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Yup, pretty much same mechanics.

The netcode in subspace was a bit better, probably due to needing to deal with 200ms+ pings that were common back in that era.

Thought the same exact thing. Whatever happened to SubSpace?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/352700/Subspace_Continuum/

Subspace Continuum is an anti-hacking fork released in 2001 (Subspace was released in '95) and is now the only official version of the game.

It's still alive, to some extent. Priit Kasesalu (of Skyroads, Kazaa and Skype fame) wrote an alternative client back in 2001: Continuum. Some of the bigger servers (EG, TW) are still around. Many of the smaller ones like SFSS have long since perished.

Yes! Loved that game. You could mount each other and create the almighty LevTerr. I wonder if it's still alive

Trench Wars zone is still alive and you can play the game. Though there are always the same <100 players around: http://www.subspace.tw/