History of MicroProse

[@raymondyee2008]

Microprose will always remain as a solid name in PC gaming; still missing a few of the old titles from Steam purchases to plug in what I missed out as a young kid.

[@drkvlkndrkvlkn]

🍑🍆👡👢

[@stormykeep9213]

Try GOG. They've got way more of the older DOS games than Steam.

[@HenleyBailey]

So many amazing games that shaped my childhood, thanks MicroProse - you're ace.

[@muskokamike127]

and my early adulthood......

[@cragar55]

What a wonderful stroll down memory lane, and best wishes for the new MicroProse!

[@zetecryt]

Since M1 Tank Platoon, Microprose was my favorite publisher by a long way.. Their simulation titles were always at the forefront, breaking new ground. I remember games that absolutely blew me away - The original "Grand Prix", "Fleet Defender" (F-14 sim not mentioned here) and "European Air War". One could not help but feel the passion in the software, as well as in the massive manuals that came in the box!!

[@Harper0855]

Agreed, no mention of Fleet Defender? ... I spent 100's of hours on that one

[@bubba842]

Team Yankee was a much better game than M1 Tank Platoon. Way better visuals too.

[@CYON4D]

Such a good company, glad that they are still active.

[@PlaySA]

Honestly the new Microprose has very little to do with the old one. A fan of the company bought the IP and resurrected it with all new people. They are putting out interesting games though

[@CYON4D]

@@PlaySA Thanks for the info. Nevertheless it is good to see the company still going :)

[@szut88]

The brand has been refunded.

[@alexroselle]

So much Nostalgia! Ahhhhh... Red Storm Rising was great, I'm glad that Cold Waters gave it the spiritual successor reboot. And I played so much F-19 Stealth Fighter and Knights of the Sky as a kid, loved those games.

[@reggieroo02]

So much nostalgia. I had both Silent Service and F-15 Strike Eagle for my Atari Computer. My roommates and I would race home to get to the computer first to play Master of Orion

[@donkeech1081]

Born in 1960, I was there at the very beginning of it all. I can remember pounding coffee (our RedBull) and typing game code well into the night on my $250.00 Commodore 64. I can even remember later on when game demos came on a 3.5 disk and were included when you bought a PC Gamer magazine. I was one of the very first early-adaptors of the dual video cards systems, mine being 2 - 3Dfx Voodoo2's in SLI...at $300.00 each! Then came LAN gaming (i converted my basement into a wrap-around workbench covering 3 walls, with 5 - IBM 486's, all locked~n~loaded) then Internet BBS, and even to this very day, where the internet has finally acheived it's most perfect final form, Porn! :)

[@Geenimetsuri]

It's fantastic how some of the games from 30+ years ago still have an active community! Microprose was synonymous with quality!

[@rndmstrngr468]

European Air War was one of my first exposures to world of video games as a kid back in the day. Many good memories of that game.

[@suminshizzles6951]

You can play that today on a modern windows 10 machine. I played it a bit yesatereday. The GOG version is working fine unlike a few years ago where we had to do all sorts of work arounds.

[@javasrevenge7121]

I have played these games, MicroProse will be always in my heart.

[@Slaintemaith]

I worked there from 95-01. My first PC game was Solo Flight.

[@Al_gre]

9:34 Grand Prix 3 looks incredible for year 2000...WOW

[@BLWard-ht3qw]

I'm more into war sims, but gotta admit, even the early versions of that Grand Prix game looked kinda nice.

[@jshabadoo]

Grew up with Microprose. Thank you for creating this video!

[@jakobole]

Falcon 4 and it's later indie-developments was a big part of my life years ago. It's fully dynamic campaign is yet to be surpassed.

[@costascostas1760]

So much of my childhood is microprose and i didn't even realize...

[@YouriGinieys-ei2gk]

The best games i played : Gunship, carrier command, stunt car racer, silent service 2. Thanks Microprose !

[@77Arcturus]

Great video. Sounds like some sort of experimental music album. Plenty of heartwarming memories here. MicroProse always keeping it high quality and now here they are creating war games like REGIMENTS and SECOND FRONT etc. Thanks for the video and Happy Gaming! ☕

[@canizlupuzcanizlupuz]

Part of my childhood. Happy memories brought back.

[@taskforce58]

I've spent soooo much hours stalking the Red Banner Northern Fleet in Red Storm Rising. Good Times. Needless to say, the Tom Clancy novel is also my favorite too.

[@gamingtonight1526]

My favourite publisher, must have bought at least 90% of their titles starting with their great 8-bit games on Commodore 64 in the 80s! And Darklands is my favourite cRPG of all time!

