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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 4/27/2006 3:32:25 AM   
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Though I still played the game a lot. At the time I was unaware of better games available.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 8/25/2006 6:31:41 AM   
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   Needs to upgrade  counter graphics.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 8/25/2006 7:11:18 PM   
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How about the old holistic games? Emperor of the Fading Suns, and Final Liberation etc. That would be awesome. I'm pretty sure Holisitc doesn't make computer games anymore, so EFS would be fairly easy. Final Liberation is tied to the Warhammer 40k licences, so not sure about that.



Add another vote for an Emperor of the Fading Suns remake. A truly remarkable game just begging for a remake. It has a unique setting, and a lot of atmosphere and from the original I would recommend keeping the music score, some of the best game music I have ever heard.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 8/25/2006 7:26:46 PM   
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Yes! I'll bet Matrix could make something of this idea. If I remember correctly, the developers stated after it had gone to vaporware status that they just couldn't make the AI work. Perhaps with hardware having taken such a gigantic leap forward it could work now?

I would also love to see CCIII re-done with a better campaign structure and vastly improved AI.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 8/25/2006 8:04:19 PM   
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Master of Magic - loved that game (Ciz with a fantasy setting and RPG elements for those of you who haven't played it) .....


Yep, MoM was a very fun game, I can see a company like Stardock or Firaxis making a sequel.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 8/25/2006 9:31:46 PM   
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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 8/25/2006 10:04:03 PM   
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I´d love to see a game with reasonably modern graphics (more or less the level of UV and WitP), the air combat model of either CaW or CS and the surface combat (especially ship damage) model of GNB 2-5. I mean, the ship damage model of UV/WiTP isn´t bad, but that of GNB is *great*.

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Does anyone else know this game - WW3 at sea, world wide. The graphics sucked (indeed, it didn´t *have* any graphics) but it was still one hell of a wargame.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 8/30/2006 6:02:34 AM   
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I started this in about october 1756 just before tiffin

We had a game called "Chess" how about redo of that - spice it up a bit - it's a bit boring as only the clever people win.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 8/30/2006 6:26:39 AM   
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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 8/30/2006 8:22:26 AM   
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In no particular order, Bomb Alley would go well in the WinP WPO system, X-Com, just because they were great games. Stars, maybe the most addictive space explotation game ever, Chaos Gate, a marvelous game in the Warhammer world, and Master of Magic, just an enjoyable game.


Just an FYI (if you didn't already know), the developers of X-Com are far from asleep. They released a little gem of a tactics game for the Gameboy Advance called Rebelstar Tactical Command and I believe they also have a new(ish) PC title called Laser Squad Nemesis. LSN may be online only if I remember correctly, it's been over a year since I read about it so I'm likely mistaken.

Edit: I should say I found neither of those games as enjoyable as X-Com (the first one) but they are decent in their own rights.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 9/26/2006 9:04:25 PM   
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As matrix have grabbed the talonsoft stuff - what next?

For me.

Sid's Colonization, Jagged alliance 2, great battles, sid's Gettysburg, Wizards crown SSi(?).......ooh i could go on and on


Well Sid himself has said that a remake of Colonization is something he has some interest in doing down the road, and tbh I would prefer it to be Sid made rather than Matrix made. Sorry but Sid is to gaming what Elvis is to music...

I would like (as previously mentioned in here) to see Civil War Generals 3 made. And I would not mind a PC version of the board game Britannia either.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 9/27/2006 11:50:06 PM   
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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 9/28/2006 1:00:52 AM   
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ORIGINAL: watchtower

As matrix have grabbed the talonsoft stuff - what next?

For me.

Sid's Colonization, Jagged alliance 2, great battles, sid's Gettysburg, Wizards crown SSi(?).......ooh i could go on and on


Well Sid himself has said that a remake of Colonization is something he has some interest in doing down the road, and tbh I would prefer it to be Sid made rather than Matrix made. Sorry but Sid is to gaming what Elvis is to music...

I would like (as previously mentioned in here) to see Civil War Generals 3 made. And I would not mind a PC version of the board game Britannia either.


