                         Coming Soon February  Edition
                         =============================

23/01/94

As I won't be able to release it when I'll be on the Alps's slopes, here is the new list for February. There are a lot of games delayed especially Ultima VIII: Pagan.
There will have an add-on in mid-February with all the new games showed at the Winter CES.

Watch out for some great Razor releases!

Group Greets to : Nexus, INC, TRSI, TDT, PWA.

Personal Greets to: The Renegade Chemist, Marauder, Razor Blade, Roland
                    Prime Evil, Lord Thinker, LaRIC, Cobra, HiTMAN,                                ButterMan, RipWave, Factory, Wolverine, Paris Angel.

Special Greets to my friends: Rifleman, Grim, Torgall.


Product Name		Date		Company Name	  SVGA	Windows
------------		----		------------	  ----	-------

Alien 3			January		Virgin		    N
Arena:The Elder Scrolls	February	Bethesda Softworks  N
Armored Fist		February	Novalogic	    N
Battle Isle 2		February	Bluebyte	    N
Beneath a Steel Sky	February	Revolution Software N
Body Blows Galactic	February	Team 17		    N
Cannon Fodder		February	Virgin		    N
Dennis the Malice	February	Ocean		    N
Dungeon Master II	February	Interplay	    N
Evasive Action		February	Mindscape	    N
F-14 Fleet Defender	February	MicroProse	    N
Mechamander		February	Mindcraft	    N
Pacific Strike		February	Origin		    N
Sabre Team		February	Krisalis	    N
Settlers		February	Blue Byte	    N
Starlord		February	MicroProse	    N
Star Wars Screen Saver 
  for Windows		February	LucasArts	    Y	Y
Theater of Death	February	Psygnosis	    N
Washington Scenery 	February	Mallard	            Y
Cool Spot		February	Virgin		    N
Cybergo			February	Mindcraft	    N
Detroit			February	Impressions	    N
DragonSphere		February	MicroProse	    N
Freelancers 2120	February	US Gold		    N
Harpoon II		February	Three-Sixty	    Y
Ishar III		February	Silmarils	    N
MechWarrior II		February	Activision	    N
Righteous Fire:
  Add-On for Privateer	February	Origin		    N
Robinson's Requiem	February	Silmarils	    N
Werewolf		February	Virgin		    N
Jack the Ripper		March		Mirage		    N
Lawnmower Man		March		Sales Curve	    N
Lord of Midnight 3	March		Domark		    N
Magician's Castle	March		Psygnosis	    N
Manchester united II	March		Krisalis	    N
Pax Imperia		March		Changeling	    Y
Rabbit			March		Titus		    N
Raiden			March		Us Gold		    N
Star Reach		March		Interplay	    N
Super Hero League
  of Hoboken		March		Legend		    N
Theme Park		March		Bullfrog	    N
Treasure in the Silver
  Lake			March		Flair		    N
Evidence		March		Microids	    N
Flight of The Amazon
  Queen			March		Binary Illusions    N
G2			March		Psygnosis	    N
I Have No Mouth and
  I Must Scream		N/A		Cyberdreams	    Y
Overlord D Day		March		Virgin		    N
Cyberspace		March		Empire		    N
Fist			March		Supervision	    N
Dreamweb		March		Empire		    N
Wings of Glory		March		Origin		    N
1942 Pacific Air War	March		MicroProse	    N
Dark Legions		March		S.S.I.		    N
Delta V			March		Bethesda Softworks  N
Dominion		March		Mindcraft	    N
Genies Curse		March		S.S.I.		    N
Dreamweb		March		Empire		    N
Outpost			March		Sierra On-Line	    Y	Y
Ravenloft		March		S.S.I.		    N
SSN-21 Sea Wolf		March		Electronic Arts	    N
Super Ski 3		March		Microids	    N
Tie-Fighter		March		LucasArts	    N
UFO			March		MicroProse	    N
Ultima VIII: Pagan	March		Origin		    N
Evolution:Lost in Time	March		US Gold		    N
Victory at Sea		March		Three-Sixty	    Y
Heimdall 2		April		Core Design	    N
Inferno 		April		Ocean		    N
Aces of the Deep	April		Dynamix		    N
Bio Forge		April		Origin		    N
Stonekeep		April		Interplay	    Y
Tower			April		Mallard		    Y
Gryphon Masters		May		Mindcraft	    N
Legend			May		Krisalis	    N
Magic Carpet		June		Bullfrogg	    N
Inherit the Earth	July		New World Computing N
Bounty Hunter		December	Origin		    N


