Armada review

eddieb · 10-03-2006, 17:49

So way back in 1995 when I was on my high school newspaper staff, I wrote a review of Armada. I dug it up the other day and scanned it in. So here's some nostalgia. If I remember right, I pasted on a last minute spelling fix for maneuver, but it fell off after it went to press.

Lt.Death100 · 10-04-2006, 14:36

Shouldn't this be in Wing Commander Chat? Anyways it's a nice read.

ChrisReid · 10-04-2006, 16:53

The Flight Commander forum is fine.

That's really well written for a high school paper. I never covered any games, but did review the movie when it came out.

BrynS · 10-05-2006, 12:38

Thanks for sharing this, eddieb.

The suggestion that sound cards weren't prevalent in most PC's at the time really takes me back! The various hardware changes and improvements over the past decade have been both drastic (3D graphics) and more subtle (audio) and yet in my view, Wing Commander as always been on the leading edge of the audio experience, whether that was original sound effects or dynamic music.

Did you review any other Wing Commander games during your time with the school paper?

Cheers,

Bryn

eddieb · 10-05-2006, 18:07

Nope, I usually wrote opinion. The only other review I remember doing is one of "Boys on the Side." I didn't enjoy it to say the last

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10-03-2006, 17:49	#1
eddieb Flight Commander Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 838	Armada review So way back in 1995 when I was on my high school newspaper staff, I wrote a review of Armada. I dug it up the other day and scanned it in. So here's some nostalgia. If I remember right, I pasted on a last minute spelling fix for maneuver, but it fell off after it went to press. __________________ Flight Commander : A space combat simulator programmed by Ed Benowitz.

10-04-2006, 14:36	#2
Lt.Death100 Colonel Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sol Posts: 1,159	Shouldn't this be in Wing Commander Chat? Anyways it's a nice read. __________________ He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. The higher we soar, the smaller we become to those who cannot fly. -Friedrich Nietzche

10-05-2006, 12:38	#4
BrynS Mr Kat says... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: TCS Victory Posts: 480	Thanks for sharing this, eddieb. The suggestion that sound cards weren't prevalent in most PC's at the time really takes me back! The various hardware changes and improvements over the past decade have been both drastic (3D graphics) and more subtle (audio) and yet in my view, Wing Commander as always been on the leading edge of the audio experience, whether that was original sound effects or dynamic music. Did you review any other Wing Commander games during your time with the school paper? Cheers, Bryn __________________ "Your work is both good and original. Unfortunately the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good." - Samuel Johnson

10-05-2006, 18:07	#5
eddieb Flight Commander Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 838	Nope, I usually wrote opinion. The only other review I remember doing is one of "Boys on the Side." I didn't enjoy it to say the last . __________________ Flight Commander : A space combat simulator programmed by Ed Benowitz.

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10-04-2006, 16:53	#3
ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector Administrator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Posts: 9,806	The Flight Commander forum is fine. That's really well written for a high school paper. I never covered any games, but did review the movie when it came out.