The Star and the Crescent - website is up

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Hi,

Following on the heels of The Falklands War 1982 game ProSimCo today
launched the website for the next outing of the ATF engine :

The Star and the Crescent - the Arab-Israeli wars 1956-2009

http://www.prosimco.com/tsatc.htm

In late beta allready - and with a release date of September 2005

A demo is promised as well.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx


--
"Ceterum censeo Belgicam delendam esse."
(Cato, 'Pro Gerolphe')

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In article <Vt0Je.670$zs.7@tornado.fastwebnet.it>, reckall@hotmail.com
says...
> > The Star and the Crescent - the Arab-Israeli wars 1956-2009
>
> From a quick glance at the site it seems that the game will not cover the
> 1967 war. Strange.
>
> [ In addition to a suite of historical scenarios covering the battles of
> 1956 and the October War in 1973, we have also included a couple of
> hypothetical scenarios covering potential battles that could very possibly
> occur in the next decade.]

This has to be a pencigraphical-type mistake. Nobody could call their
game "1956 - 2009" when they were consciously omitting the 1967 war, the
1982 business ... etc.

If the scenario list *is* as described above, they should probably
change the title to: THE STAR AND THE CRESCENT - THE ARAB-ISRAELI WARS
IN 1956, 1973, AND A HASTY REDRESS OF THE 1956 AND 1973 SCENARIOS WITH
MODERN WEAPONS.

--
Giftzwerg
***
"The most despicable misuse of terminology, however, occurs when
Leftists call the Saddamites and foreign jihadists 'the resistance.'
What an example of moral inversion! For the fact is, paramilitary death
squads are attacking the Iraqi people. And those who oppose the killers
- the Iraqi police and National Guardsmen, members of the Allawi
government, people like Nour - they are the "resistance."
- Stephen Vincent
(Journalist murdered by terrorists, 8/2/2005)

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John Secker schreef:

> In message <Vt0Je.670$zs.7@tornado.fastwebnet.it>, Vincenzo Beretta
> <reckall@hotmail.com> writes
> >> The Star and the Crescent - the Arab-Israeli wars 1956-2009
> >
> >From a quick glance at the site it seems that the game will not cover the
> >1967 war. Strange.
> >
> What? Is this a joke?
>
> New Game:
> "Modern Warfare, 1925 - 1950. Does not include World War 2"

Guyes, don't jump to conclusions too quickly - I've just posed the
question in the forum - I'll report back here - might just be a
misunderstanding/typo/duh-well-obviously-the-1967-war-is-in-there

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

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In article <1123506868.282480.140690@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
eddysterckx@hotmail.com says...
> Hi,
>
> A quick response by developer Curt Pangracs :
>
> "There is one scenario from 1956 (Bir Gifgafa), one from 1967(Attack on
> Jenin), one from early 1973 (Rafid), eight scenarios from the Yom
> Kippur war, and two hypotheticals from 2009. I may include something
> from 1982 if there is enough "outcry", but there are no plans as of
> right now.

*One* from 1967? *One* from 1956?

Yikes.

This is thin, indeed. I think basic honesty suggests they need to
change the title to YOM KIPPUR WAR. Two pre-1973 scenarios and two
hypotheticals hardly justify that "1956-2009" schtick.

--
Giftzwerg
***
"The most despicable misuse of terminology, however, occurs when
Leftists call the Saddamites and foreign jihadists 'the resistance.'
What an example of moral inversion! For the fact is, paramilitary death
squads are attacking the Iraqi people. And those who oppose the killers
- the Iraqi police and National Guardsmen, members of the Allawi
government, people like Nour - they are the "resistance."
- Stephen Vincent
(Journalist murdered by terrorists, 8/2/2005)

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Hi,

A quick heads-up to say that new screenshots have been released

http://www.prosimco.com/tsatc/screen.htm

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx