Everything We Know About MicroProse's FOUR Upcoming B-17 Games So Far
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00:00 Intro
01:56 The Bloody 100th
09:12 The Mighty Eighth VR
12:51 B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th REDUX
14:26 Bomber III
15:31 The MicroProse Touch
16:43 Conclusion
Notes on MicroProse's 4 B-17 Titles (Google Docs)
docs.google.com/document/d/1K...
The B-17 Flying Fortress series:
B-17 Flying Fortress: World War II Bombers in Action (1992)
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th (2000)
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th (202X)
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty Eighth VR (Q4 2023)
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Redux (2023)
Bomber III (Additional Info):
Gameplay: • Bomber III (1989) - C...
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MicroProse (Official) Discord:
/ discord
100th Bomb Group Foundation
100thbg.com/
WWII US Bombers' channel:
/ wwiiusbombers
Taff in Exile's channel:
/ taffinexile
Ikrananka's B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Tutorial Series:
• B-17: The Mighty 8th -...
Valiant Effort Discord:
/ discord
Steam Wishlist:
The Mighty Eighth VR: store.steampowered.com/app/13...
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th: store.steampowered.com/app/17...
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th REDUX: store.steampowered.com/app/20...
Bomber III: store.steampowered.com/app/21...
Game links on MicroProse Website
The Mighty Eighth VR: www.microprose.com/games/b-17...
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th: www.microprose.com/games/b-17...
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Redux: www.microprose.com/games/b-17...
Bomber III: www.microprose.com/games/bomb... - Hry
The damage modeling in the Mighty 8th was something special. Making it home in tatters was so satisfying
I'm so glad to see MP coming back out with updated visuals and new games. The Mighty 8th was one of my personal favorites...
I would love to see them give some sort of mention or tribute to the B-17 "Texas Raiders" that was lost in Dallas recently. It seems fitting to honor those who honored the B-17's legacy.
Dude I was thinking the same thing. I flew on it but a few months back. And both my father in-law and brother in-law worked with that plane many years back. It was one of the most beautiful b17s I have ever had the privilege to see
+1
Two of my grand uncles were B-17 pilots, flying over 100 combined missions over Germany in WWII. Both survived. What a fortress.
wasn't there a 25 mission cap (per person)
@@pele220 I have the newspaper clipping framed on my wall. These kids would lie about anything to serve it really was the greatest generation.
from what i've gathered yes 25 mission cap, but you can re enlist to fly more@@pele220
Also, speaking of WW2 game classics, Hidden&Dangerous 1 and 2, needs a remaster with 2022 graphics and improved game mechanics. Both games were based on SAS operations during that period, and provided an amazing immensity level in all aspects.
Microprose! The dream makers of the 90’s. Can’t wait to see what they do with this!
I'm really excited about the future at Microprose! Between the B-17 and Task Force series, there are glory days ahead!
I started with their late eighties titles: f15 strike eagle, redstorm rising, f19 stealth fighter. Its incredible to have them back after thirty years.
I am stoked for the Bloody 100th!
Thank you for this update. I haven't heard a peep in years... Ever since the original "we're working on a sequel to The Mighty 8th"
I hope the devs use both versions of the B-24, to show the war time progression from the D to the G, H and J models. I can’t wait to see the final product.
I got my first computer in 1982, a Commodore 64. MicroProse was a huge part of my teenage gaming years in the 80s.
Excellent video; this took a lot of work. Looking forward to the series being released. We need a high quality alternative to IL-2 BoX.
2022 is the GREATEST YEAR EVER! Who would of thought that the day would come when FOUR separate B-17 games have been announced in the same YEAR, and by the SAME PUBLISHER!
Really looking forward to this. Thank you for putting this video together. Much appreciated.
Excellent video! I remember game manuals. I remember playing the mighty 8th as a young man. That and watching Memphis Belle on vcr every night. Part of what inspired me to join the Army. Now in my early 40s I can’t wait to jump back in and pay homage to the greatest generation.