Sid redux of Colonization -- oooh dribble, froth, etc


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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 9/28/2006 8:34:04 AM   
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Sid redux of Colonization -- oooh dribble, froth, etc


Ill second that! What was the one that came out afterward where you settled Mars or the Moon? I liked that one too.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 9/28/2006 11:08:32 AM   
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Ill second that! What was the one that came out afterward where you settled Mars or the Moon? I liked that one too.


Alpha Centauri?

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 9/28/2006 9:56:59 PM   
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Alpha Centauri?


Oh, now I remember, it was the one where you settled Alpha Centauri. I just wish I could think of the name.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/1/2006 3:33:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		One of the reasons Avalnche Press refused to permit AdC templates opr Cyberboard gameboxes for any of their titles was the forelorn hope that they could license them to the PC market. Still, they do have some titles that would make dandy PC games, such as the Great War at Sea series and its sequel The Second World War at Sea series, and Solider Kings (a grand-strategic treatment of the Seven Years' War).

It's hard for me to suggest any of the other Avalenche titles that come to mind, simply because they would compete with games Matrix is already doing on the same subjects.

Likewise, while it would be lovely to translate the whole Advanced Squad Leader scene onto the PC, or that of its rival Advance Tobruk, that too may be reinvinting a wheel Matrix is already working on.

One thing I would like to see is an American Civil War game siimilar in strategic scope to SPI's War Between the States monster game. Only on the PC would such a game be truly practical.

And, on a completely unrelated note, I would find a computer version of the old AH classic Statis Pro Basketball more than a little cool


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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/2/2006 5:46:32 AM   
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http://www.grognard.com/info1/steel.pdf

If Matrix doesn't buy and republish it, I wish someone would adopt some of the better concepts from the game.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/2/2006 5:50:30 AM   
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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/21/2006 6:14:46 PM   
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I would also love to see CCIII re-done with a better campaign structure and vastly improved AI.


Who knew?

What the heck is left?

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/28/2006 3:36:47 PM   
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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/28/2006 8:16:59 PM   
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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/29/2006 1:45:59 PM   
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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/29/2006 11:38:23 PM   
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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/30/2006 6:01:38 PM   
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Not to wanting to upset anyones dreams but I wanted to let you know that the older games we picked up were not luckly picks.  These titles we selected for gaming and perosnally reasons. Matrix Games is not in the business of just making remakes.  We release many new designs and we plan to keep doing that.  The games we picked up were because we really enjoyed playing them. Many of the community are still playing them. We feel strongly that there is a lot of gaming life left in these games.  These games were left on the side of the road do to business issues and not because any of these games had passed their prime.  We also feel that not every game needs to be in 3D to be modern or fun.

If community response is any proof then we hit the nail on the head. Once again keep the post coming and keep watching you never know what we do next. 

David


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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/31/2006 2:49:40 PM   
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Hi Guys

Not to wanting to upset anyones dreams but I wanted to let you know that the older games we picked up were not luckly picks.  These titles we selected for gaming and perosnally reasons. Matrix Games is not in the business of just making remakes.  We release many new designs and we plan to keep doing that.  The games we picked up were because we really enjoyed playing them. Many of the community are still playing them. We feel strongly that there is a lot of gaming life left in these games.  These games were left on the side of the road do to business issues and not because any of these games had passed their prime.  We also feel that not every game needs to be in 3D to be modern or fun.

If community response is any proof then we hit the nail on the head. Once again keep the post coming and keep watching you never know what we do next. 

David






yeah, but..........................Age of MATRIX Rifles ??????


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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/31/2006 8:09:43 PM   
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If community response is any proof then we hit the nail on the head. Once again keep the post coming and keep watching you never know what we do next. 



So, David, exactly how many times do we have to say AGE OF RIFLES?

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 10/31/2006 8:49:43 PM   
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Flight Commander II-- I still play this one. I do not believe much chance of this being available to Matrix but the addition of helicoptors, better air-to ground modeling, and air- to- ship modeling, as well as, some improvements in the campaign area would make make an amazing game even better.





Just reinstalled this myself.


I think this can still be found on Battlefront's ftp site. I take that back, only the mission builder is on there now.

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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 11/1/2006 10:18:13 PM   
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RE: What old games should Matrix snap up next - 11/2/2006 6:56:16 AM   
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BattleMasters.Awesome game .

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