From: scottb@netcom.com (Scott Blashek)
Subject: Macintosh Games release listing [4.10.92]
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 01:12:23 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

Here's this weeks list
 
I'm going to attempt to post this every Friday, as long as new titles and
new information keep comming in.  Many thanks to all those who've contributed.
 
Keep that mail comming in!
 
Keep in mind that if you're in the industry or "in-the-know" about certain
upcoming releases, YOU can contribute GREATLY to this listing.  Please
Email me at scottb@netcom.netcom.com if you have additional information that
you see may be useful to this list.  I'm basically looking for HARD FACTs or
GOOD rumor. (Corrections also apprieciated)
 
Most of the listings here have had some sort of print to some degree.
(i.e. Magazine, Software release listing, Sneak previews, etc.)
 
                !Take the release dates with a grain of salt!
 
I've been tracking games for some time. If there's one thing to be learned
in tracking software releases, that would be that they almost always slip...
sometimes for YEARS (literally)
 
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A-Train                 Maxis           Summer-Fall
Aces of the Pacific     Sierra          ???
Battlechess             Interplay       Appx 2 Weeks!   256 color CD-ROM
                                                        (should be VERY good!)
Bill Elliot's NASCAR    Konami          ???
Carriers at War         SSG             ???             "coming soon"
                                                        according to Warlords
                                                        "about" screen
Castles                 Interplay       May
Castle of Dr. Brain     Sierra          May
Citadel II              Postcraft       Mid '92         Rumor
Civilization            Microprose      Late'92         Probably '93
Command HQ              Microprose      Spring
Computer Third Reich    Avalon Hill     ???
Conquests of the Longbow
                        Sierra          Apr-May
Corporation             Virgin          ???
Dark Queen of Krynn     SSI             August
Diablo                  Graph/Sim       Late Spring     Unknown if Graphic
                                                        simulations is still
                                                        really working on this
                                                        project.
Dragon Boy              Leviathan       Summer          Tentative title
EcoQuest                Sierra          June
Falcon v2.5             Spect/Holo      <who knows>     Color upgrade/could be
                                                        as late as '93
Fast Pitch Baseball     ???             ???
Fate of Atlantis        Lucasfilm       Sept            <rumor>
Fleet Commander         Internecine     ???             <last press said
                                                         "early '92">
Free DC                 Cineplay        ???             "Mac coming soon"
                                                        (advertisement)
Galactic Frontiers      Softstream      Shipping?       Review needed!
Genghis Khan            ???             ???
Guy Spy                 Readysoft       ???
Harpoon Battleset #5
 (The Pacific Rim)      Three-Sixty     2nd Quarter?
Hellcats NEW scenarios  Graph/Sim       Late Summer
Heaven & Earth          Buena Vista s/w June/July
Jack Nicklaus Signature
  Golf & Course Design  Accolaid        Fall
Journeyman Project      ??              Summer'92       CD ROM game
Leisure Suit Larry 1    Sierra          April
L'Empereur              KOEI            <very overdue>
Lemmings                Pygnosis        ???             "Coming soon for MAC"
                                                        (advertisement)
Lexicross               Interplay       Overdue
Links                   Access          April
Lord of the Rings       Interplay       ???             rumor (color version)
Lost Admiral            OOP             ???             Porting in progress
Magic Candle            Interplay       ???             rumor
Megafortress            Three-Sixty     ???             Porting in progress
 
MicroLeague Baseball / The Manager's Challenge   ]     /Unknown if all these
MicroLeague Basketball             <<<Apr-June>>>]---  |will really be released
 
MicroLeague Football / The Coach's Challenge     ]     \at the same time
 
Might & Magic III       New World Comp. Sept/Oct
Mission Impossible      Konami          Overdue
Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete                       Appletalk/Modem game
                        Bungie          April           ONLY!
Nova9                   Sierra          ???
Pararena 2.0            Casady & Greene August          Color,network option
                                                        instant replays, etc
Pax Impiria             Changeling sw   Apr-May         Currently beta-testing
Playmaker Football      Broaderbund     May             Color upgrade
Police Quest III        Sierra          May
Red Barron              Sierra          Apr/June        Sierra Claims Apr 30
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
                        KOEI            ???
Screaming Metal         Reactor         Summer          CD-ROM ala REACTOR
Secret of Monkey Island LucasFilm       <very soon>
SimLife                 Maxis           ???
Space Inc.              Internecine     ???             <last press said
                                                         "early '92">
Space Quest I           Sierra          June            256 color version
Tom Landry Strategy Football
                        Merit Software  Aug
Troika                  Paragon         ???
Uncharted Waters        KOEI            ???             CGW Review (May'92.p40)
Vengence of Excalibur - Virgin          ???             rumor
Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Servant                 Will probably
                        Sir Tech        ???             be delayed
                                                        6+ months
                                        (i.e. don't expect the mac version
                                         until NEXT YEAR!)
 
Summary of Titles that have shipped recently
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Willy Beamish, UMS II Planet Editor, Prince of Persia, Leisure Suit Larry 5.
Blackjack Tutor-(by InSite Systems)
 
Again, if you have anything to add to this list Please send mail at:
 
scottb@netcom.netcom.com
 
I'm looking for HARD FACTs or GOOD rumor!
 
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Please - No mail requesting information on above mentioned products.
You know what I know at this point.  Please post on the NET instead.
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Scott