[@ViperGTS737]

they have published Highfleet a game made by ONE man, and it became an instant classic, its a hidden gem really, im glad Microprose is active with mostly niche games

[@michalgosciniak468]

I thinkk there is one mistake: Gunship 2000 was made in 1991. In 2000 was made "Gunship!". Cool movie! brings memories

[@modiFive]

You are right.

[@zzodr]

Stunt Car Racer multiplayer with 2 x Amigas hooked up was an absolute blast.

[@alanmountain5804]

They made the best games and that video gave me happy memories

[@subvet3668]

So looking forward to their upcoming games, especially "Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age".

[@thriftweeds]

Nice MicroProse games compilation and thanks for my channel add, but i would added titles to showcase like - Airborne Ranger 1987, Sword of the Samurai 1989, Sid Meier's Covert Action 1990, Lightspeed 1990, Hyperspeed 1991, Special Forces 1992, Rex Nebular 1992, Master of Magic 1994!,ect

[@FrancePreseren87]

Thank you for your videos, you have got really big collection of gameplays on your chanell. I guess i coluld make extened compilation someday. :) In this video I tried to include titles that are included on poster that MicroProse published on offical page when they announced revival of the brand. www.microprose.com/img/assets/what_we_do_big.jpg

[@remypascal4872]

@@FrancePreseren87 You forgot Moto GP 500 (1999) in the list. It was a impressive in graphics in this genre.

[@FrancePreseren87]

@@remypascal4872 yes I did actually play this one back in the days. It really had good graphics. But driving was not that great for my taste if remember right. I liked racing mechanics in grand prix 3 and 4 more.

[@nononsense6973]

m1 tank platoon II was my absolute fav... its a damn shame i cant get it to run on win10, heres hoping that microprose will bring back this gem.

[@v3teran75]

You can get it to run in windows 10 easily

[@nononsense6973]

​@@v3teran75 im not really very savvy with these things, everytime i got it to run even with the wrapper i got the rendering glitch with all the colors, can you break it down for me or do you by chance have a link to a good tutorial?

[@v3teran75]

@@nononsense6973 type into youtube SmartLook M1 Tank Platoon II - Win10 - MicroProse and you will find a video showing how to do it, make sure you also read youtube comments

[@thesquishywafflesanddoopvi1277]

Ahhhh, CGA graphics. Thank god those days are long gone. 😀

[@gravis2000]

Microsoft bought Rainbird in 1989 who made Carrier Command in 1988. Microprose still made fantastic games. F15 strike Eagle, F19, Silent Service, M1 Tank Platoon and others. They were based in Hunt Valley Maryland back then. Bill Stealey used to come into Software Ect. in Hunt Valley mall across the street all the time to check out games. They even prototyped some arcade stand up games in the Space port arcade in the mall. One was a sit down version of F15 Strike Eagle and another was a giant robot battle game kind of like Mech Warrior. Good Times.

[@Mazryonh]

MicroProse developed a recent sequel to Carrier Command as well.

[@ruskiwaffle1991]

I didn't grow up with microprose or any simulators but I'm very much impressed by the array of games they have made throughout the decades. Why don't people make games like this anymore?

[@ClassicTrialsChannel]

They were my favourite games developers, I had there games on amstrad cpc, c64, a1200 and pc, starting 86 till they closed.

[@arikgwie5172]

The most I love from Microprose : Fighter aircraft series game. From F-15 Strike Eagles to F-19 stealth fighter

[@tobiasgamingOfficial]

And now they are returning ...so excited

[@teme007]

As a kid, MP was always proof of quality

[@mysterymayhem7020]

trip down memory lane.

[@robbhays8077]

Red Storm Rising is still the best submarine simulation I've ever played.

[@TheHiredGun187]

XCOM really made me open up to MicroProse. Red Storm Rising especially

[@dou5689]

I remember I tried to find a copy of "European Air war damson" in China at the end of 90s, but that game was never introduced there, not even pirated copies. To this day I'm still having dream where I find a copy of it in the dank corner of some electronic store. That's how much I want it.

[@FrancePreseren87]

It is now avaliable on Steam. If you want physical copy try looking on the Ebay. There are some copies avaliable.

[@dou5689]

@@FrancePreseren87 Thanks man I know, I was talking about the 90s. "The thing you wanted the most but didn't get at the end as a kid" type of story.

[@divinuminfernum]

you got Gunship 2000 mixed up with Gunship!. Gunship 2000 did not come out in 2000, it was much earlier, - a dos game of the early 90s. the third Gunship games titled "Gunship!" was in 1999 and has graphics similar to m1 tank platoon 2 but more refined. too many people and sites seem to just not be aware that Gunship 2000 and "Gunship!" are not the same game at all

[@FrancePreseren87]

You're right, I mixed that up. Gunship 2000 was released in 1991 for DOS. Graphics look very advanced for that period, so I it fooled me the game is from year 2000. :) Thanks for the heads-up.

