Kennedy Approach - remake update to V1.7 available.

Mark S.

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Aug 3, 2008, 5:27:33 PM8/3/08

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Kennedy Approach is (or was) an ATC simulation game that first appeared
on the C64 back in the eighties. It was the first game to use a speech
engine (computer generated voice) which was quite an achievement for a
64kb game. It was probably the first ever realtime strategy game (RTS).

It now runs on Windows 98 and higher. It also works in Linux using
wine. Kennedy Approach is a freeware game and also fully portable since
it does not disturb the Windows registry in any way.

If you are currently using Kennedy Approach you can update from within
the game itsself or if not, then you can find a download (1.4 Mb) link
at the author's home page,
http://www.kennedyapproach.com
where among other good things you will find the online manual and a
forum dedicated to the game.

Enjoy!

Mark S.

T0M

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Aug 10, 2008, 11:06:32 AM8/10/08

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Tnx very Mark !

Kennedy Approach was one of my favorite game on my Atari 800xl :o)

T0M

Mark S.

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Aug 10, 2008, 12:44:23 PM8/10/08

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If you would like to have the Atari color scheme, then you can change
the .ini file that Kennedy Approach creates when you first exit the game.
To do this change the 2nd line in the file "Kennedy Approach.ini"
from
ColorScheme=C64
to
ColorScheme=Atari

This remake has very minimal requirements. I was played it yesterday on
a PII/133Mhz/Win95/DirectX8. Without DirctX8 there is no sound. Didn't
have a slopwer computer to check it on though :(

Mark

Flight

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Aug 10, 2008, 4:22:57 PM8/10/08

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"Mark S." <markrol...@sbcglobal.net> schreef in bericht
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Well the way I met air traffic, was always from in the sky. I was flying
glider planes, up to aerobatics and all. But because I am getting older, I
stopped this year. So now I will see this world from another view. I give
this program a try. Thanx very much for your message about this.

Mark S.

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Aug 10, 2008, 5:38:52 PM8/10/08

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Flight wrote:

> Well the way I met air traffic, was always from in the sky. I was flying
> glider planes, up to aerobatics and all. But because I am getting older,
> I stopped this year. So now I will see this world from another view. I
> give this program a try. Thanx very much for your message about this.

Links to similar games like Kennedy Approach can be found in the forum...
http://www.kennedyapproach.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?112
No registration is needed just to view the forum.

You have had an exciting life! :)

T0M

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Aug 16, 2008, 1:55:55 PM8/16/08

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Mark S. a écrit:

Tnx very much Mark for the tip. I sure wil try it.

I played a few times this week on a old Vetra compaq computer and had a
lot of fun but how hard it is when there are a lot of plane ! Can't
remeber how I dealt with that on my old atari xl !

T0M

Weps

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Oct 13, 2008, 5:42:57 PM10/13/08

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I made version 1.81 available.

It includes a new map, Orlando.

Also includes an option for somewhat easier gameplay, the status of
planes is colorcoded, and the route a plane will take (under current
orders) is shown.

Use the ingame update function to get it, or get it from
http://www.KennedyApproach.com

If you have a feature request, sign up on the forums and post a
message.

Weps