Foundation, a real-time strategy war game by author Paul Burkey is to make a welcome return with a special Foundation Directors Cut to be published by Epic Marketing very soon.
Paul Burkey and Epic Marketing has announced that they have entered into a "new cooperation" that will lead to the making of a sequel to Foundation called Foundation's Edge which Paul Burkey the author said, "will be a brand new product which will take the
idea of "Foundation" to the 21st century". It has also been stated that they are also looking to support the Amiga NG.
Below is the Press Release from Paul Burkey and Epic Marketing:-
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Paul Burkey and Epic Marketing announce Cooperation
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Paul Burkey and Epic Marketing proudly announce a long term cooperation.
The goal of this new cooperation is to bring great strategy
games to the Amiga community.
The first fruits of this cooperation will bring "Foundations
Directors Cut" to the community. This is Foundation brought up-to-date
with all available and one forthcoming update. It will be priced at
� 14.99 (DM 49.- or 25 Euro) and is mainly aimed at those Amiga users
that never bought the original game. "Foundation Directors Cut"
will be released in about 2 weeks time and will be available direct
from Epic Marketing Germany (Tel: +49/(0)7071 400492, E-Mail:
[email protected]) or Epic Marketing UK (Tel: +44/(0)1793 432176
E-Mail:[email protected]). Preorders are welcome and can already be
placed with Epic.
Foundation is a real-time strategy war game which incorporates familiar
strategy elements with interesting new concepts. Accomplished strategy
game players will enjoy the enhanced control and complex resource
management. Beginners will enjoy the accessibility of the gameplay when
played in it's basic form and the depth of skill that is attainable
with experience.
The added features of "Foundation Directors Cut" will be:
- optimized GFX card support
- Fully supports CyberGraphX, Picasso96 and AHI
- new rendering system with Gourad Shading
- new graphics effects includes Texture Blending and Lighting/Shading
- GFX card users can now run the game in a Workbench Window
- AGA supported with fast c2p so AGA looks identical to RTG mode
- Uses more Fast Ram for graphics to avoid chip memory problems
- Installation to HD is much more compact
- optimised gameplay
- Improved Computer AI for the added challenge
- More in-game statistics and control panels
- faster gameplay, faster loading
- Support for custom speech
- much much more
But things will not stop with "Foundation Directors Cut". The Sequel to
"Foundation" will be "Foundation's Edge" and will be released around the
Christmas period. This will be a brand new product which will take the
idea of "Foundation" to the 21st century. The game will be completely
rewritten in C++ and a lot of new features will be introduced. Watch our
webpages for the release of a feature list for "Foundation's Edge".
(www.epic-marketing.de or www.sneech.freeserve.co.uk/foundedge.html)
Paul Burkey and Epic Marketing are also looking to support
the Amiga NG machines with future games.
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