Point of Origin: Vol. 1, No. 4 (September 29, 2007)

Bandit LOAF

Bandit LOAF

Long Live the Confederation!
Next up is issue 4 of Point of Origin, Origin Systems' internal newsletter ("An ORIGIN tradition since last June"). It's October 11th, 1991 and Wing Commander II has finally been released! The issue is short (only two pages), but packed with information on the aftermath of the WC2 launch (and a big article on a football game between the Ultima VII and Strike Commander teams).

A very special thanks to Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum for making this resource available and to Electronic Arts for sending them to him in the first place!
  • Bulldog Bytes focuses on sales of the new game: "Marten and Karl have been working software dealers into a lather while Wing 2 keeps flying off the shelves. At Software, Etc. it's #1 and #2 respectively in the 3.5 and 5.25 versions. If that don't beat all, its Speech Pack cousin is at #3. Go figure. Everybody in Sales sends a huge 'thanks' to the Product Development folks for an A-1 product. Meanwhile, across the waters, Wing2's holding the top spot on the Gallup PC Chart (equivalent to Billboard in the UK). Incredible performance! Mindscape's barely keeping up with demand for the product and Speech Pak. One distributor says Wing 2 sold more units in one month tna F19 ddid in two years. Our French distributor faxed a message to us: 'A hurricane has come over our dealers and retailers.' Bien joue! For those of you who didn't take three years of high school French, that's 'well done!' It's safe to say the world awaits the next rollout."
  • The Voice of Origin talks about Wing Commander II calls being recieved by the customer service and sales departments: "Obviously, though, the lion's share of questions are about Wing 2... WC2's spinning off more than Kilrathi fighters. Kathy's holding down the fort in Consumer Sales, taking about 30 orders a day for the Speech Pack and at least 20 orders a day for the Special Operations and Strategy Guide."
  • Champagne Tastes and Caviar Dreams updates us on Wing Commander in the press: "If you haven't seen the latest from Computer Gaming World, check it out. ORIGIN has a triple-whammy with Wing Commander at #1 and 'Game of the Year' while Wing 2 gets a boffo review."
Point of Origin
Vol. 1, No. 4 - October 11, 1991

Contents​
Bulldog Bytes
The Voice of Origin
A Bug in Your Ear
We're Everywhere!
Champagne Tastes and Caviar Dreams
Origin Sports Page - U7/Strike Clash on Field of Honor
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Original update published on September 29, 2007
 
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The article makes it sound like it was Ultima 7 - but also that it wasn't that serious (if you didn't already know, clicking on the banner gives you a PDF of the full issue).
 
I love it how they compare WC2 to F-19. I didn't know that F-19 was such a big game back in those days. Now I feel even more privileged to have that game sitting...on a shelf somewhere at my parent's.

But I don't get the part on Richard's profile "Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous". It almost sounds like he was doing some sort of comedy...

And Tony Zurovek - why am I associating that name with the Crusader games?
 
But I don't get the part on Richard's profile "Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous". It almost sounds like he was doing some sort of comedy...
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Lifetyles of the Rich and Famous was a television show that went around showing you how rich people lived. It was famous for being 'over the top' and sort of silly (but taking itself seriously).
 
Thanks Quarto and LOAF (what's with the new avatar and line?). Mr Garriott sure seems to be an interesting person.
 
Oh, you know me, I sometimes have a joke avatar. I'm sure the old LOAF symbol will be back eventually...
 
Bandit LOAF said:
Oh, you know me, I sometimes have a joke avatar. I'm sure the old LOAF symbol will be back eventually...
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Of course, I remember the eel as well. It's just that I don't get the joke :). Who's that woman and where are the phrases from? It's not that Kerri-Lee, is it?
 
As Dyret surmised, LOAF and Trelane have switched their avatar description and images. LOAF has the description and Trelane has a mocked-up image of a Pokémon character. Presumably vice versa applies to some character from the TV show Bones.

I suppose part of the joke is also that the Pokémon character in question is also associated with bones.
 
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