I-War (Independence War) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

I-War is a space combat simulator developed by English

England

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development house Particle Systems Ltd. The game was first published in 1997

1997 in video gaming

-Events:*October 4 — Gunpei Yokoi dies after a double car accident.*November – Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association launched.*3rd annual E3...

in Europe by Infogrames

Infogrames

Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory...

as I-War, and in late August of 1998

1998 in video gaming

-Events:*Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo to the AIAS Hall of Fame*British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 1st annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards...

in North America as Independence War. An additional campaign was designed, packaged with the original game and released in 1999

1999 in video gaming

-Events:*British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 2nd annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards*March – Game Over republished as “Game Over: Press Start to Continue”...

as Independence War Deluxe Edition in North America and Independence War Special Edition in Europe.

The sequel Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos , or Edge of Chaos: Independence War 2 , is a sequel to the space combat simulator video game Independence War . Developed by Particle Systems Ltd - the developers of the first game - and published by Infogrames, the game was released in 2001...

was released in 2001

2001 in video gaming

-Events:* Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts John Carmack of id Software to the AIAS Hall of Fame...

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As the captain of Dreadnaught the player could assume the command of any of the four workstations on the command bridge

Bridge (ship)

The bridge of a ship is the room or platform from which the ship can be commanded. When a ship is underway the bridge is manned by an OOW aided usually by an AB acting as lookout...