CD Section
==========

Alien Chaos		February	Infogrames	N
Lawnmower Man		February	Sales Curve	N
Megarace		February	Mindscape	N
Microcosm		February	Psygnosis	N
Rise of the Robots	February	Mirage		Y
Outpost			March		Sierra On-Line	Y
Under a Killing Moon	March		Access		Y
Dracula			April		Psygnosis	N
Eden			April		Virgin		N
Myst			April		Broderbund	Y
The 11th Hour		April		Trilobyte	Y
Scavenger		June		Psygnosis	N
Star Fleet Academy	June		Interplay	N
Dragon Tales		September	Mindscape	N
Star Trek:
  Next Generation	September	Interplay	N/A
The Dig			December	LucasArts	N
Wing Commander 3	December	Origin		Y

In Progress:
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- Planetfall: The Search for Floyd 
  Designed by Activision
  Based on Return to Zork Interface

- Tank 1 Simulation
  Designed by MicroProse

Press Releases:
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Pagan a Brave New World in the Ultima Series.

Ultima, one of the longest-running and most successful series of role-playing games in the entertainment software industry, takes a quantum leap forward with the release of ULTIMA VIII: Pagan in the first quarter of 1994. This latest installment of Richard "Lord British" Garriotts epic adventure promises to astonish long-time fans and draw in new players. Saving the world has never been so much fun.
As with each successively numbered Ultima, Pagan is all-new technology and looks completely different than any of its predecessors. A 45-degree angle view on the world gives it more three-dimensional depth. The main character of the Avatar is larger than ever before. With an almost 100-fold increase in animation, his movements have been expanded from simple walking and fighting to leaping, climbing and even throwing. Pagan also features a deeper level of player interaction within its world, with twice the amount of artwork for objects that the Avatar can see, pick up and use. Four-channel digitized sound allows multiple sound effects to play simultaneously, so clashing swords can be heard over a monsters roar or a crackling fire. An optional Speech Accessory Pack (sold separately) adds digitized speech for certain characters and animated sequences.
For the first time, Ultima players will be thrust into a place other than the familiar world of Britannia. In ULTIMA VIII, the Avatar has been banished to the strange land of Pagan by his nemesis, the Guardian. Here, elemental titans representing Earth, Wind, Fire and Water hold dominion over the world and its inhabitants (also with more animation than any other Ultima). Going it alone, the Avatar must forge relationships, solve a series of quests and vanquish a bizarre host of creatures if he ever hopes to escape and save Britannia as well as the Guardians next target-Earth.

Current system requirements for ULTIMA VIII: Pagan are:
IBM-PC, 386/33+, Intel 486 or 100% compatible system (486 recommended)
4 MB RAM (8 MB recommended), 29 MB hard drive space
MS-DOS 4.0 or higher, mouse
256-color VGA graphics
MUSIC (optional): Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, General MIDI MPU-401 or 100%
compatible sound board
SPEECH/SOUND EFFECTS (optional): Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound board
No memory manager needed, but Pagan is compatible with many popular memory
management programs


Pacific Strike Flies in the Face of History.

