Microprose Games

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Dowly

OK OK!

INTRO(BTW, that's the last type II in the world behind him, the Vesikko)

-In the 80s the more mature players started to want a more realistic war simulations.
-Their Knight on a white horse was the legendary game developer, Microprose, that was founded by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey in 1982.
-Microprose became known from it's realistic simulations like the Submarine simulator Silent Service.

Silent Service

-The most famous wargame from Microprose is definetly Silent Service.
-Silent Service wasnt that stunning graphic-wise, but it got the player hooked for it's tactical gameplay.
-In Silent Service, the player was in control of an US submarine in the Pacific during the WWII and was tasked to sink Japanese ships.
-The player could plan his attacks from the beginning to the end.
-Especially, the sounds dragged the player to the world of underwater warfare.

F-19 Stealth Fighter

-In 1987, Microprose released one of the best combat flight simulators of the 80s.
-In Stealth Fighter, the player flew a fictive US stealth plane completing various missions during cold war in Europe and in the Middle east.
-F-19 became the new standard for it's realism and it's advanced AI.

Cant be arsed to translate the AR part.

Thanks Dowly

[Hawk66]

Yeah, Microprose sims were simply the best, big atmosphere, big innovations.
Almost all sims had a good random mission generator!!!

As a teenager I've bought nearly all sims from that company.
Sometimes I spend my whole pocket-money for these games but they were worth it