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12/9/2003 5:15:40 AM | Posted by: Abstract Worlds Ltd. | Post a comment
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Abstract Worlds Ltd. have released the latest version of Close Approach, a 3D accelerated first person asteroids shooter for Windows PCs.

Close Approach v2.03 has improved graphics and is a smaller size (1.3Mb) ideal for downloading. A free 2 level demo is available, and the full version can be purchased directly from the company's website.

Close Approach was originally released in November 1998 as shareware. After signing an exclusive publishing agreement, the shareware version was replaced with just a demo version. Apart from a small budget release into CompUSA in 2002, the publisher failed to release it's titles successfully into retail and eventually went bust.

"We decided it was time to make the full version of Close Approach available again, and we will sell it direct via electronic distribution", said Paul Ireland, Director of Abstract Worlds Ltd.

Close Approach is developed in VB5 and was originally developed before Microsoft released a DirectX interface for VB. As such it also uses a C DLL layer, although the 3D engine and gameplay is developed in VB.