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Babylon 5: Into the Fire (Game)

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Babylon 5: Into the Fire
Publisher: Sierra
Release date: Unreleased
Intended for Late Spring 2000.
Media type: CD-ROM
Canon: Yes
Timeline: 2264

Babylon 5: Into the Fire was an unreleased space simulator computer game developed in 1998 by Yosemite Entertainment for Sierra Entertainment.

Contents

[edit] Story

"The Babylon 5 Space Combar Simulator begins on the third anniversary of the Interstellar Alliance — two years after the end of Season 5. Aside from one brief conflict with the Centauri Republic early in its first year, ISA President John Sheridan has delivered on his promise to keep the peace among its member worlds."

"But behind the scenes, away from the bright lights of news hover-cams, trouble is brewing. Races that have been at peace during the last two years are starting to fight over borders and the rights to new technologies. Random attacks on shipping lanes are growing in number. There are troubling reports of powerful, unidentified warships near the rim. It could be nothing at all—paranoia because things have been going along so well? Or it could be exactly what it looks like... trouble."

[edit] Credits

[edit] Cast

[edit] Development Crew

  • Christopher Franke: Music
  • Luc Mayrand: Concept Artist
  • Dave Artis: Programmer
  • Jack Nichols: 3D Artist
  • Victor Crews: Composer
  • Dan Peters: Lightwave Animator
  • Vassily Flippov: Programmer
  • Robin Phanco: 3D Artist
  • Dan Foy: Programmer
  • Bryan Phillips: Lightwave Animator
  • Nicholas Gauvin: Programmer
  • Ken Prugh: Producer
  • Benito Gonzales: Programmer
  • Jeff Reitman: Programmer
  • Marc Hudgins: Art Director
  • John Trauger: Lead Quality Assurance
  • Keith Landes: Production Coordinator
  • Stan Trujillo: Programmer
  • Randy Littlejohn: Designer
  • John Walker: Ai Programmer
  • Christy Marx: Consultant/Writer
  • Stuart Compton: 3D Artist
  • Charles Kostick: Programmer
  • Shannon Haynes: Project Manager
  • Byrt Martinez: Producer
  • Victor Sadauskas: Programmer

[edit] Development

"The game would have allowed players to go through all of the major wars of the B5 universe -- the Dilgar War, the Earth/Minbari War, the Shadow War and the Earth Civil War -- with a chance of affecting the outcomes and dealing with the temporal stresses caused by that."

JMS, 9/21/1999 [2]


[edit] Cancellation

Work on this game ended on September 21, 1999, when, as part of a corporate reorganization, Sierra cancelled it and laid off its development staff when the game was only a few months away from release.[3] This game was to have cast the player as the pilot of a Starfury fighter craft, giving the player an opportunity to "move up through the ranks," and eventually take command of capital ships and even fleets. Christopher Franke composed and recorded new music for the game, and live action footage was filmed with the primary actors from the series.[1] Some of Franke's music for the game was included on a separate disc that came with "The Official Guide to Babylon 5 (CD ROM)", also published by Sierra.

[edit] Official Teaser

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