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From: ztsindi@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Bill Gant)
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Subject: MechForce (was: Full Metal Planet)
Keywords: Full Metal Planet
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Date: 9 Jan 91 13:06:54 GMT
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In article <8mocV2w164w@halcyon.uucp>, halcyon!elf@sumax.seattleu.edu (Elf Sternberg) writes...

> I find myself playing Ralph Reed's MechForce, which was half price, sold only
> throught BBS's and Mail Order, and has provided literally hundreds (if not 
> thousands) of hours of entertainment to myself and my three roommates.  Why 
> doesn't Reed sell public?

     Unfortunately for all of us who enjoy BattleForce/MechForce and BattleFort
Ralph ran afoul of FASA and Activision.  It seems that Activision does not want 
his material to become available to the Amiga community despite their 
(Activision's) refusal to release MechWarrior for the Amiga.  After seeing the 
programme in action, I can see WHY they refused to make it available to the 
Amiga community.  Pretty sad.  It seems, in my conversations with him, that 
Activision had dreams of becoming the one, the only, the official computer 
supplier of BattleTech to the world.  Too bad that they bobbled it so badly.

     Where this REALLY hurts us is that in future versions of the game, Ralph 
had planned on many new things such as cities, aircraft, and all of that.  In 
short, he was planning on recreating the entirety of the board game universe 
for the Amiga.  I may not be a smart 'droid pilot, but that was something I was 
really looking forward to.  BTW, do you have the shareware version?  If not, 
you are definately missing out.  Having the Factory and Warrior generation 
routines make the game all the better, which is hard to comprehend given how 
good the basic game itself is.

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