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Falcon 4 History Chart * * Falcon 4 History Chart * Legend ___ source code edits Spectrum Holobyte iBeta Realism Patch eTeam Cobra/RedViper ViperOps OpenFalcon - - - data edits only MicroProse Realism Patch Group F4 Unified Team FreeFalcon Lead Pursuit GlobalFalcon ..... compatibility iBeta eRazor G2Interactive F4UT/BMS Skunkworks BenchMarkSims F-16 Fighting Falcon released 1984 F-16 Fighting Falcon by Spectrum Holobyte 1985 1986 1987 Falcon Falcon released 1988 Falcon AT Falcon AT released 1989 Operation Counterstrike 1990 Operation Firefight 1991 Falcon 3.0 Falcon 3.0 released 1992 Operation Fighting Tiger Spectrum Holobyte 1993 MiG-29 acquires MicroProse Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter Falcon 4.0 Falcon 3.0 Gold released 1994 xx/09/94 development starts Falcon 4.0 announced 1995 Spectrum Holobyte 1996 uses MicroProse brand 1997 1998 12/08/98 Hasbro acquires MicroProse Falcon 4.0 released 11/12/98 1.00 by MicroProse 20/12/98 1.03 1999 03/02/99 1.04 04/03/99 1.06 20/07/99 1.07 07/12/99 1.08 F4 team laid off by Hasbro F4 team continue to work 17/12/99 1.08i until end of month 26/12/99 1.08i2 2000 18/02/00 iBeta Realism Patch 1.0 09/04/00 1.07 source code leaked 15/05/00 iBeta Realism Patch 2.0 F4Patch 1.0 17/05/00 iBeta Realism Patch 2.0a F4Patch 1.1 18/05/00 F4Patch 1.2 20/05/00 F4Patch 1.2.1 24/05/00 F4Patch 1.3 25/05/00 F4Patch 1.3a 29/05/00 iBeta Realism Patch 2.1 04/06/00 F4Patch 1.3b 11/06/00 F4Patch 1.4 25/06/00 F4Patch 1.4.1 04/07/00 eRazor 1.075-9 20/07/00 iBeta Realism Patch 3.0 22/07/00 F4Patch 2.0 26/07/00 eRazor 1.0795 05/08/00 F4Patch 2.1 06/08/00 F4Patch 2.1.1 Realism Patch no longer 21/08/00 associated with iBeta 13/11/00 F4Patch 3.0 22/11/00 Realism Patch 4.0 F4Patch 3.0.1 26/11/00 F4Patch 3.1 Hasbro removes official 09/12/00 F4 website 01/01/01 F4Patch 3.2 2001 10/01/01 Realism Patch 4.1 12/01/01 F4Patch 3.2.1 26/01/01 F4Patch 3.2.2 27/01/01 eRazor 1.0799 Hasbro Interactive 29/01/01 acquired by Infogrames 24/02/01 F4Patch 3.2.3 25/02/01 eRazor 1.0799-1 07/03/01 F4Patch 3.2.4 20/03/01 F4Patch 3.2.5 13/04/01 F4Patch 4.0 17/04/01 eFalcon 1.09 Letter of Intent between 15/05/01 G2Intercatives and Infogrames 04/07/01 F4Patch 4.1 Exe'edits deadline 06/08/01 Realism Patch 5.0 eFalcon 1.10 F4Patch 4.1.1 by G2Interactive 13/08/01 F4Patch 4.1.2 17/08/01 F4Patch 4.1.3 Launch of the F4UT 31/08/01 SuperPAK project 09/09/01 F4Patch 4.1.4 20/10/01 F4Patch 4.1.5 13/11/01 SuperPak 1 18/11/01 F4Patch 4.1.6 22/11/01 SuperPak 1a Infogrames licenses F4 20/12/01 to G2Interactive 2002 20/01/02 F4Patch 4.2 28/01/02 SuperPak 2 07/05/02 F4Patch 4.2.1 Force12 announces 21/05/02 F4 Gold: OIR 28/05/02 F4Patch 4.2.2 04/06/02 SuperPak 3 SP3 source code xx/xx/02 F4:OIR transferred to G2I ViperOps secretly created 29/07/02 ViperOps to continue SP work 12/08/02 F4Patch 4.3 2003 xx/xx/03 ViperOps changelog leaked xx/03/03 FreeFalcon announced 25/04/03 FreeFalcon 1 Infogrames changes 07/05/03 its name to Atari 13/05/03 FreeFalcon 1a BenchMarkSims reaches xx/08/03 a deal with G2I BenchMarkSims announces 20/09/03 BMS 0.5 Falcon4-BMS 27/09/03 BMS 0.6 29/09/03 FreeFalcon 2 G2Interactive announces that 02/10/03 work on SP4 cannot continue Apologies from 