Microprose is back!
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I remember being perhaps 14?
My brothers girlfriend was American and her parents came over with it for me. I think it was called World Circuit in the US
Epic.
Even more amazing when The Chain started playing and the garage doors came up.
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Associate
Lost so many hours of my life to their Grand Prix series
Me too !
That and trying emm386.exe the **** out of the ram to get falcon 4.0 to run.
Happy days.
Soldato
I wonder if they would give us the source code for st botf so the botf 2 fan game supremacy can use it. As doubt they will do anything with it.
I loved Microprose back in the day. Remember the big boxes the games used to come in?
Indeed. I've been a casual PC gamer for over 20 years now, so a lot of the old games I have did come in those grand boxes; Civ, Pirates! Gold, etc. While I have all the CDs and manuals, the boxes themselves are long gone, thrown out as they take up too much space.
Pirates! came with a lovely 'aged' map of the Caribbean as well as the big thick manual.
Not only the big boxes and nice thick manuals but the key overlays as well. They were great when all keyboards were standard.... not a hope in hells chance these days! lol
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=m...YQ_AUIEigB&biw=1920&bih=911#spf=1567669333349
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=m...YQ_AUIEigB&biw=1920&bih=911#spf=1567669333349
Soldato
Naw if you look at the full image its a plane engine cowl.
I miss manuals so much for games. Problem is there are no concerns so revolutionary they need explaining; a quick tutorial works.
Nothing I loved more than getting a game and reading the manual cover to cover, my friends couldn’t stand that the cartridge / disk wouldn’t even go in until I’d finished it
Nothing I loved more than getting a game and reading the manual cover to cover, my friends couldn’t stand that the cartridge / disk wouldn’t even go in until I’d finished it
Caporegime
Star Trek Birth of the Federation was another great MP game!
Soldato
@McBain http://star-trek-supremacy.proboards.com/ Basically botf2 fan game project.
Caporegime
Cool thanks!
I'm not sure why this is exciting.
It's not the same Microprose you remember.
So it's just another company that has taken a previous company's name in a bid to ride on that previous company's successes.
Call me a cynic.
Seems it's been passed around a fair bit, like Commodore, etc.
It's not the same Microprose you remember.
So it's just another company that has taken a previous company's name in a bid to ride on that previous company's successes.
Call me a cynic.
Seems it's been passed around a fair bit, like Commodore, etc.
It's just a brand name now. The various companies that have traded as MicroProse lately, won't even have access to the assets of the former MicroProse.
Just the brand name and rights to trade as MicroProse.
Soldato
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1286220/Sea_Power__Naval_Combat_in_the_Missile_Age/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148490/Second_Front/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281220/Task_Force_Admiral/
Three new games announced. Hard to tell, but a step away from all out simulation it seems.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148490/Second_Front/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281220/Task_Force_Admiral/
Three new games announced. Hard to tell, but a step away from all out simulation it seems.
Soldato
Sea Power looks to effectively be "Janes Fleet Command 2" so I'm absolutely 100% getting this should that design pan out. I'm also interested in Task Force Admiral too after ditching Worlds of Warships even though they are different types of game.