* 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
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