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 20th August 2006, 8:37pm
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Scary Scarred Squaddie  Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: September 2005 Member No.: 3,863  |
Hello guys!
Just wanted to say that I loved to see the original adverts. I remember the UFO and TFTD ones from the old days, but hadn't seen the Apocalypse adverts before. They were brilliant as well... ah, good old days of the golden age of Microprose. Attitude and brilliance. |
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20th August 2006, 8:50pm
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 Mr. Grognard Group: Admin Posts: 2,752 Joined: January 2004 From: Sheboygan WI, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
Thanks Knan!
 Yeah, they sure are great. I'm actually thinking of turning them back into posters for some ambiance in my "workroom".  - Zombie --------------------  QUOTE(JellyfishGreen) Zombie: Empirical data's your only man, when formulating a research plan. A soldier's death is never in vain if it makes the formula more plain. A few dozen make a better case for refining that third decimal place. They call me Zombie because I don't sleep, as I slowly struggle to climb this heap, of corpses, data points, and trials, but from the top - I'll see for miles! |
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20th August 2006, 9:50pm
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 Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,930 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
Yep, it's good stuff!
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"If you're not into Metal then you are not my friend!" - Manowar |
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21st August 2006, 8:16pm
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Squaddie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: July 2006 Member No.: 4,701 |
Umm....Where they at?
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21st August 2006, 10:30pm
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Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,930 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
-------------------- Greetings from Olav
"If you're not into Metal then you are not my friend!" - Manowar |
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22nd August 2006, 10:13am
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 Fire Imp - Cat? Me? No never! Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: November 2005 From: England Member No.: 4,033 |
On that subject, what the hell is the creature on the EU poster?
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22nd August 2006, 11:15am
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 I've got my eye on you! Group: Site Staff Posts: 511 Joined: November 2002 From: Slovenia Member No.: 1,078 |
QUOTE(uriaheep @ 22nd August 2006, 10:13am)  On that subject, what the hell is the creature on the EU poster? Nothing. It looks a bit like a Tentaculat from Terror from the Deep... But they didn't make an appearance in EU. |
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22nd August 2006, 1:11pm
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Fire Imp - Cat? Me? No never! Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: November 2005 From: England Member No.: 4,033 |
It makes you wonder if they had some other aliens for the game.
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22nd August 2006, 3:53pm
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 Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,039 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
I seem to recall some bit of info from about 5-6 years ago stating that this advert was released well in advance of the game, which makes sense really.
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22nd August 2006, 7:28pm
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Fire Imp - Cat? Me? No never! Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: November 2005 From: England Member No.: 4,033 |
But even so, the screenshots are of the game we know and love, yet that alien is sort of "Lovecraftian", not in the same mould as the others - like Spacevoyager says. like a tentaclat.
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22nd August 2006, 10:44pm
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 The Guv'nor Group: Site Staff Posts: 1,810 Joined: September 2002 From: England of course! West Sussex Member No.: 1,168 |
what happened to the other great TFTD advert? Same kind of picture IIRC but had the wording 'Longer. Harder. Wetter. And nothing at all to do with porn.'
 And before anyone asks yes it is a real advert
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Go check em out, UFO TFTD and Apocalypse all under one roof!!! Also why not check out XCom : Colonisation over in the special projects forum. Won't kill you if you do, might kill you if you don't! |
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22nd August 2006, 11:32pm
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 Maverick Hunter Group: Site Staff Posts: 802 Joined: November 2004 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 101 |
I heard there was a Shark-man in TFTD but was not in the final version.
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23rd August 2006, 7:10am
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,039 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
The other ad is around somewhere as is the picture of the Shark Man.
Ah, the Shark Dude Thing is here: http://xcom.strategyplanet.gamespy.com/x2x7.shtml I really need to see about getting some of that stuff mirrored over on our site as that site might not be around forever - last news post is 2 years old and Gamespy have a policy of taking outdated stuff offline. -------------------- |
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