Steel Panthers' 10th Anniversary

Busko · #1 August 7th, 2005, 05:33 AM

I still remember when i first heard of Steel Panthers, it was about 8 or 9 years ago, i tried it and i found it unplayable and boring.

Luckily i give it another try almost 7 years later

JaM · #2 August 7th, 2005, 06:35 AM

I played it from begining, hard to believe it is 10 years!

embis · #3 August 7th, 2005, 12:01 PM

Yes, I was in from the beginning with SP1 the day it came out...the graphics were (then) impressive....Hard to believe now!!

I was so dissappointed when I upgraded ny computer and couldnt get any versions to run except SP3..I was distraught when a second upgrade stopped even that working.

and now at last SP2 for windows......bliss!!

[img]/threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif[/img]Happy Birthday Steel Panthers....happy birthday to you[img]/threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif[/img]

cbreedon · #4 August 7th, 2005, 01:29 PM

wow 10 years

I have been playing it the whole time. I downloaded the demo or maybe it was on another CD...I played the Russia vs Ukraine scenario for weeks then bought the game and have played it ever since.... My friend says I'm an addict.

Uncle_Joe · #5 August 7th, 2005, 02:05 PM

Yep, I've been playing it forever too under various guises.

I kind of miss the scale of SP3 from time to time though. Norm Koger's TANKS! had the same platoon scale and that one no longer works on any of my computers either.

Does anyone know if there ever any plans to revisit the SP3 scale with the SP series?

Thanks!

embis · #6 August 7th, 2005, 02:50 PM

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Uncle_Joe said:
Does anyone know if there ever any plans to revisit the SP3 scale with the SP series?
Thanks!

I have a feeling that I have read somewhere that the quick answer is "No". I think Matrix have the rights to sp3 (which, I believe is what SPWAW is based on, someone will correct me if I am wrong)

I would love to be wrong because that was one of my faves from the series.

Artur · #7 August 7th, 2005, 04:10 PM

I would be very happy if the SP3 scale would be implemented in WinSPMBT.

Artur.

Alby · #8 August 7th, 2005, 04:56 PM

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embis said:

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Uncle_Joe said:
Does anyone know if there ever any plans to revisit the SP3 scale with the SP series?
Thanks!

I have a feeling that I have read somewhere that the quick answer is "No". I think Matrix have the rights to sp3 (which, I believe is what SPWAW is based on, someone will correct me if I am wrong)

I would love to be wrong because that was one of my faves from the series.

Matrix does not own the rights to sp3 as far as I know..
Matrix used the SP3 engine to create SPWAW, where as the camo group used the SP2 engine...
Since SSI is no more.. I have no clue who owns the rights to these 2 engines..
I beieve both entities have some rights to the engines but cannot sell them or some such thing.

Mobhack · #9 August 7th, 2005, 06:20 PM

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embis said:

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Uncle_Joe said:
Does anyone know if there ever any plans to revisit the SP3 scale with the SP series?
Thanks!

I have a feeling that I have read somewhere that the quick answer is "No". I think Matrix have the rights to sp3 (which, I believe is what SPWAW is based on, someone will correct me if I am wrong)

I would love to be wrong because that was one of my faves from the series.

Nope, because the scale never appealed, and SP3 was a flawed product. (I got bored of killing M1 tanks with 81mm mortar strikes, as any track hit was a "kill" ). And the black dialogue box that insisted on popping up smack in the middle of the screen was another annoyance.

I have the SP3 code here on my machine. TGN/Matrix used the SP3 code as the base for thier product. We used the Sp2 code base. There is no "exclusive".

Cheers
Andy