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Article #731Re: Parting Words.
From: Nick
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:00
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Rune Boersjoe wrote in message <36151e96...@news.jancomulti.com>... >>Hello again, XCommers, >> >>Well, it seems Microprose is doing the remake. Although I find it rather >>odd that they decide to announce it 3 weeks after I send them a proposal for >>me to develop the project, I have no choice but to leave it in their hands. >>They do, after all, own the lisence. >>Christopher 'MadCat' Dudley >>Star Blade Studios > >Hmm... You could make a clone :-) There aren't too many good >turn-based squad games out there. X-Com is just a name anyway... >right? And Microprose does not own the idea of the 'Greys' invading >Earth. This way you could set your own timeline etc. as well. >-- OR....you could make an addon for the original XCOM..conceivable with Microprose's blessing. It could allow editing of many, many aspects of the game, including the reseach tree...and offer a graphics makeover toboot, along the lines of what the poeple did with the XMEN makeover of Quake..or was that Doom?..I can't say I saw it (not my type of game). I know I'd buy it. Nick J
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