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News ArchivesSeptember 15th, 2002Members AreaLooked amazing but was never released
Back in 1992 CDROM's were showing up on PC's and "interactive movies" like "Dragon's Lair" seemed to point the way forward in interactive games. Planetside used a technique of scrolling pre-rendered landscapes which were originally created using fractal equations.Planetside was never released as far as I know but it shows one of the directions that seemed promising at the time - Planetside Red Baron Roundup
Red Baron was a World War I air combat sim published by Sierra in 1991 and designed by Damon Slye.
Aircraft silhouette ID screens
Francisco J. Campos sent in some more screenshots for
Strike Aces or Fighter Bomber.
This was a hot title on the early 16 bit computers - the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga series were capable of generating speedy polygon based aircraft and the occasional pyramidal hill at a reasonable frame rate. Aircraft silhouette ID screen - Devices such as this were designed to combat pirating of the software. They are not dissimilar to aircraft ID training cards used in pilot training. Splash screen Saab Viggen F-4 Phantom Tornado MiG-27 Flogger End Members AreaFREE AREA
Developer - Damon Slye in profile Publisher - ActivisionCheck out the News Archives to see what you've been missing ! Page last edited January 2008 |
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