![]() ![]() The MicroProse name is now owned by an Australian company and while it doesn’t control any of those old franchises it is planning to publish other similarly themed franchise returns”,”contentUrl”:”″,”height”:270,”width”:480} Part of that is the fact that the game is being published by MicroProse, the company set-up by ‘Wild’ Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982 and which published iconic simulation and strategy games including F-15 Strike Eagle, Silent Service, Civilization, and X-COM. This will be the first actual sequel though and while information is sparse at the moment it seems to have the same basic set-up as the original, as you use a range of remotely piloted drones to scout out enemy emplacements and set-up bases on islands you visit.Īs you may have noticed from the trailer, the graphics are not exactly mind-blowing and at this point it’s really just nostalgia that’s fuelling any interest. The game did get a British-made spiritual follow-up called Hostile Waters in 2001 though, as well as quasi-remake Carrier Command: Gaea Mission in 2012 by Czech developer Bohemia Interactive – makers of the ArmA series. The sandbox gameplay was a revelation at a time when 3D graphics were still new but since it was a UK developed and published game it never made much of an inroad into the US and Japan, and is nowadays rarely remembered. ![]() The original game was first released in 1988 and was well ahead of its time with its mix of real-time strategy and vehicle simulation, as you controlled a robotic aircraft carrier roaming the seas and trying to take out another rogue carrier. Carrier Command 2 – now there’s a name we haven’t heard in a long time (pic: MicroProse)īlasts from the past don’t much more powerful than a sequel to Amiga and Atari ST classic Carrier Command by the long defunct MicroProse.įor you to know what either Carrier Command or MicroProse are you’re going to have to be a gamer of a certain age, but if you remember the days when going online involved not being able to use the landline then news of a sequel is going to be reason for a lot of excitement… probably.
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