From: scottb@netcom.com (L'etat des mortes)
Subject: Macintosh Games release listing - Updates
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 06:43:33 GMT
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Macintosh Games release listing - Updates


Recent Additions/Updates/Corrections

Catagories
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(RP)    -  Role Playing
(AC)    -  Action/Arcade
(WG)    -  Wargame
(SP)    -  Sports
(AD)    -  Adventure
(SI)    -  Simulation 
(ST)    -  Stragegy

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|Title:                |Company:	|date due:	|Comments:
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Civilization            Microprose      Nov-Jan'93      (ST) 
                                                        UPDATE

Cyberfist               Leviathan       ???            (??) Currently beta
                                                        NEW TO LIST

Diamonds v2.0           Varcon          Shipping       (AC) Now Commercial
                                                        NEW TO LIST

Dragon Boy              Leviathan       ???            (AC)? Currently beta
                                                        UPDATE

Falcon XE               Spect/Holo      October        (SI) Color upgrade plus
  (Formerly Falcon v2.5)                                improvements, tentative
                                                        title.
                                                        UPDATE

Ferrari Grand Prix 2.0  Bullseye        Shipping?      (AC,SI) 16c,1-2 opponent
                                                        NEW TO LIST

Harpoon Challenger Pack Signature Edition
                        Three-Sixty     Shipping       (ST,WG)
                                                        UPDATE

Heaven & Earth          Buena Vista     November       (ST)
                                                        UPDATE

Pax Imperia             Changeling      Oct-Dec        (ST)
                                                        UPDATE

Stellar 7               Dynamix         October        (SI)

Space Quest I (256c)    Sierra          Shipping       (AD)
                                                        UPDATE

Vengence of Excalibur   Virgin Games    X-Mas '92      (AD)
                                                        NEW TO LIST

**NEWS**

It has come to my attention from more than one source that Sierra has delayed
nearly all of thier future Mac releases until somewhere around early 1993.
I have no confirmed reason why, but I suspect this is due to the new Macs
due out in Mid-October, and the impending release of System v7.1.  To me this 
seems understandable since Sierra/Dynamix tends to release games as bug free
as they can make them and hope for the best. (i.e. rarely do they do bug fixes)  
This in my own opinion, of course.

Rather than list all the Sierra/Dynamix games affected by this delay in the 
short AND long list, I have updated the long (complete) listing to reflect 
this. Hopefully they'll get back on track soon as I know there are a lot of 
people who have pre-ordered many of those games. 

Any additional information would be apprieciated!






Summary of Titles shipped:
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August
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Awsome Adventures of Victor Vector & Yondo: The Vampires Coffin
                        Sanctuary Woods(AD) CD-ROM
Battlechess-CD ROM      Interplay      (ST)
Beyond The Wall of Stars               (AD)? CD-ROM
                        Creative Multimedia Corp
Diamonds v2.0           Varcon         (AC) Now Commercial
Ferrari Grand Prix 2.0  Bullseye       (AC,SI) 16c,1-2 opponent
Harpoon Challenger Pack: Signature Edition
                        Three-Sixty    (ST,WG)
Pararena 2.0            Casady & Greene(AC) 
Space Quest I (256c)    Sierra         (AD)

July
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Castle of Dr. Brain     Sierra         (AD)
Command HQ              Microprose     (WG,ST)
Leisure Suite Larry I   Sierra         (AD)               
Lexicross               Interplay      (AC,ST)
Lost Treasures of Infocom II           (AD) Various           
                Activision/Infocom?
Playmaker Football v2.0 Broaderbund    (SP)
SimCity v1.4            Maxis          (SI,ST) Upgrade
                                        Updater Available
Super Tetris            Spectrum Holo  (AC,ST)                                    






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