Your First Matrix Game

GaryChildress · Post by **GaryChildress** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:52 am

What was your first Matrix game?

Mine was Uncommon Valor. I actually bought it at CompUSA. I had seen rave reviews for it and since Joel Billings of SSI fame was involved I decided to get it. I tried looking for War in the Pacific at CompUSA when it came out but they didn't have it. IIRC that's what led me to the Matrix Games website.

ilovestrategy · Post by **ilovestrategy** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:56 am

I saw this unkown game called Gary Grigsby's World at War by an obscure company named Matrix games at a big shot store named Best Buy. I've been hooked ever since. 

jomni · Post by **jomni** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:31 am

SPWAW

n01487477 · Post by **n01487477** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:45 am

Grigsby's "Carrier Strike and PacWar" as well as QQP "WWII: battles in the South Pacific" and SSI's "Carrier" series got me hooked into Pacific War style games.

But actually I missed the boat on a few games by a few years due to living down-under. Stores had a virtual monopoly on what could and couldn't be imported. Most stores would hardly ever carry a grog strategy game let alone a Gary Grigsby title. Matrix games is & was virtually still unknown in that part of the world... But I guess my antipodean brethren that I see here now are becoming more prevalent.

If I had known there was UV I would have bought it from Day1. I didn't and it wasn't until years after the release of Witp that I finally stumbled on the game and web site after wanting to get back into PacWar. Bought it the same day with not so much as a twitch about the price... For some reason software in Oz has always been expensive - (I still have game boxes from the 80's with average prices $79-)

Anyway, digital distribution is at least opening up some borders but word of mouth in different forums has started to attract more gamers here; to the Matrix family.

So years later, I've played PBEM's, worked on mods, helped code witptracker and witptracker-ae, become virtual mates with a few guys and now visit the site a bit too much. The new guys coming to the site are full of enthusiasm and are pushing things along well ... so even witp-ae forum burn-out eventually subsides and I feel like testing and playing again.

I've even started programming a "carrier strike" replica which probably will never see the light of day ...

Thanks Matrix and thanks to the forum members.

Cheers

sterckxe · Post by **sterckxe** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:53 am

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress
What was your first Matrix game?

The free stuff of course [:D]

SPWAW and War in Russia.

First game I bought from them was Highway to the Reich - been hooked on the Panther Games engine ever since

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

spelk · Post by **spelk** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:01 am

My first was Titans of Steel.

terje439 · Post by **terje439** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:41 am

Uncommon Valor picked up for 10$ in a bargain bin. Kinda stuck here since...

Terje

Perturabo · Post by **Perturabo** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:15 am

CCMT.

Matto · Post by **Matto** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:22 am

Campaign Series ... but it was from Talonsoft ... so really first from Matrix was Uncommon Valor

Jevhaddah · Post by **Jevhaddah** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:00 am

Uncommon Valor, picked it up for a fiver in Pissy Wurlde[:D]

Cheers

Jev

mikkey · Post by **mikkey** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:07 am

my first Matrix game was Massive Assault, later CAW, WitP, EDtBtR, WitP AE...

decaro · Post by **decaro** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:55 pm

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

What was your first Matrix game?

Mine was Uncommon Valor ...

UV was the "gateway drug" to matrix; I bought my copy at Electronics Boutique

a7v · Post by **a7v** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:22 pm

WIR (with production [;)]), PACWAR and Steel Panthers as SP2WW2 (when it first appeared on "Thegamers.net" in the late nineties), later of course UV and WITP...
 
Best regards
 
Rainer

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:04 pm

Sadly it was Empires In Arms........[:(]

ezzler · Post by **ezzler** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:01 pm

Uncommon Valor.
Loved it.

Since then its invariably been picking the wrong title.
titans of steel, Hornet Leader.
And what was that sci-fi, card based game that was unplayable?

Each time I think its time to depart Matrix forever something manages to grab. GGWAW did.
And now Panzer Corp of course.

AbeSimpson · Post by **AbeSimpson** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:10 pm

Uncommon Valor [8D]

sabre1 · Post by **sabre1** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:34 pm

ORIGINAL: sterckxe

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress
What was your first Matrix game?

The free stuff of course [:D]

SPWAW and War in Russia.

First game I bought from them was Highway to the Reich - been hooked on the Panther Games engine ever since

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

Same for me.

Alan Sharif · Post by **Alan Sharif** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:56 pm

Battles in Normandy was mine, if memory serves.

parusski · Post by **parusski** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:04 pm

SPWAW of course.

Greybriar · Post by **Greybriar** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:59 pm

I heard of Matrix because they were giving away Steel Panthers World at War, which I downloaded and played for quite awhile. Their generosity gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling and I've had a spot in my heart for Matrix ever since. How many other PC gaming companies give their games to gamers for free?

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