The attack on Pearl Harbor once again thrusts America into World War II and flight simultion fans into the cockpit in ORIGINs Pacific Strike, scheduled for release during the first quarter of 1994.
Pacific Strike takes you to nine unforgettable sites of conflict in the Pacific Theater: Pearl Harbor, the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, the Solomon Islands, the Marianas, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. But this time around, history may not repeat itself. Your success or failure in dogfights weaves a "what-if?" scenario into the storyline. For example, a Japanese aircraft carrier which isnt destroyed in the Coral Sea may show up again at Iwo Jima. Fly well and you may prevent the need for the atom bomb-fly poorly and it might be the Americans who end up signing articles of surrender.
As you rise in rank, youll fly eight historically accurate aircraft, including the Wildcat, Corsair, Hellcat, Devastator, Dauntless and Helldiver. In some planes, you can even jump into the tailgunners seat while the computer takes the controls. In the skies, you'll meet more than a dozen Japanese aircraft such as Zeros, Kates, Vals and Bakas. Customize your strategy when you choose your wingmen and weapon loadouts on 37 missions: dogfights, bombing raids, strafing runs and torpedo attacks. ORIGINs RealSpace graphics engine gives each plane incredible detail.
Pacific Strikes virtual cockpit allows independent head movement, three targeting views as well as a "clear-glass" option for players who dont want anything to come between them and the target. The optional Speech Accessory Pack sold separately will add even more flavor with radio chatter between pilots.

Current system requirements for Pacific Strike are:
IBM-PC, Intel 486 or 100% compatible system
256-color VGA graphics
MS-DOS 5.0 or higher
4 MB RAM (8 MB recommended)
20 MB hard drive space
Keyboard (joystick recommended, also supports rudder pedals)
MUSIC (optional): Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Roland SCC-1, RAP-10, General MIDI
MPU-401 or 100% compatible sound board
SPEECH/SOUND EFFECTS (optional): Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound board


Righteous Fire Adds Bang to Privateer.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the Gemini sector comes Righteous Fire, the first set of additional missions for ORIGINs Privateer, slated for release during the first quarter of 1994.
Like Privateer, Righteous Fire blends intense 3-D space combat with the creativity of role-playing and resource management. This crusade boasts more than two dozen new missions, fresh character dialogue and improved spaceship options. There are even more ways to exploit the economic side of the Kilrathi war by trading goods, smuggling cargo and riding shotgun for other ships. But in the Privateer universe, its not enough to be an ace fighter pilot, you have to have a killer business sense, too.
Righteous Fire picks up right where Privateer left off-you have destroyed the powerful Steltek Drone and decided to take a relaxing trip to one of Gemini sectors pleasure worlds. One morning, you discover that your great reward, the Steltek gun, has been stolen from your ship. If you can scrape together enough cash and cargo to outfit your ship, you may eventually find out what happened to your prize gun and head off a plan to overthrow the Gemini-based Confederation.

Current system requirements for Privateer Missions: Righteous Fire are:
IBM-PC, 386/33+, Intel 486 or 100% compatible system
Core game of Privateer installed on hard drive
4 MB RAM
256-color VGA graphics
MS-DOS 5.0 or higher
Mouse (joystick recommended)
MUSIC (optional): Pro Audio Spectrum, Ad Lib, Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound board
SPEECH/SOUND EFFECTS (optional): Pro Audio Spectrum, Sound Blaster or 100%
compatible sound board


ORIGINs System Shock Takes First-Person Perspective to Second Level.

Computer gamers who love fast-paced action with a first-person perspective arent doomed to play mindless shoot-em-ups for the rest of their lives; ORIGIN will open their eyes with System Shock in the first half of 1994.
System Shock fuses all the energy of a top-flight action/adventure game with its own cyberpunk storyline. In the year 2072, you awake from a healing sleep as the lone survivor aboard a remote space station. Immediately, you receive a desperate holographic warning about SHODAN, a ruthless, super-intelligent computer system that has siezed control of the stations robotic security forces and biological research facilities. Moreover, SHODAN has already set its sights on Earths plentiful resources. Your only hope is to enter cyberspace and deactivate SHODAN from within, but youll have to battle gleaming sentries and horrific genetic monsters before you can do it.
The same creative talents who built the dungeons of ULTIMA Underworld now take a high-resolution approach to science fiction. An all-new gaming engine gives System Shock real-world physics and stunning graphics, complete with point-source lighting and animated texture detail.  As the main character, your monitor becomes your eyes into this alternate world, where you can look up, down and even over ledges. As you explore the space station, youll find an arsenal of weapons at your disposal, but its going to take brainpower as well as firepower to beat SHODAN.

