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  5. àWhateverHappenedto..
  6.  
  7. (PreviewsSpecial)
  8.  
  9. ÇAlookbackoverthelastyear'shotnewgamesnews..Whichofthese
  10. madeit,whichhavebeenburiedforgood,andhopefully,thosegames
  11. whicharestillinthepipelineevennow..
  12.  
  13. (ReferbacktoMaggieissues19,20and21fororiginaldatafrom
  14. the'previews'section..)
  15.  
  16. üTopByte..(ST)
  17.  
  18. ÇNotabrilliantyearforthem,WedidgetStario'sXmas,anda3-D
  19. arcadegameKryptoniteData..Oftheothergames,notalotisknown,
  20. althoughJameswasadvertisingtheroleplayergameAronathinthe
  21. dyingissuesofSTFormat..üÇThepresentstatusofTopByteisvery
  22. uncertainatthistime,withsuggestionsofproblemsbetweenthe
  23. proprieterandpeopleowedmoney..Anynewinformationorattemptsto
  24. settherecordstraightwouldbegreatlyappreciated..ü
  25. Ç
  26. üMerlin..(Falcon)
  27.  
  28. ÇWewereanticipatingtwonewversionsof'Obsession'fortheFalcon,as
  29. theyhadtakenovertherightsfromUDStoproducethisforthe'030..
  30. AnextremelycasualapproachfromtheSwedishendofthingsmeantthat
  31. vitaldatadiskswereextremelyslowinforthcoming,ornotatall,
  32. whichputthisprojectonindefinitehold..
  33.  
  34. During1996,wearealertedtoaninterestingreleasefrom21stCentury
  35. EntertainmentforthePCentitled'AbsolutePinball'thescreenshots
  36. were*very*reminiscentoftheoriginalSTeversionofObsession..No
  37. prizesforguessingwhatUDSaredoingnow!
  38.  
  39. üBadMood..(Falcon)
  40.  
  41. ÇADoomWADplayerfortheFalcon,eventuallytobeexpandedtoafull
  42. game..Betterversionsarestillmakingtheirwayout,butnosignsof
  43. theadditionofthebadguysattimeofwriting..Althoughone
  44. (unsubstantiated)reportsuggeststhingsmighthavegotalittlebit
  45. furthernow..Otheradd-ons,suchasaGEMshelltoovercometherather
  46. basic.TTPcommandlineinterfacehavealsobeendeveloped
  47. independently..
  48.  
  49. DougLittle'sinvolvementhasslowedinthelatterpartof1996,ashe
  50. ishardatworkonvariousTitan/BlackScorpionprojects,especially
  51. thenewApexAlpha.
  52.  
  53. üReservoirGods..(Falcon)
  54.  
  55. ÇAbeaconofconsistencyinaseaofbrokenpromises..Aquieteryear
  56. forthemafterthetriumphsof1995,butwestillgotSkyfall,probably
  57. theultimate'Columns'gameanywhere,andMrPinkishardatworkon
  58. hislatestepic,'SpyHunt',anoverheadviewarcadegamewhichshould
  59. bereadyfortheendoftheyear..
  60.  
  61. TheST-based3-Dracinggamefromthetwonon-Falconmembersisstill
  62. onholdasnosuitabledistributorcanbefound..TheFalconOwners
  63. groupCD-ROMfrontendcollapsedwiththeendofthatorganisation..
  64. However,thereisthepossibilityoffurthercollaborationwithcertain
  65. peoplefordemo-basedproductionsaswell..
  66.  
  67. üVillageSoftware..(ST)
  68.  
  69. ÇReleasedBio-HazardIIfortheST,butmainman,RichDaveycameoff
  70. theFalconaltogethershortlythereafter..
  71.  
  72. ThereisnosignofotherVillageSoftwarereleasessuchasOutrideror
  73. Warcry,ortheadventuregameDarkRitual..Noristherelikelytobe..
  74.  
  75. üSymposiumpreviews..(Falcon)
  76.  
