Ah, I wanted to say: good ship design, but it is not yours originally.. Still nice :)

too bad it was an awfully bad rail shooter.

 That is an awesome cover. It is also very likely that chris foss influenced the artist who made it. you should try to get your hands on a copy of his book, it's a great one.

also, that desing reminds me of this http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1238867261-00.jpg

Nice. Very impressive.

got it, thanks.

BG stands for BackGround.

also, xellie, what does BG stand for?

It is an amzing design, however I can't take credit for it. I'm still getting this pixel thing down, I hope in the near future to be pixeling my own glorious spaceships, hurtling through galaxies glinting in starlight! one day.

at least this was good practice and a fun challenge.

 I think you did great. Don't think it detracts at all that you pixelated a BG. So what? You did it awesomely. Also, I think that the space background fits. It looks like the original - so why change it. Well done.

at first i was like "holy shit that looks like an amazing desing" and then i realised its just a resampled version of the reference using this week's challenge palette

:/

Not sure what I should change. any suggestions?

the background was super hard.

I think the background is overpowering. Detracts from the wonderful ship. :)