I never played Starflight, but I believe it influenced a game I loved as a kid, Star Control 2. It was given a sequel (...Star Control 3) but without any of the original makers being involved - IIRC they wanted more money than the publisher was prepared to pay.
And what do you know, the bad sequel killed the franchise.
People have ported the original to modern platforms, but if anything was due a Kickstarted sequel...
The original studio is now doping the wildly profitable skylanders franchise, falso the studio is owned 100% by Actvision, i doubt they will be doping anything that is nota skylanders unless they pull a Infinity Ward
And what do you know, the bad sequel killed the franchise. People have ported the original to modern platforms, but if anything was due a Kickstarted sequel...