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  • Sean O'Connor's Firefight submitted for Steam Greenlight

    From Andy@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 20 14:32:29 2016
    Just in case anyone comes by here occasionally.

    Sean O'Connor is attempting to Greenlight his new version of Firefight. It's been in the i-store for a year or so but I don't get i-thingys and have been hoping for a PC version. Firefight is often described as "Close Combat lite" but, IMO, CC would be
    improved if it did some things the Firefight way.

    The Greenlight page is here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=656456792

    I guess any support would help.

    Thanks,

    Andy
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  • From Giftzwerg@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 21 18:34:09 2016
    In article <7dba8d9b-2b88-4974-8427-6e17d2e22040@googlegroups.com>, pioneerronin@gmail.com says...

    Just in case anyone comes by here occasionally.

    Sean O'Connor is attempting to Greenlight his new version of Firefight. It's been in the i-store for a year or so but I don't get i-thingys and have been hoping for a PC version. Firefight is often described as "Close Combat lite" but, IMO, CC would
    be improved if it did some things the Firefight way.

    The Greenlight page is here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=656456792

    I guess any support would help.

    There's been a PC version out for some time. I play it fairly often.
    It's even free:

    http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/ff.html

    I don't know if it's been updated to modern versions of Windows (I play
    it on an XP laptop I keep for such purposes), but it's long been a
    favorite of mine.

    I find it very COMMAND OPS-esque, what with orders delay and unit
    frontages. It's also very rich in features and units.

    Definitely giving this page a look, because a Steam version would be
    boss.

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  • From Giftzwerg@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 21 18:39:25 2016
    In article <MPG.31831f694fa966d6989a6f@news.giganews.com>, giftzwerg999 @hotmail.com says...

    In article <7dba8d9b-2b88-4974-8427-6e17d2e22040@googlegroups.com>, pioneerronin@gmail.com says...

    Just in case anyone comes by here occasionally.

    Sean O'Connor is attempting to Greenlight his new version of Firefight. It's been in the i-store for a year or so but I don't get i-thingys and have been hoping for a PC version. Firefight is often described as "Close Combat lite" but, IMO, CC
    would be improved if it did some things the Firefight way.

    The Greenlight page is here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=656456792

    I guess any support would help.

    There's been a PC version out for some time. I play it fairly often.
    It's even free:

    http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/ff.html

    I don't know if it's been updated to modern versions of Windows (I play
    it on an XP laptop I keep for such purposes), but it's long been a
    favorite of mine.

    I find it very COMMAND OPS-esque, what with orders delay and unit
    frontages. It's also very rich in features and units.

    Definitely giving this page a look, because a Steam version would be
    boss.

    ADDENDUM: I just looked, and I have the Full Version, which, IIRC, cost
    me about five bucks back in the day, and now goes for $20. Well worth
    it - although I see you can buy *all* O'Connor's games for $30.

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  • From Dimitris Dranidis@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 23 12:54:56 2016
    Haven't played this in a while but I remember it got a lot of things just right.
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  • From Giftzwerg@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 23 18:19:50 2016
    In article <9e8666fb-3271-4439-b064-a92160cfff1a@googlegroups.com>, sunburngr@gmail.com says...

    Haven't played this in a while but I remember it got a lot of things just right.

    I still play it fairly commonly. Nice, tight, quick-playing wargame.

    Great for when a gamer doesn't have time for COMMAND, COMMAND-OPS, or
    some other more-involved wargame.

    I have all Sean O'Connor's games. They're all pretty good, though my
    interest in them (obviously) varies.

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    Party off $20 bill, replaces with gun-toting, bible -
    thumping Republican."
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