations, including both versions of 3000AD and Millennium, was released in 2021 on Steam.