  77. ÇQuiteafewnewgameswereshownattheHamburgeventlastApril..The
  78. mostpromisingoftheseinalldepartmentswas'Running',theDoom-
  79. clonefortheFalcon,whichfeaturedacompletelevel,withfull
  80. collisiondetection,withbadguys,andwiththemeanstodothemin..
  81. Virtuallyacompletegameenginethere,allthatwasneededwasa
  82. littletidyingup,andabitofleveldesignbyStaxDevelopments..The
  83. timescalethatwassuggestedbackthenwasaboutsixmonthstocomplete
  84. thegame..Allowingforslippage,weshouldhopefullystillseethis
  85. oneinlate'96orearly'97..Theotherpotentiallycomplicating
  86. factoristhatthisgamewillprobablyhavesomesortofcommercial
  87. distribution,whichalwaysseemstodelaythingsmassively,atleast
  88. overhereintheUK..
  89.  
  90. Twootherpreviewsincludedthearcadeblasters,X-Moon,andPainium
  91. Disaster..Theformerofthesebeingproducedbyvariouspartsofthe
  92. Germandemoscene,thelatterbyaFrenchgroupCruor..X-Moonisthe
  93. moreuncertainofthetwo,dependingonamassiveamountofinternal
  94. co-operationbetweendifferentgroups,especiallywhencertainpeople
  95. withincertaingroupsmightnotbetalkingtoeachotheranymore!?!?
  96. Mostdemosceneorientatedproductionstendtokeepverymuchtotheir
  97. owntimescaleaswell,whichisusuallymuchlongerthanmostother
  98. people'stimescales!
  99.  
  100. üStosserSoft..(ST)Ç
  101.  
  102. TonyGreenwoodisanotheroflife'smorereliablepeople,ashemanaged
  103. toproducetwonewgamesthisyear,withapromiseofathirdtocome
  104. shortly..Thefirsthalfof1996sawIslandStrike,afairlybasicbut
  105. wellexecutedoverheadhelicopterbasedarcadegame..TheAtariShows
  106. inSeptembersawthereleaseofHeartland,ahugeplatformgame
  107. reviewedelsewherethisissue..Athirdgame,believedtobeanarcade
  108. adventureisforthcomingshortly..Tony'sgameshavetheadvantageof
  109. workingonanySTorFalconfrom1megupwards..
  110.  
  111. üNewBeatDevelopments..(Falcon)
  112.  
  113. ÇWeallcheeredwhenwecaughtsightofthefirstpreviewof'Willythe
  114. Adventurer',thefirstseriousattempttodoa'Rayman'ontheFalcon..
  115. Loadsofcodingandgoodpresentation,ifalittlebitshortonthe
  116. gameitself..Accordingtolatestnews,thishasnotgoneaway,andhas
  117. hadquiteabitmoreaddedtoit..Onepossibilityisaversion
  118. enhancedfortheforthcomingNemesisFalconaccelerator..
  119.  
  120. üDigiTallis..(ST)Ç
  121.  
  122. NewsandapreviewofanotherDoomclone,thisonewasintendedtowork
  123. ontheSTFM,puttingoneoverSubStation,whichneededanSTeat
  124. least..JonLewisis/wasdoingthisone,butaftertheinitialpress
  125. release,ithasgonequiethere..Atthesametime,hispreviousgame,
  126. SubAqua,tookawhiletoemerge..Anynewnewshere??
  127.  
  128. (VerylatestreportssuggestthatDigiTallisisstillaliveandat
  129. workonseveralotherprojects..Thereisstillmovementonthisgame,
  130. butthingsaregoingveryslowly..)
  131.  
  132. üCroftSoft..(ST)
  133.  
  134. ÇThepeoplebehindtheAtariTimesHTMLdiskmag..Theirgame'Mole
  135. Mayhem'seemstobeoncourseforreleaseshortly..
  136.  
  137. _¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯_¯
  138.  
  139. Wellfolks,that'syourlotfornow..Anynewdevelopmentsonanyof
  140. thesetitleswillbereportedhereassoonasithappens,orweare
  141. told,whichisn'tnecessarilyatthesametime!!
  142.  
  143. (C)CiH,Nov'96
  144.  
  145.