..., this one: Ironseed (on WP). Even freeware now, you can get it here: here.

Infact, this impression was the reason why I bought FLT. While FTL is fun, it is not as similiar as I hoped , but I still (want to?) see that some inspiration was taken from Ironseed... someone felt the same way?

On the other hand, Ironseed felt more advanced, as it made better use of the vastness of space and time and was also in 3D (in a usefull way). Crew development was more complex, the background story was really dark and depressing. Damn, I miss this game. ;)

(Beside, another freeware game which is similar but more arcade-like: Transcendence http://neurohack.com/transcendence/)

Would not mind if Ironseed was updated in terms of graphics and systems since I never had much luck with dosbox.

Actually FTL reminds me a lot of the hours I've spent on Psi 5 Trading Company. Which also begs for a remake.

Or maybe a place on GOG.

@skylessnight:
Strange, can't remember DOSBox problems last time I run it (1-2 years ago) Did you used the latest patch? I think the infamous borland 200 error for fast CPUs was fixed with it and other problems, maybe this was helping dosbox too.

http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=627&letter=I supported officially by Dosbox
http://www.ironseed.com/downloads/ironseed-patch-v1.20.0014-2007-03-01.zip patch

@Telika:
Cool, will take a look into "Psi 5 Trading Co." :)