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Apolyton
News5-11 February
2000
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DINOS COME FIRST
DINO BEFORE CIV3
(10 February 2000, 20:04 EST) Tim Train posted in our forums about civ3 today(see more about it in our civ3 section), but he also game some news about Dino. Explaining the lack of info from Firaxis' side about Civ3, he said that's simply because Dino will be released first. Based on the fact that civ3 will not be released in 2000(also according to an earlier post from Tim), can we speculate on a Q3-4/2000 release? Don't really know, give us your own guesses :) -MarkG
IN DEVELOPMENT SINCE APRIL
(11 February 2000, 13:25 EST) The more Tim Train posts about Civ3, the more Dino news we get :)
Explaining a bit more on the release order of Dino and Civ3, he posted
"Dinos was in prototype phase
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(just Sid working on it) months earlier than Civ III was announced in late May. Dinos had a full team on it since about April or so, so it is ahead development-wise. That's why we're releasing it first."
Hmm.... April '99. Done by Christmas 2000? Check out some other... prophecies on the forum :) -MarkG
INSPIRATION PERHAPS?
(5 February 2000, 21:39 EST/Dino) Connorkimbro started a thread in our Dino General/Suggestions forum with this link to a cartoon; the strip is entitled "Story Minute", and is written by Carol Lay. The 12-panel, black and white cartoon discusses what "really" happened to the dinosaurs --- could Firaxis incorporate this into the game of the same topic? Time will tell... -DanQ
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ALPHA CENTAURI
UPDATE ON FRENCH&GERMAN SMACX V2
(7 February 2000, 14:19 EST) Jeffrey Morris posted the news on our smac-general forum about the french and german version of the smacx v2 patches
"We got the files back from EA and are assembling the patch now. It will need to go through EA testing, which as you all know can take a while, but I figured you'd like an update."
Yes Jeff, we really do appreciate any news! :) -MarkG
BEST TBS OF 1999: PCG
(9 February 2000, 16:26 EST) In the March issue of PCGamer, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is rated the best TBS (Turn-Based Strategy) title for 1999.
An excerpt from the magazine's description of the title: "Elegant, addictive and thought-provoking, Alpha Centauri has set a new standard for this genre..."
Congratulations Firaxis (and, incidentally, for posting about it first)! -DanQ
THE SILVER SPOT
(9 February 2000, 22:43 EST) GamePower has posted a feature on their website about the best games of the past year, as hand picked by their reviewers, and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri fell short of earning the top-spot in the strategy category, losing out to rival Age of Empires II (and this is not the first time).
SMAC also earned an Honourable Mention, along side AoK II, for Game Of The Year --- they both lost out to System Shock 2.
-DanQ
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NOMINATED FOR BEST ADD-ON
(8 February 2000, 20:09 EST) Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire, the expansion pack to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, has been nominated in the category for Best Add-On in the 1999 Computer Games Awards, as featured on Computer Games Online's website. This list does not include CGO's nominees for the Game Of The Year, however; these will be made public at a later date.
On March 1, Computer Games will announce the winners. -DanQ
GAMERANGER PLUG-IN
(8 February 2000, 9:00 EST) MacLedge has indicated that the popular online Macintosh gaming service GameRanger has released a SMAC plug-in for its members, the 33rd such plug-in for the service launched not so long ago by Scott Kevill.
For those who received their pre-orders or will be receiving their copy soon, log onto the GameRanger server and the plug-in will be automatically downloaded and installed. -DanQ
AC STILL RULES
(8 February 2000, 8:52 EST) DailyRadar posted an article yesterday by columnist Andrew S. Bub about why he is still playing and talking SMAC.
Bub had nothing but continuous praise for the title.
"Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, designed by Brian Reynolds, is probably the most complex and intelligent computer game ever conceived", Bub commented. "Admittedly, that is not a particularly controversial statement to strategy fans out there. But when you reflect on the sheer amount of work, genius and artistic merit that went into the game, you'll see that nothing else comes remotely close.
The recent release of an Alpha Centauri graphic novel, titled The Power of the Mind Worms only reinforces how brilliant SMAC's sci-fi actually is.
So, shall I walk with Planet tonight? Why yes, Deirdre, I'd follow you to the ends of Planet, with great pleasure, at least until Civilization III arrives...".
Happy SMACking Andrew!  -DanQ
NEW SMAC SCENARIO LEAGUE
(11 February 2000, 22:14 EST) Drew Heard contacted us to let us know of the debut of the Chiron Scenario League, dedicated to gathering an archive of scenarios created by players, for players, for SMAC. -DanQ
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