Lots of people herevused to fly warbirds and or aces high. Hell, i still host alt.games.warbirds for a bunch of the agw guys. Almost none of them still fly warbirds. They do fly il2 and dcs though.
I remember bobn. Think he is still on the agw ban list in memorium
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#4479418 - 06/22/1908:12 AMRe: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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If they're going to try to imply that all the history is associated with the current incarnation of the name they might want to spell it "MicroProse" on the website and in some of the press stuff I've seen vs. "Microprose".
This is mostly unrelated to the current thread but I thought this recent video might be of interest. It focuses on the initial Civ computer game but also has some company history. I don't agree with everything this guy says, it has a bias that matches comments I've seen from former employees of the U.K. offices. With his accent this is definitely understandable. Of course I have my own bias since I was in the coin-op group.
If they're going to try to imply that all the history is associated with the current incarnation of the name they might want to spell it "MicroProse" on the website and in some of the press stuff I've seen vs. "Microprose".
Good distinction. I wondered about this myself, going with the current website spelling. Maybe they want to be more like Microsoft.
Well, we all know it's really MICROPROSE with italics having the lines through the text.
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#4480906 - 07/01/1903:59 PMRe: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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#4480913 - 07/01/1905:03 PMRe: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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Looks like "Ghost Recon as envisioned by Henri Matisse".
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Looks like "Ghost Recon as envisioned by Henri Matisse".
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It is a pretty good impressionist style rendering.
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#4480957 - 07/01/1911:45 PMRe: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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"The rivets are huge. No P-51 I've ever seen has rivets that big. And I've seen them in person, up close... a few running on the runway." Wow, there's a lot more wrong with that Mustang than rivets. Look at the angle of the landing gear, and just the whole basic shape is all out of whack. Gonna have to do better than that to compete with what's going on nowdays. We're having a bit of a renewal of interest in flight simulations and I'm glad to see it. Now that said, I used to fly Warbirds back in the 90's. Was really into it and spend too much time and money. Belonged to a squad, one of the few times I've ever done that. But if that P-51 is an example of their airplanes, they're gonna need to step up their game.
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#4481033 - 07/02/1904:35 PMRe: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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Now that said, I used to fly Warbirds back in the 90's. Was really into it and spend too much time and money. Belonged to a squad, one of the few times I've ever done that. But if that P-51 is an example of their airplanes, they're gonna need to step up their game.
Lets wait and see what they will come up with, if the gameplay is as fun or even better than it used to be, it might be a blast again to play Warbirds :), and you won't have to pay as much this time.
#4481101 - 07/03/1902:19 AMRe: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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Something is happening, MicroProse put bundles of their old games for cheap on sale on Steam, the games are:
BloodNet Darklands Dragonsphere Sword of the Samurai Rex Nebular and the Cosmic gender bender Hyperspeed Starlord F-117 Fleet Defender Gunship! B17 flying fortress 2 Knights of the Sky 1942: PAW F-19 stealth fighter World war 2 GI X-com Colonization Silent Service Challenge of the five realms Task Force 1942 Silent Service 2 Xcom INterceptor Xcom Enforcer
Search for Microprose on steam
#4481927 - 07/07/1906:00 PMRe: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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Meh...box style artwork isn't much of a tease IMO. I'll save my excitement (or lack thereof) for when I see in game footage...or screens from the game.
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#4483572 - 07/21/1905:52 AMRe: Microprose is brought back from the dead
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after so many years it is so good to see again that there is renewed interested in our hobby, even if at first it is more a game than a simulation I am OK with it.