Microprose is back!

[ThePainBarrier]

I second this! Did you play it on the c64 or amiga?

Amiga. Never had a 64 just Spectrum.
Also remember playing M1 Tank Platoon to death too.

 

[bazzabear]

Gunship 2000 was awesome. I remember often taking the troop transport helicopter on missions just because of the sheer volume of armament it could carry.

There was a WW2 flight sim set in the pacific arena a few years later too. Pretty sure that was Microprose but I can't remember the name.

 

[TonyTurbo78]

All I need is a B17, M1 Tank Platoon (I can still here the tank tracks squeaking and fire! Intro screen to this day) and Gunship remake. What incredible games Microprose made back in the 90’s, the golden age of gaming.

 

[bazzabear]

Man, I'd forgotten they were responsible for Master of Orion and Silent Service too, both of which were brilliant.

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

I can’t remember if I played silent service 2 or M1 tank platoon more. Bought my Amiga just to play Falcon (the 1st version).

If you guys want big manuals, checkout the downloads for DCS, most of the jets are over 200 pages each and some of it is actually important to know.

 

[elh_2009]

hmm didnt they publish the original XCOM games?

Yeah they did, i want a remaster of X-Com Apocalypse! tho i dont think they own the license now

 

[FTM]

I played Gunship to Death

was m1 Tank Platoon theirs as well, I was obsessed with that as I had read red storm rising the year before it was released

 

[shadowbane]

Microprose Golf for me!!!! Lost many hours to that

 

[TheMightyTen]

Actually fairly old news

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/revived-microprose-announces-warbirds-2020.18857391/

 

[RoosterC]

So many great memories when you look at the games on the site - Silent Service, Golf, Pirates, Civilization, Railroad Tycoon and Grand Prix.

 

[bazzabear]

1942: The Pacific Air War was the one I was thinking of.

And my guilty secret: I loved X-Com: Apocalype in all it's massively buggy glory.

i want a remaster of X-Com Apocalypse!

I thought I was the only one!

 

[scubes]

Did microprose make f29 retaliator? Amiga .

 

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

Did microprose make f29 retaliator? Amiga .

No, that was DID/Ocean. Great game though..

Microprose did F19 Stealth Fighter.

 

[alec]

When I hear Microprose I think Transport Tycoon/Railroad Tucoon and original Civilization. Epic games.
Transport Tycoon is still popular and growing in its open source OpenTTD form. Not bad for a 25 year old game!

 

[elh_2009]

I thought I was the only one!

Apocalypse is the best one! i was thinking of starting a new game just this week actually! I spent hours and hours on that game.

 

[McBain]

Grand Prix, B-17 and Civ were all classics.

 

[Fluffybob]

Geoff Crammond's GP4 and F19 Stealth, lost most of my youth to those beggars

 

[bazzabear]

Apocalypse is the best one! i was thinking of starting a new game just this week actually! I spent hours and hours on that game.

Ah, I'm getting lovely nostalgic memories of sprinting across the map with a Popper or a Brainsucker chasing me!

And I particularly remember the bug where any wheeled vehicles would be destroyed in one shot because it damaged the road beneath them.

 

[Guest2]

Gunship 2000 on Amiga! Although I was only 7 at the time, I remember using the keyboard overlay and playing it with my dad (who hogged the Amiga for hours playing it!)
Think it was the only game I actually played using the keyboard and joystick instead of just the joystick

 

[Servo]

Kennedy Approach, loved that game