So is this Ultimately (see what I did there?) a re-imagining of the Pre-Alpha, or a resurrection of the original server code/maps?

I have most of the original web site materials from Origin BITD.

Feel free to post links to any prealpha-era articles; this can include links generated using The WayBack Machine as well.

Accurate articles that specifically document or discuss game mechanics, as well as screenshots depicting the layout/decorum of the city itself; these are of high importance.

There are also various archived newsgroup postings, Q&A chats, and interviews/articles from various gaming magazines (range would be~ sept 95 to sept 97)

Cheers

Bicchus Dicchus