Current system requirements for System Shock are:
IBM-PC, Intel 486 or 100% compatible system
4 MB RAM (8 MB recommended)
MS-DOS 4.0 or higher
256-color VGA graphics
Mouse or joystick
MUSIC (optional): General MIDI MPU-401 or 100% compatible sound board
SPEECH/SOUND EFFECTS (optional): Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound board


Wings of Glory 1917-1918 Takes Computer Pilots Back to Basics of Dogfighting.

Before laser-guided missiles, before infrared bombs-even before radio-there was still war in the sky. ORIGINs Wings of Glory, scheduled for release during the first half of 1994, takes you back to the days of World War I, when high-tech aircraft were those that didnt shoot off their own propellers.
Wings of Glory captures the silver-screen magic of classic films like the Blue Max and Dawn Patrol. Daring young pilots took to the skies in canvas-covered aeroplanes with nothing but a machine gun and their wits. Flying for the British Royal Flying Corps, and later the Americans, youll fly through puffy, white clouds in the open-air cockpits of five historically accurate planes: the Sopwith Pup, Sopwith Camel, SE5a, SPAD XIII and the Fokker Dr. I. With ORIGINs RealSpace graphics engine, youll see unprecedented detail in the colorful but deadly planes of the German Hunter Squadrons. As your superiors recognize your skills, theyll send you on deadlier missions, taking out the so-called "sausage" observation balloons as well as behemoth zeppelins. All the while, newspaper headlines will keep you updated on the progress of the war-both the good news and the bad.
Four-channel digital sound gives you the roar of dogfighting the way WWI pilots heard it. An Instant Mission Generator lets you fly against any combination of enemies you choose. A Mission Recorder lets you save your favorite battles and watch them again from multiple camera angles.

Current system requirements for Wings of Glory 1917-1918 are:
IBM-PC, Intel 486 or 100% compatible system
256-color VGA graphics
4 MB RAM (8 MB recommended)
MS-DOS 5.0 or higher
Keyboard, mouse (joystick recommended, also supports rudder pedals)
MUSIC (optional): Ad Lib, Sound Blaster/Pro, Roland MT-32/LAPC-1, General MIDI MPU-401 or 100% compatible sound board
SPEECH/SOUND EFFECTS (optional): Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound board


ORIGIN Launches Interactive Movie Line with BioForge.

Hollywood and hardware come together with the premier of the ORIGIN Interactive Movie line of games. BioForge, the first title in this new series, is slated for release during the first part of 1994.
Interactive Movies are specifically designed to deliver a cinematic gaming experience in which you are the star, using everything from Hollywood camera techniques to action-sensitive soundtracks. In BioForge, you will totally control a fully animated, synthetic actor as he moves through a detailed 3-D world. As the actor moves between each "set," cameras switch automatically from a variety of angles. His actions also trigger cutaways and quick edits for a more seamless integration of interactive and cinematic parts of the game.
Four-channel digital sound gives the world an audible depth; noises are louder the closer they are to the active camera. The immersive plot is propelled forward by a combination of your decisions and game dynamics, a roller-coaster pace enhanced by a dynamic musical score.
Starring as the lead character of Lex, you awaken from an operation to find youve been transformed into a sophisticated Cyborg, half-man and half-machine. Your memory has been totally erased. The ensuing journey of discovery will pit you against hostile, morphing aliens, force you to bring a time-critical emergency situation under control, and finally take you to the unexplored ruins of a long-dead civilization. Your physical enhancements may be your only hope for survival.

Current system requirements for BioForge are:
IBM-PC, Intel486 or 100% compatible system
4 MB RAM (8 MB recommended)
10 MB hard drive space
MS-DOS 4.0 or higher
256-color VGA graphics
MUSIC (optional): Sound Blaster, Roland RAP-10, General MIDI MPU-401 or 100%
compatible sound board
SPEECH/SOUND EFECTS (optional): Sond Blaster or 100% compatible sound board.
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