From: este0005@student.tc.umn.edu ()
Subject: Strike Commander INFO!! (Read this)
Summary: New info from Origin
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 05:16:34 GMT

This press release is straight from the Origin forum on America Online.
[comment: looks like my 386/33 is obsolete already, SIGH]

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STRIKE COMMANDER
AOL: OSI
 
Product Fact Sheet
 
Category: Action-Flight Simulator
Publisher: ORIGIN
Author: Chris Roberts 
Compatibility: Computers; IBM-PC 386SX, 386, 486 or 100% compatible
systems, Memory; 2 MB required, Graphics; VGA/MCGA (256-color),
Sound; Ad Lib, Roland MT-32/LAPC-1, Sound Blaster
HARD DISK REQUIRED
Recommended For best performance:  Sound board, joystick,
486/25+MHz and 4 megs RAM
Media: 5.25" or 3.5" disks (high density)
Interface: Keyboard, mouse and joystick 
 
 
In the year 2011, the global power structure has been shattered by debt
and the thirst for precious oil. Bled dry by taxes, state after state
has seceded, leaving the U.S. a fragmented shell of its former glory.
Japan and OPEC are the major world powers, and multinational corporations
have supplanted countries as the supreme political entities.
 
In Strike Commanderx you command Stern's Wildcats, an elite squadron of
mercenaries trying to fly straight in a world of deceit and violence.
You'll pilot the F-16C Falcon and the F-22 Lightning 2 as you engage
rival squadrons, renegade third-world dictators, and the armies of the
dreaded IRS, all in the service of Corporation and Country!
 
ORIGIN's ground-breaking 3-D flight simulator, Strike Commander, is the
next step in the evolution of the interactive movie, pioneered by the
Wing Commanderr series. Moving through an intensely cinematic world
of intrigue and danger, you'll experience the thrills of air combat as
never before!
 
Features
- THE most powerful 3-D system ever written for a PC featuring RealSpacex,
  a flexible computer environment utilizing real-time bitmapped images,
  gouraud-shaded texture-mapped polygonal objects, fractal terrain and
  atmospheric hazing to produce visuals of unparalleled realism! 
- Painstakingly designed for the most authentic flight dynamics and
  avionic performance in the computer industry!  
- Pilot two different fighters against fourteen different types of
  enemy aircraft.
- Move through cinematically structured scenes in which you play a
  part. All the conventions of film-zooms, trucks, pans and dynamic
  cuts-are used to create a cinematic experience.
- Characters with distinct personalities evolve through compelling
  storylines that bring the Strike Commander universe to life before
  your eyes!
- The virtual reality cockpit interface makes Strike Commander one of
  the most easily learned flight simulators of all time! Each cockpit
  is modeled in true 3-D.
- Fly up to 41 missions with new heights of excitement!
- Lead Stern's Wildcats to wealth or fiery death in the Strike Commander
  campaign! Travel to the mercenary market in Istanbul, accepting
  assignments from mysterious employers with shadowy motives, earning
  payoffs and buying better ordnance as your squadron gains in
  reputation and daring. Your success or failure determines the direction
  of the campaign!
- Includes all new ORIGIN FXx sound system with a dynamic orchestral
  soundtrack that adjusts to the emotional intensity of the action.
- Custom Mission Creation feature allows you to fly against any type
  of opponent already encountered in the past.
 
Support Materials  
Technical Manual, Reference Card 
 
Retail Price  $79.95 
 
Target Audience  
Players seeking the excitement of a realistic 3-D flight simulator,
with the story depth and dynamic environment of a movie.
 
AOL: OSI
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Alan S. Estenson
este0005@student.tc.umn.edu
"The mentality still exists that buying the hardware and software will
 create the data."
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