04/10/03 G2Interactive's president 05/10/03 BMS 0.7 13/10/03 BMS 0.8 21/10/03 BMS 0.9 22/10/03 MP 2 23/10/03 BMS 0.92 24/10/03 MP 3 25/10/03 BMS 0.94 29/10/03 MP 4 06/11/03 BMS 0.97 14/11/03 MP 5 17/11/03 BMS 0.98 21/11/03 MP 5-1 26/11/03 BMS 0.99 20/12/03 BMS 1.00 30/12/03 BMS 1.01 31/12/03 BMS 1.02 2004 01/01/04 BMS 1.03 09/01/04 FreeFalcon 2.1 21/02/04 F4Patch 5.0 25/02/04 SuperPak 4 G2Interactive decines Atari's 29/02/04 † F4 Gold OIR offer; no more F4 Gold: OIR 24/05/04 BMS 2.03 Atari cease and desist 26/05/04 letter to BMS 27/05/04 SuperPak 4.1 03/06/04 SP4.1 BMS data 1.0 11/06/04 SP4.1 BMS data 1.3 19/07/04 FreeFalcon 3 20/07/04 SP4.1 BMS data 1.4 High Fidelity Flight Models 25/10/04 HFFMs released 09/11/04 SuperPak 4.2 17/11/04 SP4.2 BMS data 1.0 BMS joined OF effort 16/01/05 2005 CobraOne 1.0 Cobra forked BMS 02/03/05 FreeFalcon 3.1/Cobra 1.1 15/03/05 FreeFalcon 3.1.1/Cobra 1.1.1 Falcon 4.0: Allied Force 28/06/05 Allied Force 1.0.1 released by Lead Pursuit OpenFalcon reveals itself 30/07/05 End of development announced 09/08/05 Allied Force 1.0.2 17/09/05 Allied Force 1.0.3 29/12/05 Allied Force 1.0.4 2006 15/01/06 Allied Force 1.0.5 02/05/06 Allied Force 1.0.6 05/06/06 Allied Force 1.0.7 OF beta from April 23 leaked 18/08/06 OpenFalcon 4.1 OpenFalcon dismantled BenchMarkSims takes over xx/09/06 OF development 05/11/06 Allied Force 1.0.8 19/11/06 Allied Force 1.0.9 2007 30/01/07 FreeFalcon 4/RedViper 1 RedViper coders join Cobra Last underground OF beta 05/02/07 OpenFalcon 4.3 from August 2006 released OpenFalcon patch takeover 09/02/07 OpenFalcon 4.3.1 by GlobalFalcon community 25/02/07 Allied Force 1.0.10 02/03/07 OpenFalcon 4.4 04/03/07 OpenFalcon 4.4.1 19/03/07 FreeFalcon 4/RV 1.0.0.3 29/03/07 FreeFalcon 4/RV 1.0.0.4 01/04/07 Allied Force 1.0.11 14/06/07 Allied Force 1.0.12 15/08/07 OpenFalcon 4.5 2008 27/01/08 Allied Force 1.0.13 18/05/08 OpenFalcon 4.6 25/12/08 OpenFalcon 4.7 RedViper coders 27/02/09 2009 FreeFalcon 5 have left FreeFalcon 04/06/09 FreeFalcon 5.0a 14/10/09 FreeFalcon 5.3 2010 xx/xx/10 † Allied Force Lead Pursuit Inc. is no more 10/05/10 FreeFalcon 5.5 27/06/10 FreeFalcon 5.5.1 13/08/10 Skunkworks 1.2 28/09/10 FreeFalcon 5.5.2 11/10/10 FreeFalcon 5.5.3 2011 01/02/11 Skunkworks 2.0 14/02/11 FreeFalcon 5.5.4 28/02/11 FreeFalcon 5.5.5 08/04/11 † Skunkworks Skunkworks mod stopped 04/09/11 BMS 4.32 Falcon BMS released 2012 16/02/12 BMS 4.32 Update 1 09/04/12 FreeFalcon 6.0 BMS 4.32 Update 2 24/07/12 BMS 4.32 Update 3 29/12/12 BMS 4.32 Update 4 FreeFalcon mod stopped 16/01/13 2013 † FreeFalcon FreeFalconOSP launched 21/01/13 Atari filed for bankruptcy 24/04/13 BMS 4.32 Update 5 18/06/13 BMS 4.32 Update 6 Tommo Inc. bought rights from 22/07/13 Atari bankruptcy proceedings 10/11/13 BMS 4.32 Update 7 2014 30/10/14 † FreeFalconOSP FreeFalconOSP last commit 2015 30/10/15 BMS 4.33 Tommo asked for clarification 29/01/16 2016 of licensing issues Agreement reached between 23/03/16 BMS and Tommo BMS continues development with 05/04/16 BMS 4.33 Update 1 copyright owner permission 07/10/16 BMS 4.33 Update 2 29/12/16 BMS 4.33 Update 3 3-4 weeks Future BenchMarkSims CC BY-SA 4.0 Latest version available at http://sites.google.com/site/falcon4history/.
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