Great to see MicroProse back. I still have many of their old games in my bookcase. Pacific Air War, F14 Fleet defender and also, of course, B-17 the Mighty 8th! I used to play these games to death when I was a teen. I hope I can still find that kind of time and crawl back into the cockpit of a B-17.
Very much looking forward to this title. Great upload. Much appreciated!
Great vid mate. I've been watching Taff's playthroughs recently and had no idea there were these games in dev, and I'm now suitably excited thank to you.
I've been playing Carrier Command 2 for a while now and I simply love it. I'm happy to see MicroProse after all these years. I've always been a huge fan of their simulation based games. I'm also a huge World War 2 (self-described) historian. So, I'll be glad to see what sorts of historical accuracies are in the game. I often frequent a local museum which has a B17 inside and once came with a pretty amazing story.
I was reading the placard, describing what sorts of mission this particular B17 plane was on. In one instance, it described a man who was the tail-gunner and fought off numerous German's as they bombed factories and bomb making facilities. The rear gunner had been shot on the route back. The tour guide, then waved over towards an very old gentleman, who was very short and wore old WW2 clothes, coat, hat and slacks. He talked further about the incident that took place and that he was that rear gunner.
I was never more enamored with a person, than I was in the moment.
Thank you so much for this! Great collection of information!
Great and informative video, thanks. I will be getting them all on release...Microprose ROCK!
Wouldn't mind seeing a remake of Aces over Europe and Aces over the Pacific.
SAME
Excellent review. Looking forward to the release of those titles!
thank you for this video i absolutely love the b17 and i cant wait for these games to come out thank you for the information
God please you MicroProse. Finally something to look forward too.
It would be great if the whole planning stage could be done co op. Using different aircraft and each player having a separate formation attacking one target.
The Redux is exciting news! I still like to play the Mighty Eighth. There was a decent online community for it. I really hope they add multi-player this time.
Thank you for all the information. Subscribed!
So cool if we can have B-29 campaigns as well in the Bloody 100th.
I love that Microprose is back...and they've been nailing it
I played an old Microprose b17 game on a 386dx in the mid 90s.... can't wait to see what they do now.
What an exciting time to see all of the new B-17 games. I will be picking up most of them ,as I have the originals still. I even paid for a real flight in one at Oshkosh in 2019. Valiant Effort would be awesome too being Canadian.
Super excited for this! Wish it was coming sooner.
Being a waist gunner in vr would be wild. Glad to see another set of entries in this series. Played it quite a lot when I was a kid
Was fortunate to have a walk through of the B17 "Sentimental Journey" at an airshow. Seeing the tight quarters in this impressive machine and what was undoubtedly terrifying at times for these brave airmen was as incredible as it was unfathomable. Looking forward to these.
So excited for these' so many late nights ahead staying up late and being totally tired in the morning at work
Very good video. It would be cool if you could go over the naval warfare sims next, like TFA and Sea Power.
Keep up the good work :)
Looks great so far! It's been such a long time since the last B-17 PC game.
So long waiting for this game :)
I have fond memories of the 1982 Intellivision B-17 Bomber game. While it was single player both controllers were always active. Twelve year old me spent many late night hours with friends flying missions over Europe. One of us would navigate, pilot, and bomb, the other would man the 4 gun turrets. Of course there was only 1 screen, so we'd have to be careful not to steal control of the plane away from each other at those critical moments.
I was surprised to hear that MP is still around. So many good game manufacturers went out of business. SSI and westwood did some good stuff.
I still have the manual to the first BP B17 game. It had some interesting stories in it. And some of the photos of heavily damaged bombers that actually made it home.
You forgot to mention the intellivision game. B-17 BOMBER circa 1982
I am retired. Just built a new gaming PC. And have said I have enough titles. This (2000 Redux) may be exception. Thank you for your work to assemble this video.
Even the mention of the name Microprose caught my eye and got me excited. The games produced by this company provided me with many, many hours of enjoyment. I am looking forward to playing their new product.
