#4477669 - 06/11/19 10:45 PM
Re: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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Anxious to see what MicroProse will offer.
Life's too short and fragile to get pessimistic about a recreational outlet.
The Days of Silent Service, Gunship, Red Storm Rising, etc were great. I see no reason to not be hopeful.
What kind of car is that? What does it matter? When I drive it, I'm Steve McQueen
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#4477727 - 06/12/19 12:11 PM
Re: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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I'm full of life and optimism these days, but there's absolutely nothing here that makes me think the original Microprose is being resurrected and that any of the classics are coming back in any way whatsoever. Nothing. Them days are long gone and we were fortunate enough to live them. +1 The ENTIRE game publishing market has changed dramatically. It would simply be naive to think that the 1990's era Microprose would return.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4477729 - 06/12/19 12:46 PM
Re: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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EDIT: Would this not also include Falcon 4.0, or was that just the use of the more popular "Microprose" name after a Spectrum HoloByte buyout?
If I'm not mistaken, HASBRO bought Microprose sometime during development of Falcon 4 or soon after it was released.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4477731 - 06/12/19 12:56 PM
Re: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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EDIT: Would this not also include Falcon 4.0, or was that just the use of the more popular "Microprose" name after a Spectrum HoloByte buyout?
If I'm not mistaken, HASBRO bought Microprose sometime during development of Falcon 4 or soon after it was released. Ah, you're right, I forgot about HASBRO. BTW, wasn't the Atari name later somehow involved with the Falcon brand? I remember a poster named Mower constantly dissing "fake Atari" on Frugal's World but as time goes on, I'm forgetting the Falcon history. I remember when another sim dev Graphsim published Allied Force (developed by Lead Pursuit).
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
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#4477748 - 06/12/19 04:21 PM
Re: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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According to Wikipedia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroProse"Since 2018, the MicroProse brand has been owned by David Lagettie, working with Bill Stealey's own company iEntertainment Network on the Warbirds series of combat flight simulators.[46]" Nothing to do with classic Microprose at all, just a cool name. EDIT: Not to pick on "Wild Bill" and all the good stuff that came out of the company he co-founded, but then his iMagic gave us iF-22 with no night time modeled (late-dusk to early-dawn is my favorite time to fly if mainly for the low-visibility pucker factor...add inclement weather, even better). 2nd EDIT: Did Bill Stealey fly the F-15 for the National Guard? I seem to remember this but can't find any info on it.
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The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
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#4477789 - 06/12/19 07:46 PM
Re: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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Hard to catch the lightning in a bottle that was Microprose once let alone twice. Hopefully they can pull it off. Wheels
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#4477800 - 06/12/19 08:54 PM
Re: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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I'm full of life and optimism these days, but there's absolutely nothing here that makes me think the original Microprose is being resurrected and that any of the classics are coming back in any way whatsoever. Nothing. Them days are long gone and we were fortunate enough to live them. Well...your reply is curious to me. There certainly is something that should be making you think something or other is happening in the vein of this company doing something in the arena of simulation that covers the era that their past iteration covered. The 'classics' from MicroProse returning in 'any way whatsoever' is to me, both unrealistic and unwanted. Those 'classics' had limited scope in many way due to restrictions of the time. I don't want Silent Service with the proverbial 'better graphics'...I want a better sim than Silent Service. And I see no reason MicroProse might not develop it, unless I am assuming that since they aren't the same company I knew in the '80s, they must be poised to fail. I'm sorry but your reply has very little optimism in my opinion. It is rather very pessimistic.
What kind of car is that? What does it matter? When I drive it, I'm Steve McQueen
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#4477810 - 06/12/19 09:35 PM
Re: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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Common sense...and basic math...tells even the casual observer that "this" MicroProse is not "that" MicroProse.
What kind of car is that? What does it matter? When I drive it, I'm Steve McQueen
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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