Falcon 4?

[SpacesuitSPF9000]

Thanks for releasing Falcon 3 on steam! Many fond memories of this one.
Is there any chance of Falcon 4 (preferably with official BMS support) in the future?

[Arrowhead]

Yeah, that would be better other than these old titles which are only good for the nostalgia factor. Other than that, there's no reason to play this in 2016.

I just hope this comes with a pdf version of the awesome Falcon 3.0 manual. That alone would make it worth the price.

[MrNormsHGW]

Originally posted by Arrowhead:

I just hope this comes with a pdf version of the awesome Falcon 3.0 manual. That alone would make it worth the price.

I still have my manual (still in it's hard cover binder) and all the the extras, the trouble is, if all they did was make it playable on Steam and Win7/10 with nothing else, is it really worth playing these days. This sim had a massive learning curve, it's not something you can do the load & go routine, just learning can take days/weeks depending on the end user. I wonder if the mod group that supported this for so long is even around now?

[DawnWarrior]

Yes, where is Falcon 4?

[QQ Bee]

I'm curious whether this will have a huge PDF file of the whole manual. The Falcon Gold box was thick.

[SpacesuitSPF9000]

Falcon 3 and 4 manuals were glorious. I don't think I've seen any other game that needed a ring binder.

[armani]

The only thing is, Falcon 3.0 (Gold) and Falcon 4.0 were made by different companies, 3.0 being made by Spectrum Holobyte and 4.0 being made by MicroProse. MicroProse is still a functioning company so Steam might need to try to acquire rights to it.

But really, I would love Falcon 4.0 on Steam; that would be great. I've wanted it since Christmas 2008.

Also I totally agree with you on how glorious the manuals were lmao

[emK]

Falcon 4.0 on Steam > Workshop > BMS 4.33 ! That's all what i want

[Arkblade]

Falcon 4.0 is already available on GOG.com.
i mention that Falcon 4.0 release of GOG.com is include in Falcon Gold's Bonus Stuff.

[Old fart gamer]

Now all we need is a remake of Digital Integrations TORNADO......I still play that on dosbox, but it would be cool to see it here on steam as well.. Falcon series as well...

[DawnWarrior]

Originally posted by dickkickem:

The only thing is, Falcon 3.0 (Gold) and Falcon 4.0 were made by different companies, 3.0 being made by Spectrum Holobyte and 4.0 being made by MicroProse. MicroProse is still a functioning company so Steam might need to try to acquire rights to it.

But really, I would love Falcon 4.0 on Steam; that would be great. I've wanted it since Christmas 2008.

Also I totally agree with you on how glorious the manuals were lmao

Strange thing is that Falcon 4.0 IS INCLUDED in Falcon Collection on GOG and the collection is from Spectrum Holobyte / Retroism. http://www.gog.com/game/falcon_collection

[KesMonkey]

The problem is that Falcon 4 (even the GOG version) won't work on a modern system without modding, so it's unlikely to release on Steam. It is available on GOG, but only as a bonus that is included with the Falcon Collection.

Here's the official word on it from GOG:

"The last official version before Hasbro disbanded the dev team was 1.08. After the source code leaked though, the community carried the development cycle on and carried the torch. Currently, the Benchmark Sims team is carrying the torch with their excellent BMS - I, being an A10 Warthog fan, am stunned by the amount of work put into all community projects.
Therefore, fixing the old Falcon 4.0 in terms of compatibility would still give you an inferior game. However, in order to install community projects like BMS, you need to show that you have the original game. Hence the decision to include the original Falcon 4.0 as a bonus."

Originally posted by dickkickem:

The only thing is, Falcon 3.0 (Gold) and Falcon 4.0 were made by different companies, 3.0 being made by Spectrum Holobyte and 4.0 being made by MicroProse.

Spectrum Holobyte bought Microprose in 1993 and started using the Microprose name for all of their titles in 1996, i.e. Falcon 4.0 is a Spectrum Holobyte game published under the Microprose name.

[Thord]

Read the store page:

Buy Falcon Collection
Includes 4 items: Falcon, Falcon 4.0, Falcon A.T., Falcon Gold

[armani]

Originally posted by DawnWarrior:

Originally posted by dickkickem:

The only thing is, Falcon 3.0 (Gold) and Falcon 4.0 were made by different companies, 3.0 being made by Spectrum Holobyte and 4.0 being made by MicroProse. MicroProse is still a functioning company so Steam might need to try to acquire rights to it.

But really, I would love Falcon 4.0 on Steam; that would be great. I've wanted it since Christmas 2008.

Also I totally agree with you on how glorious the manuals were lmao

Strange thing is that Falcon 4.0 IS INCLUDED in Falcon Collection on GOG and the collection is from Spectrum Holobyte / Retroism. http://www.gog.com/game/falcon_collection

That's weird asf

[SpacesuitSPF9000]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/429530/?snr=1_5_9__205

Sure enough, Falcon 4 is here! Apparently BMS can be installed if pointed to the correct directory in Steam apps, although I haven't tried it myself. Here's to hoping they add a mod workshop!

[armani]

Originally posted by SpaceManSPF900:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/429530/?snr=1_5_9__205

Sure enough, Falcon 4 is here! Apparently BMS can be installed if pointed to the correct directory in Steam apps, although I haven't tried it myself. Here's to hoping they add a mod workshop!

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO