Falcon 4.0

Falcon 4.0
European box art
Developer(s)MicroProse Alameda[a]
Publisher(s)Hasbro Interactive[b]
Designer(s)
SeriesFalcon
Platform(s)Windows, Mac OS
ReleaseWindows
Mac OS
May 1999[3]
Genre(s)Air combat simulation
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Falcon 4.0 is a combat flight simulation video game developed by MicroProse and published by Hasbro Interactive in 1998. The game is based around a realistic simulation of the Block 50/52 F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighter in a full-scale modern war set in the Korean Peninsula.

The game is the ultimate development in the Falcon series from Spectrum HoloByte that began in 1984. HoloByte had acquired MicroProse in 1993, and started using that name for all of its titles in 1996. After MicroProse was purchased by Hasbro, official development ended. In 2000, a source code leak allowed continued development of the game by members of the gaming community, including bug fixes and new campaigns.[4] Many of these additions were collected by Lead Pursuit, which arranged an official license of the original code base from the owner Atari; these were published as Falcon 4.0: Allied Force in 2005.[5] Spanning well over a decade, the Falcon 4.0 series is one of the longest running game series using the same code base in PC history.[6]

In the present day, the game is still supported by a community of players with the most supported branch of the game being the one by Benchmark Sims Community, called Falcon BMS.[7]

On May 4, 2023, after a 24 year long absence, developer MicroProse announced the reacquisition of the copyright to the Falcon series, including Falcon 4.0.[8]

  1. ^ "Falcon 4.0". The Daily Telegraph. 18 December 1998. p. 40. Retrieved 15 April 2024. Available Today from PC CD ROM Stockists
  2. ^ Mullen, Micheal (11 December 1998). "Playback: The Week in Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 18 June 2000. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
    "Word on the street on Friday [December 11] is that Falcon 4.0 is nothing like Hasbro's Frogger, and it is already showing up on retailers' shelves for the weekend. So if you're looking for a copy - get ready to fly again".
  3. ^ a b c "Falcon 4.0 Landing on Macs". GameSpot. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ Hiawatha Bray (21 January 2004). "Diehard pilots keep Falcon flying". Boston.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2004. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  5. ^ "Critical Acclaim For Falcon 4.0: Allied Force". GamesIndustry International. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference RPS2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Homepage - Falcon BMS". Homepage - Falcon BMS. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  8. ^ "MicroProse is back on the Falcon series". steamcommunity.com. Retrieved 11 May 2023.


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