[@richardhockey8442]

I seem to recall the original concept was for M1 Tank Platoon to have a third entry which would allow multiplayer with Gunship!, but that was around the time Microprose got bought by Hasbro

[@divinuminfernum]

@@richardhockey8442 Yes M1TP3 develeopment had started and there were even some pics of what it would look like and it was basically the gunship! engine - and it was going to interlock with gunship! it would have been aswesome but sadly the development on all of it stopped after Gunship! wasnt the big hit item -

[@bookmaster240]

These games were sick. I used to play 1942 on an Atari PC lol

[@modelrailwaynoob]

I owned all their early flight sims and went to visit their offices in Gloucestershire with some of the first PC gaming magazines.

[@Buktu1975]

Railroad Tycoon, can't forget these days playing as a kid.

[@Teeb2023]

6:53 _"David Coulthard is out of the race"_ Astonishing realism. 😂

[@FrancePreseren87]

Yes, Grand prix 2 was great game. Realistic in every way. 👌😃

[@benrig89]

Man I miss Microprose. B-17 TM8 actually making me care about my crew members and going out of my way to save them....European Air War, which spawned so many planes in the sky at once it blew my 11 year old brain.

[@AceBanana100]

Here is a trip down memory lane for us Elder lemon gamers! lol I even have the original Falcon 4 in its massive box with books and floppy disks - How time changes eh ;-)

[@dennissvitak148]

15. I owned at least 15 games shown above. GREAT games.

[@GarthVonMaraner]

Gunship 2000 was from 1991 and not 2000. There was Covert Action in the same year (not shown).

[@daver7465]

I played SO much Grand Prix 2 way back when...I actually forgot how many games I used to play that they were responsible for!

[@JumangeeNET]

thank you guys for all this great games!

[@nymets1104]

Great Video, but a small error. Gunship 2000 was actually released in 1991 not 2000.

[@GloopSerious-nt9dv]

Why is MicroProse so underrated?

[@KapiteinKrentebol]

Console bias? Microprose was not an underrated dev/pub for PC during the '90s, they were right up there with EA.

[@GloopSerious-nt9dv]

@@KapiteinKrentebol Makes sense... IMO them were the best back then, every game they made in the early nineties was just something else... F1 GP from 1991. is playable even today, and even better than many modern driving simulators...

[@snikeplassken]

Cool!! You made a mistake. In 1992, F15 Strike Eagle III was launched. Maybe not as popular as F15 Strike Eagle II, but let’s not forget it 😉 Microprose is a legend!

[@snikeplassken]

And in 2000, it was Gunship! Gunship 2000 was released in 1991 😊

[@steelscooter]

Gunship 2000 was released in 1991 not 2000, look at the graphics...

[@pvwolfe-6668]

X Com 2, Covert Action also. I had the majority of these on my Amiga.

[@hujiaming6151]

I want Micro Prose to make another Mech Commander game, their first product of this franchise just wow, amazing, so sad they did not do Mech Commander 2, their ability of making such game incredibly good is just well, making them look like god of game makers.

[@MattStuttgart]

Microprose is back! They will release new games in near future

[@user08157]

10:41 sigh..never knew about that. looks great

[@sticky737]

Love you guys

[@InsaneHomer]

Falcon 4.0 FTW!

[@sr707ca8]

This was my childhood for pc gaming I dreamed of trying all of the games but did not 😔

[@jacobnewman2189]

I’m 2 years late but I wish they would do a study level B-17 for DCS you could charge $100 for it and people would instantly buy it.

[@thundershirt1]

Falcon 4 is the pinnacle of flight sims. Just that manual was worth 50 bucks (as I remember). No “Fleet Defender?”

[@bubba842]

Im pretty sure Gunship 2000 came out way before 2000. I remember playing it on my Amiga 500+ in 1993.

[@michaeltuffin8147]

Falcon 4, despite poor performance on machines of its era and tons of bugs, remained the best available military flight simulator for many many years. It's Dynamic Campaign had never been reproduced. Eventually, people moved on to the newer one--the name escapes me at the moment--where you buy modules planes and theaters. Still, some community-modded versions of Falcon 4 are still played heavily today.

[@billpii6314]

I bet I played every one of those games and I'm sitting here looking at MP f-15 strike eagle and then DCS F-15e and thinking WOW how far we've come. While its not fair to compare them graphically due to the Hardware limitations of the day you can compare "fun" and one thing MP, imo, always did was make their "simulations" fun. Can't wait to see what they do with the new Falcon games.

