B5 ITF (SCS)
From The Great Machine
Babylon 5 Space Combat Simulation (AKA: B5 ITF or B5 Into The Fire) was a joint effort between Yosemite Entertainment (Formerly Sierra On-Line, Inc. subsequently owned and operated by Codemasters which didn't end up amounting to much either), JMS, Warner Bros., and Netter Digital Entertainment, Inc. to produce a combat simulation game based in the Babylon 5 universe.
With the demise of Yosemite Entertainment and several other game studios in the Sierra group, B5 ITF was postponed and most of the team members relocated to the Seattle area. Game development resumed for approximately 6 months and then the project was cancelled.
This dark period is usually known as the Great Cluster F***.
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[edit] "Ancient" History
[edit] Game Details
Scans of ship sketches that were created for the game.
Some ITF game development items of interest from one of the devs known as Jack Nichols.
[edit] As Told By Fans
As told by FirstOnes: ITF story from the perspective of FirstOnes.com
[edit] From the perspective of...
- Jack Nichols, 3D Game Artist
- John Trauger, Historian/QA/Consultant
- John Walker, AI/Tools Programmer
- Randy Littlejohn, Writer/Designer
- Christy Marx, Writer/Designer
- Marc Hudgins, Art Director/Designer
[edit] Recent History
Codemasters: ...yet another saga from a company based in a foreign country.
Sector 14: ... our last best hope for B5 ITF.
[edit] Culture
Of Water Coolers and Dixie Cups: ... or ... That thing called internal politics.