Thanks for this awesome video ❤
Thank you so much for this video now im.even more pumped
Finally I get to fly a B24!!! The VR has me VERY excited. Just the ability to walk around these aircraft and climb in and out has me loosing my chit!
Four B-17 games!? They're really coming back with a bang, aren't they!?
I hope the Mighty 8th Redux will be available to people who own the original, though I would have no problem supporting them by buying it again if I have to. A cool feature for the Bloody 100th would be a character pool system much like XCOM 2, so that you could make endless amounts of possible crew members to get assigned to your 17 in the event that one of your originals dies.
It's late 2023 and I still haven't heard a thing about these games since around the time of this video.
From Project Stealth Fighter on the ZX Spectrum, to B17, and finally (for me) F177 on the PC, Microprose has a special place in my gaming life.
I still play The Mighty Eighth game from 2000 and Microprose’s European Air War from 1998. I’m really excited about the The Mighty Eighth Redux. I don’t think I’ll be able to run The Bloody 100th but I’m glad we’re getting a little bit of everything.
Hope They're As Good As The Bomber Level In COD United Offensive & Glad To Hear It Comes With REAL Documentation. Loved Their Flight Sim From The Late '90's.
Hella good video also I am now more excited about the mighty eighth then I have been since it was announced
I spent so many hours in the mighty 8th Cannot wait
Can’t wait for these
Very good. Thanks
I am happy to see different bombers available other than the B-17, I have always been a fan of the B-24 myself.
Lancaster, Halifax & Short Sterling need an own bomber game.
loved the 2000 game. Felt like I knew at least how to flip all the switches to get a real on started. Blew up some speakers cranking it once also.
Great video
Wow im wetting my pants for all of this! Microprose are back with a bang.
wow .. i didn't know micropose was still in business. I played a game of theirs back in the 80's called F-19 Stealth Fighter. It was an awesome game and I have no idea how they packed so much content on a 512K floppy disk!
Well this will be a Day 1 purchase. I can only hope that the engine these guys are developing go on to give life to the Korean War, the Vietnam era, post Vietnam, Cold War and Modern Era. I love MSFS 2020, but there is a serious lack of combat sims outside of DCS.
The gameplay on the the Mighty Eighth is fine. It's the damn interface that bites. I wonder if there is any chance for a European Air War remaster. That game may have been Micropose's crowning achievement.
Good stuff
I hope the Bloody 100th comes out in my lifetime. I'll go and buy myself a yoke setup for this one. Using a stick would by blasphemy!
I have been wanting a good bomber sim. If they created a b-29 add-on expansion I would be in heaven. I hope there is a vr option for this game.
Looking forward to Lancasters being in there. Especially if we can be 617 and do that low level dam raid. Awesome.
They have their steam page up.
The 100th reputation was severely damaged after a "supposed" incident of a damaged B17 who lowered its main gear while being attacked by enemy fighters, an agreed signal that meant "I surrender." As the Luftwaffe fighters closed in to escort the B17 to land, the B17 suddenly opened fire. it was quickly shot down but all Luftwaffe pilots became aware of the incident and gave no quarter to any 100th Group B17's, in fact they supposedly targeted the 100th in any formation.
Haven't heard about Microprose in 30 years. Thought they where long gone.
I bought the game B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th of 2000. It did not truly deliver on all its hype, which became typical of Microprose in the 90s and early 2000s. Such as the disastrous "1944 Across the Rhine" which was hyped to be a first-person tactical combat game of the ETO where the fanbase was led to believe players would have Commanders cupola control of Panzers and US tanks. It became a ridiculous attempt to mix an operational and tactical wargame. B-17 of 2000 suffered from many bugs which were never really fixed. Inside the aircraft you had crew members running around like they had dementia, often failing to do their jobs. There were flyable fighters and we were led to believe the game would have multiplayer/online play. This led to the fanbase of players creating many "online squadrons" in anticipation of this. Unfortunately, multiplayer was never included in the game. Although the B-17s had considerable detail and seemed to have somewhat realistic damage and flight models, the fighter planes were simplistic to the point of arcade modeling.
