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Grimfarrow <rpha...@calpoly.edu> wrote in message
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> I like doing these, dunno why ;)

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> 3.  Flanker 2.0
> I can't even remember when the first one came out!
> All I remembered was that it was so old, it didn't even
> have rudimentary shadings like Gouraud!  Well, it's
> 1999, guys.  The projected release date of Early 98
> is way past already.

Actually Flanker went gold on 10/4 and should be in stores in about a week.
As for the original release date, I thought it was supposed to be late 98
(read just in time for Xmas), so while it's a year late there were reasons
for example; an overly ambitious production/release schedule (good
intentions, but....), the developer is in Russia which combined with
language issues, communication issues (finding common times to meet/talk via
teleconferencing), hardware needing to catch up to the game, and of course
taking the time to get it right.

>
> 4.  Reach for the Stars II
> It's now being distributed by SSI.  But wasn't it Microsoft
> before?  Anyhow, I thought it as supposed to be out
> early 98?

The '98 date came from Microsoft.  Once SSI picked up the rights to publish
the game from Microsoft, the date was immediately pushed out to late '99.
But given the fact that there were some differences in editorial (expected
when a game switches publishers), additional time is needed/being taken to
make the game right, so it's been pushed out to Q1 2000.


> 7.  Wizardry 8
> It was tentatively scheduled for Summer 98.  Now it
> is tentatively scheduled for....nothing.  In other words,
> some time in way 2000.

By product of major business problems on Sirtechs publishing portion of the
business.  I'm sure the date will become much more firm once a publishing
deal is final.

Alan Wasserman