The Countdown begins!

[mack2]

What annoys me most is if they said it would be around christmas, I would not be getting angry when it was not out in June, July, August or September and getting next to no information from Matrix. Instead, they say June/July/August etc etc but give no follow up except for "sorry, next month" and then go away leaving AGSI people to kick the can around.

Plus it would actually probably make people HAPPY if it was released early.

[EXRANPO]

Bungle et all,

Yup - understand chooks........

And yes the point is that if Matrix actually communicated instead of using the old "sorry - maybe next month" line that would work for most of us - and if they said it would be out xmas and it was released sometime before then it would be a pleasant bonus. (sort of like johnny howard calling an election here in oz)

And yes - having a captive audience/customer base would tend to make you complacent but you think that customers actually count for something in that whole supply and demand thing......

Battle of River Plate - great flick - almost as good as Sink The Bismark - am torn this weekend between watching Bathurst (the world's premier endurance motor race - 1000kms of sheer bliss for the audience watching GM and Ford go head to head with the big V8's) or watching the other two great movies I got for my wedding anniversary - did I mention that it is this weekend? - HCCe was supposed to be my birthday present (which is this tuesday) but got let down on that one........ anyhow - bathurst or above us the waves/49th parallel....... decisions decisions.......

[Bungle]

BATHURST!!!!!!

dvd any ol' time Bathurst is once a year and not to be missed by anyone with a drop of hydrocarbon in their veins.

Have the lap top with live timing and in car camera options re big pond on my lap (derr) and the wide screen of automotive goodness blazing away to the tv footage, my idea of bliss

hey is the bedford (?) incident on dvd..............

[EXRANPO]

Bungle,

I guess you are right bathurst is the go for today - as yet I do not have broadband nor adsl - alas i am still chained to dialup which is a real pain at times (especially teamed with optus).

Anyhow - to answer your other question - Bedford Incident on DVD:

https://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/780380

for the princely sum of $15.00 but I strongly suggest you buy in store rather than online because their customer service sucks and we all know how we hate that.

I shall return to my usual holding pattern and await for an announcement (or not) from Matrix about the HCE being released in april/may next year or some such time frame.

Rod

[Erik Rutins]

The plan is to release HCCE before Christmas this year, but it's been tough to set a release date when there were still pieces that needed putting together and a busy schedule around them as well. We have a date set internally and we should be on the home stretch, but there are a lot of titles we're juggling for pre-Christmas releases right now. Just keep watch here and we'll let you know as soon as we've cleared the last hurdle.

[Bungle]

Thanks Rod, and now to quote whoever does the film synopsis
 
Academy Award® Winner SIDNEY POITIER headlines a first-rate cast - including RICHARD WIDMARK and MARTIN BALSAM - in this ‘grim, all to realistic cold war thriller’ that treads similar territory to THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and CRIMSON TIDE. A taut and engaging psychological thriller about an American Destroyer hunting a Soviet submarine, THE BEDFORD INCIDENT is a guaranteed nail-biter that will stretch your ‘nerves to the breaking point’!
 
[&o]
A movie from 'the day' when film plots didnt have to be 'pointedly explained' or made 'bleeding obvious' for the dumbed down. No spec effects here, dialogue driven thriller, a film that was pound for pound the equal of (in my opinion exceeded)  hunt for red october!
 
Im definitely rating it 4  [8D] emoty wotsits out of 5
 
.....and now it is over to the panel for their analysis of the film........[:(] 

[Davard74]

Well at least that some news. I guess I can stop checking everyday now.

See you all in a month or so....

[mack2]

I was making a joke when I suggested christmas.

Seems like the joke is on us.

[Newton]

"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time"
James Taylor

[TonyE]

Oh hum Hard to keep the faith some days....

[Hertston]

ORIGINAL: Newton

"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time"
James Taylor

Probably the most apt first post in the history of these forums! [:D]

[BlindOldUmp]

Christmas eh ....... Like watching the Indians when you are long term Clevelander ......
Now - where did I put my copy of Friedman's Leyte Gulf anyway .......

[cuthbo2001]

Which Christmas ???????

[EXRANPO]

Bungle old bean.....

Nothing like a good one liner from a classic movie - cannot recall if I had seen the whole flick or not. There was a good one in the Battle of River Plate - when the Commodore South Atlantic asked the (British) CO of the Kiwi cruiser how he was getting along with his New Zealanders - the reply was "500 individuals Sir"!!!!!

You're right of course - these days you sit down to watch a movie and there are at least 3 different story lines and at very least one romance - and you are forced to actually have to thnk about what is going on instead of watching the dang thing....... give me a good old shoot em up any time - although I did watch mosquito squadron a while back and it was amusing to see the RAF aircraft sweeping back across the good old british countryside returning from a bit of a scuffle over jolly old germany - only to see two nuclear power station towers in the background.........

Anyhow - back to the subject at hand - seems like we got a bit more of the old smoke and mirrors on the release date for HCE - wonder if they really take us to be that silly to believe the party line........

Anyhow - tally ho - damn the torpedoes - full speed ahead

Until next time.

Adieu my friends.......

[dyoox01]

Wow. I'm glad someone from matrix responded but Christmas?

What happened to evrything was done, we're just waiting for the manual?

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: dyoox01
Wow. I'm glad someone from matrix responded but Christmas?

What happened to evrything was done, we're just waiting for the manual?

Well, I could say it again and use AGSI words, but just read it for yourself at http://www.advancedgaming.biz/what-is-h ... assic.html

Anyway, sooner than Christmas sure would be nice.

[mack2]

The only thing I see on that link is:

STATUS: Coding and the manual are done and Matrix Games is in finall production in order to shiip as soon as September.

I also found it funny the Hornet Leader game was announced in early August, and was released in the last day or so. 2 months from announced to released, whilst we had been waiting that long since the last time Matrix updated the status of HCE.

Apparently printing errors don't exist for that game. [8|]

[Harvester]

Christmas!? lol  [X(]

I thought only the manual needed to be finished? 

[Renato]

ORIGINAL: TonyE
Well, I could say it again and use AGSI words, but just read it for yourself at http://www.advancedgaming.biz/what-is-h ... assic.html

Thank you for the informations.

Do you think there will be a demo ?

[Erik Rutins]

I did say _before_ Christmas, which when combined with the "as early as September" should give you a probable range. The earliest it would be released I'd say is the end of this month, but it shouldn't be much later than that. The entire delay is stilll in the manual area. We have a very full schedule and will be releasing titles as soon as each one reaches the gold master state.

Regards,

- Erik