Wow this is absolutely awesome. I just wish I had a decent computer to play them on.
I have the "Mighty Eighth" from years ago but haven't been able to play it in years.
Loved the orig
wow , wow , wow . 100/100.
Holllllieeeeeee SMOKES boys!!!!! If this doesn't make a man excited...it's cause he's got no pulse!!!!!
VR in a B-17? AND with 9 REAL crew members? thats AMAZING
Bummed we won't see the VR version for another year. Also hope they allow for high detail settings for those of us with high-end PCVR rigs, and don't force us to use Quest-level dumbed down graphics. Looking forward to playing this though.
Civilization 1 was my first taste...
What a ride.
Can't wait to fly in the Lancaster at night over Berlin will be awesome
I'd love to see the DH Mosquito in the game- that might end up being from modders rather than MP themselves. Operation Jericho and flying down the streets of Amiens would be a challenge!
I’m so excited for this new proyect
this video is just fantastic. thank you for collating all this information. the only part i didn’t like is the timeline. i was hoping redux might be early next year and 100 in q4. it’s been way too long
Thank god a WWII game developer is doing their homework.
I hope the bloody 100th gets released soon
I will definitely buy this when it comes out but it would be great to see a spin-off game about British Lancaster raids. [EDIT] Ooh!!! I didn't play the video to the end and Lancaster bombers are in!!!
YESSSSSSS!
I'm super stoked to see these coming, but I still can't understand the difference between each game...which one will be closest to a flight sim, say, DCS, or the Accu Sim B-17 for FSX?
We don’t know, there isn’t any info I could find that clarified on this unfortunately . It’s one of my questions as well in my Google Docs.
I suspect that Bloody 100th and Mighty Eighth VR will both have the cockpit sophistication of DCS/AccuSim and the world will have the weather sophistication that is more comparable to MSFS than DCS. I think it’s important to capture the dynamism of these elements (plane and world) as players will be spending a long time in both these areas.
Thanks for the info. BTW, you should consider getting a pop filter for your mic.
Oh...if I'm not mistaken....at 16:37 the pin-up in the lower left corner was inspired by non other than Betty White! I may be wrong...but I think my memory isn't deceiving me.
Betty Grable...
I have the 2000 game and am just getting started to learn it with Ikrananka and Taff's videos. . However, I am interested in locating the manual for the 1992 release: “B-17 Flying Fortress: World War II Bombers in Action”, but could not locate it. I don't think it is copyright protected any longer, but the web does not seem to have it. Any thoughts? FOUND IT.
Not to be heretical, but my favorite bomber game came out in '91 from LucasArts (still LucasFilm Games at this point), Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe - playing as waist, tail, ball, turret and nose gunners on a B-17. I'm sure these MP games will be a tad more realistic.
do you think that in the mighty eighth and bloody 100 there will be dynamic missions? and also do you think they will have a larger multiplayer, as in one bomber has 10 guys and then another bomber in the formation has another ten guys
what do you mean dynamic missions?
I don't think either will have 100 players, 10 crews.
Bloody 100th has no mention of online as of now.
VR has mention of online coop where 10 players survive in one B17. I imagine there will be a PvP with AI where I survive in a B17 while you are probably in a 262 hunting me down.
All of this is speculation right now. No concrete info yet.
wonder if the promotion of the crew works this time , nobody ever got promoted in the mighty 8th but got lots of medals
Might have to get a VR headset. Oh wait, multiplayer only? Never mind.
How amazing would it be if Microprose did a modern version of Gunship 2000; keep the same gameplay but modern graphics and perhaps add other countries too. As was the plan for Gunship! but not arcade as that was.
So glad they are coming back... Spent a lot of time B-17... Civ.. F-117.. F-15.. Falcon 3 and 4.. All the Grand Prix... And just about eveyrthing they had
Really wish they would finish tiny combat arena…
I've had very little interest in sims for years now, but this... oh my
B24's in that pic mate lol!
I hope its coming out on the Xbox.