On Tuesday, 29 October 1996 02:00:00 UTC-6, Prescott Coleman wrote:

Hey, where do the Mission Force Cyberstorm from Sierra addict's hangout
I'd have expected here but I aint seen any posts recently. I'd appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

Thanks.

I would totally be into that! I have the new patched version, but it made the last mission impossible. MY derms keep getting cut down in demons.

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On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 04:57:59 -0700 (PDT), [email protected] wrote:

On Tuesday, 29 October 1996 02:00:00 UTC-6, Prescott Coleman wrote:

Hey, where do the Mission Force Cyberstorm from Sierra addict's hangout
I'd have expected here but I aint seen any posts recently. I'd appreciate >> being pointed in the right direction.

Thanks.

I would totally be into that! I have the new patched version, but it made the last mission impossible. MY derms keep getting cut down in demons.

Wow, MissionForce Cyberstorm. There's a game I haven't even thought
about in years. I wasn't a huge fan of the game but I loved the
setting, and it's hard to resist any game that has battlemechs (sorry,
sorry, "Hercs"), even if they are only presented in a top-down
gods-eye view. I seem to remember the missions could be absolutely
ruthless in their difficulty, which tempered my enjoyment of the game.
I very vaguely remember playing the game online and being disappointed
by how unfriendly the other players were, though that may just have
been my personal experience and not necessarily an inditement of of
the community as a whole.

Sadly, a quick search that neither GOG nor Steam have the game
available for sale. Shame, that; given the game's age, relative
obscurity (slower-paced and more difficult to learn, it was
overshadowed by games like Command & Conquer and Warcraft) and the
current difficulty to acquire a legal copy, I doubt we'll see a
resurgence of interest in the title anytime soon. I still have the
game on CD-ROM, but I'll be arsed if I have to reach over and install
a game from disc these days (not to mention, I've no idea if the game
would even install and run on a modern system).



Incidentally, you were responding to a 21 year post. Sadly, cop.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic is rather dead these days; you might
find better luck discussing the game in cop.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
(which, despite it's name, has become a rather catch-all newsgroup for
/all/ PC games).

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On Friday, June 9, 2017 at 6:16:30 AM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 04:57:59 -0700 (PDT), [email protected] wrote:

On Tuesday, 29 October 1996 02:00:00 UTC-6, Prescott Coleman wrote:

Hey, where do the Mission Force Cyberstorm from Sierra addict's hangout
I'd have expected here but I aint seen any posts recently. I'd appreciate >> being pointed in the right direction.

Thanks.

I would totally be into that! I have the new patched version, but it made the
last mission impossible. MY derms keep getting cut down in demons.

Wow, MissionForce Cyberstorm. There's a game I haven't even thought
about in years. I wasn't a huge fan of the game but I loved the
setting, and it's hard to resist any game that has battlemechs (sorry,
sorry, "Hercs"), even if they are only presented in a top-down
gods-eye view. I seem to remember the missions could be absolutely
ruthless in their difficulty, which tempered my enjoyment of the game.
I very vaguely remember playing the game online and being disappointed
by how unfriendly the other players were, though that may just have
been my personal experience and not necessarily an inditement of of
the community as a whole.

Sadly, a quick search that neither GOG nor Steam have the game
available for sale. Shame, that; given the game's age, relative
obscurity (slower-paced and more difficult to learn, it was
overshadowed by games like Command & Conquer and Warcraft) and the
current difficulty to acquire a legal copy, I doubt we'll see a
resurgence of interest in the title anytime soon. I still have the
game on CD-ROM, but I'll be arsed if I have to reach over and install
a game from disc these days (not to mention, I've no idea if the game
would even install and run on a modern system).

Incidentally, you were responding to a 21 year post. Sadly, cop.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic is rather dead these days; you might
find better luck discussing the game in cop.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
(which, despite it's name, has become a rather catch-all newsgroup for
/all/ PC games).

What are GOG and Steam? This is 1996!

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On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:38:50 -0700 (PDT), [email protected]
wrote:

On Friday, June 9, 2017 at 6:16:30 AM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 04:57:59 -0700 (PDT), [email protected] wrote:

On Tuesday, 29 October 1996 02:00:00 UTC-6, Prescott Coleman wrote:

Hey, where do the Mission Force Cyberstorm from Sierra addict's hangout >> >> I'd have expected here but I aint seen any posts recently. I'd appreciate
being pointed in the right direction.

Sadly, a quick search that neither GOG nor Steam have the game
available for sale. Shame, that; given the game's age, relative
obscurity (slower-paced and more difficult to learn, it was
overshadowed by games like Command & Conquer and Warcraft) and the
current difficulty to acquire a legal copy, I doubt we'll see a
resurgence of interest in the title anytime soon. I still have the
game on CD-ROM, but I'll be arsed if I have to reach over and install
a game from disc these days (not to mention, I've no idea if the game
would even install and run on a modern system).

Incidentally, you were responding to a 21 year post. Sadly,
cop.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic is rather dead these days; you might
find better luck discussing the game in cop.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
(which, despite it's name, has become a rather catch-all newsgroup for
/all/ PC games).

What are GOG and Steam? This is 1996!

Hello 1996. This is 2018. Steam and GOG are our equivalent of your
Eggberts and GameStop; it's where we buy our games.

Man, 1996, you're gonna love the future; our games are awesome, and
you can download them straight to your computer over super-fast
internet connections; no CD-ROMs required. It's great. We're playing
them on 60+ inch flat-screen screens too. It's fucking insane. And
fast? People moan if they have to play a game that gets less than 100 frames-per-second, and we actually have computers that can keep up
with that - while rendering computer-generated graphics that are as
good as anything you'll see in a movie of your day.

Plus the variety of games is just wild; there's a genre for everyone,
be it the most die-hard twitchy arcader to your grandmother. And even
if you don't like any of the new games, we still have access (and
play) all the games of your time too (with some unfortunate
exceptions, like the aforementioned Mission Force Cyberstorm, but
mostly the catalog is complete). Hell, computers are so powerful these
days that they can even emulate older hardware with ease, so you can
even play all those Nintendo and Genesis and Playstation games right
on your PC!

Actually, you can get pretty much everything from the internet
nowadays; games, music, TV shows, movies, books, news... you can even
order groceries online and they'll be delivered to your home. We got
all sorts of neat gadgets we get to play with too, like tiny drone
aircraft and pocket-computers (that double as phones) and even Dick
Tracy-esque "smart watches" (although I'm not really sold on the
latter). Still no flying cars though, but we're getting better at
self-driving cars.

Anyway, it's all pretty amazing and weird and wonderful. Can't wait
until you get here; you're gonna love it.

Oh, and since I have you; maybe you wanna look into that Al Qaeda
thing. Just a suggestion; they're aiming to be troublesome.

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