Octopus Overlords

Posted: **Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:40 am**

And you're wondering how is this related to gaming?

The history is about MicroProse's implosion in 1996. I mean the ORIGINAL MicroProse, BEFORE they got taken over by Hasbro and Infogrames (and Atari, whatever).

At the time, I started gathering information and organized them on a webpage. I ended up debating with a more... professional journalist working for CNET's Gamecenter... and you can read the rest yourself.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/com ... e4c03e2b35

Posted: **Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:31 am**

HA! That's great stuff, Kasey. Way to give the smackdown to CNet! Any idea where this guy is now?

Posted: **Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:17 am**

I enjoyed that little retro-read!

Posted: **Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:02 am**

That's pretty cool that Reynolds would forward you the press release on Firaxis, that's a little bit of firsthand PC game history!

Posted: **Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:26 am**

Here's another fun tidbit...

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/com ... eef5d417bd

A bit of trivia... Gilman Louie, CEO of Spectrum HoloByte (later MicroProse) later left the company and became the front man for a venture cap company backed by the CIA. (yes, our CIA).

Octopus Overlords

Guess what I found via Google... a bit of my own history!

Guess what I found via Google... a bit of my own history!