[@gallan671]

What platform is this showing? I had most of these on the Amiga and i remember the graphics - and certainly the sound being much better! Amazing memory trip though - shame Airborn ranger is missing :)

[@aigoru8718]

Colonization! One of my favorite games! Spent too many hours building the perfect trading hub and gunning for the Custom House to circumvent the King's boycott! That one and Worms. Those were the days!!

[@rahmatshazi883]

I actually have the original version of Darklands 5:23 running on my 2000 HP laptop, which still works. And I still play it once a while for grins :)

[@awanwiharya4575]

Now I remember those days when I always saves my money after school. American jet series and m1 tank platoons 😂

[@Fuzz82]

Where is Dark Earth? That game was increnible, and it needs a remake!

[@oldmanonabike233]

Gunship on spectrum was great, and the PC version.

[@niteshmurti]

Haha good video.. brought back sweet memories

[@Teeb2023]

Harrier Jump Jet with its graduated skies and ground textures, (using phong shading?) really raised the bar for 3D environment rendering.

[@PiesliceProductions]

it`s gouraud, basically just vertex colors without textures

[@fabrizio-6172]

Great video

[@xmifi]

With such an amazing catalog of games. Microprose still ended up going bankrupt. It so sad.

[@TheWildcard4542000]

Falcon 4.0 was amazing. I wish they would update that game.

[@KarriKoivusalo]

Falcon BMS is a direct descendant of the F4.0, check it out.

[@TheWildcard4542000]

@@KarriKoivusalo I will. Thank you.

[@henryluebberstedt7819]

Gunship 2000 - oh boy, I've spent so much livetime in that sim. I had high hopes for Gunship! but this software was a desaster. Weeks later MP closed its doors and left the sim buggy as it was.

[@madzen112]

All legends

[@BERTO3127]

So much fun

[@ExUSSailor]

I spent HOURS of my young life playing F-19, and, Red Storm Rising.

[@rainerbehrendt9330]

Same for me. Just looking at a Amiga Keyboard Template at my Wall for Red Storm Rising.

[@richardhockey8442]

Sneaking around Murmansk in F-19 and recreating the 73 Easting battle in M1 Tank Platoon 2

[@Kj16V]

The first two games sounded like the result of eating too much Chipotle

[@sailormoon2565]

Still play Birth of the Federation - would love an update or part 2

[@Reticuli]

And Hasbro screwed up Gunship! Would have been amazing if it'd been finished and integrated with M1. As cited earlier, you got Gunship 2000's date wrong. You really think those graphics came out in 2000? :-)

[@alanmountain5804]

Hasbro screwed up everything to do with Microprose and destroyed the most innovative games company that existed

[@RoadRunner1980]

I remember playing Top Gun (1997) wich isn't on this list.

[@FrancePreseren87]

I also played this one, but did not actually realise that it way published my Microprose.

[@thatguy7085]

I use to play stealth fighter all the time

[@kennethschlegel870]

awesome collection, but at 10:00 Gunship 2000 was a 1991 game

[@RBCharger]

It's time to redo European Air War. I played that game for a year straight back in the day. As far as I'm concerned it hasn't been matched for flight sims.

[@lucmartin6611]

For me the best Falcon 4 / European Air War / Formule1 / Gunship ...

[@JoeyJoJoJr0]

You missed F-14 Fleet Defender

[@BaronKresnar]

...except Gunship 2000 was NOT released in the year 2000, it was a 1991 game.

[@Mazryonh]

Is there any reason why "Mechwarrior 3" isn't on this list? I thought that MicroProse was one of that game's developers.

[@FrancePreseren87]

MicroPorse was publisher, developer was Zipper Interactive. I gues I should have include this one on the video. Hover, here are not all the titles that Microprose published only most well known.

[@Mazryonh]

@@FrancePreseren87 I would think that "Mechwarrior 3" is still remembered fondly. The graphics still look good over 20 years later and the gameplay is still pretty nice.

[@cheddar2648]

2:48 2Lt. "Inept" sounds about right. 😏

[@pauldavies1973]

You forgot to include Star Trek Birth of the Federation

[@Ribarlan]

Gunship 2000 was released in 1991

[@Me109R]

Gunship 2000 wasn't release on the year 2000, more like 91 or 92

[@h0pesfall]

Grand Prix 2 was so fuckin amazing!!!

[@NV..V]

Great video but Gunship 2000 came out in 1991 not 2000.

[@KnisterBlister]

Gunship 2000 is not from 2000. It came out 1991 !