Empire could have had mouse support -- Origin's "OGRE" from, IIRC 1986, has mouse support. I think Wasteland (one of my alltime favorites) had support in '87.
Hugh Falk wrote: > > So you're looking for the original Empire for the PC? I never played the PC > version (just ST and Amiga). I can't imagine playing that game without a > mouse, and I don't think they would have included mouse support for an IBM > game in 1987, did they? > > You might also want to pick up Empire II: The Art of War. This is a Win 95 > game from New World Computing. FYI, there is also a scenerio disk (sold > seperately) for the Master's Edition, which you have. > > Hugh > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee K. Seitz [mailto:lkseitz@;mail.hiwaay.net] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:59 PM > To: Software Collecting > Subject: [SWCollect] Found Empire, but still need it (and Fire-Brigade > note) > > Argh! Went to a thrift store and found a copy of Empire. Got someone > to show it to me (it was in a display case) and it was for the Amiga. > I bought anyway, even though I shouldn't be spending money on such > things. This is my second copy of Empire. The other is for the C-64. > > I was introduced to this game in college. I spent the week of spring > break painstakingly creating a map of North America. (My car was in > the shop, so I was trapped on campus with nothing else to do.) I > still have my copies of Empire Deluxe and ED Scenarios that I bought > new. I was thrilled when I found a copy of ED Masters Edition at a > used CD store and got it for less than $10 (IIRC). I never new it > existed until then. It was nice to have a version that would run > under Windows with only one minor problem. (The DOS version runs, but > bad things happen if you try to Alt-Tab away from it and come back.) > > Why can't I find a friggin' copy of the PC version?!? Okay, I admit > I haven't been looking real hard. (As in, I'm not watching eBay.) > But in doing so I've found two copies, just not for the right > computer. Anyone want to trade a PC copy for an Amiga or C-64 one? > (BTW, Jim, thanks for finally adding it to MobyGames. I somehow > missed it when you did that.) > > Also saw an interesting game called Fire-Brigade. I see the company > that made it is still around (http://www.panthergames.com/). Anyway, > the game was for the PC and came in a case similar to the clamshells > that Disney videos come in. Everything seemed to be there, except the > 3.5" disk(s?). (The 5.25" disks were there.) Panther Games is an > Australian company, so I don't know if this packaging is typical of > Australian games, or if it was sold in the U.S. like this or what. I > almost bought it, but decided I'd already overspent just getting > Empire. Anyone intersted in it? > > -- > Lee K. Seitz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@;oldskool.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@;oldskool.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@;oldskool.org/