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Falcon 4 History Chart
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Legend
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source code edits
Spectrum Holobyte
iBeta Realism Patch
eTeam
Cobra/RedViper
ViperOps
OpenFalcon
- - -
data edits only
MicroProse
Realism Patch Group
F4 Unified Team
FreeFalcon
Lead Pursuit
GlobalFalcon
.....
compatibility
iBeta
eRazor
G2Interactive
F4UT/BMS
Skunkworks
BenchMarkSims
1984
F-16 Fighting Falcon released
by Spectrum Holobyte
Falcon released
Falcon AT released
Falcon 3.0 released
Spectrum Holobyte
acquires MicroProse
Falcon 3.0 Gold released
Falcon 4.0 announced
Spectrum Holobyte
uses MicroProse brand
Hasbro acquires MicroProse
Falcon 4.0 released
by MicroProse
F4 team laid off by Hasbro
F4 team continue to work
until end of month
1.07 source code leaked
Realism Patch no longer
associated with iBeta
Hasbro removes official
F4 website
Hasbro Interactive
acquired by Infogrames
Letter of Intent between
G2Intercatives and Infogrames
Exe'edits deadline
by G2Interactive
Launch of the F4UT
SuperPAK project
Infogrames licenses F4
to G2Interactive
Force12 announces
F4 Gold: OIR
SP3 source code
transferred to G2I
ViperOps secretly created
to continue SP work
ViperOps changelog leaked
FreeFalcon announced
Infogrames changes
its name to Atari
BenchMarkSims reaches
a deal with G2I
BenchMarkSims announces
Falcon4-BMS
G2Interactive announces that
work on SP4 cannot continue
Apologies from
G2Interactive's president
G2Interactive decines Atari's
offer; no more F4 Gold: OIR
Atari cease and desist
letter to BMS
High Fidelity Flight Models
released
BMS joined OF effort
Cobra forked BMS
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force
released by Lead Pursuit
OpenFalcon reveals itself
End of development announced
OF beta from April 23 leaked
OpenFalcon dismantled
BenchMarkSims takes over
OF development
RedViper coders join Cobra
Last underground OF beta
from August 2006 released
OpenFalcon patch takeover
by GlobalFalcon community
RedViper coders
have left FreeFalcon
Lead Pursuit Inc. is no more
Skunkworks mod stopped
Falcon BMS released
FreeFalcon mod stopped
FreeFalconOSP launched
xx/09/94
12/08/98
11/12/98
20/12/98
03/02/99
04/03/99
20/07/99
07/12/99
17/12/99
26/12/99
18/02/00
09/04/00
15/05/00
17/05/00
18/05/00
29/05/00
04/06/00
04/07/00
20/07/00
22/07/00
26/07/00
05/08/00
21/08/00
13/11/00
22/11/00
26/11/00
09/12/00
01/01/01
10/01/01
12/01/01
27/01/01
29/01/01
24/02/01
25/02/01
07/03/01
17/04/01
15/05/01
04/07/01
06/08/01
13/08/01
31/08/01
09/09/01
20/12/01
20/01/02
13/11/01
18/11/01
22/11/01
28/01/02
07/05/02
04/06/02
xx/xx/02
21/05/02
28/05/02
29/07/02
12/08/02
xx/xx/03
xx/03/03
25/02/04
29/02/04
27/05/04
03/06/04
09/11/04
17/11/04
24/05/04
xx/08/03
20/09/03
27/09/03
29/09/03
02/10/03
04/10/03
05/10/03
13/10/03
21/10/03
22/10/03
23/10/03
24/10/03
25/10/03
29/10/03
06/11/03
14/11/03
17/11/03
21/11/03
26/11/03
20/12/03
30/12/03
31/12/03
01/01/04
09/01/04
25/10/04
11/06/04
19/07/04
20/07/04
16/01/05
26/05/04
28/06/05
30/07/05
09/08/05
17/09/05
29/12/05
15/01/06
02/05/06
05/06/06
18/08/06
05/11/06
19/11/06
30/01/07
25/02/07
02/03/07
01/04/07
14/06/07
15/08/07
27/01/08
18/05/08
13/08/10
28/09/10
01/02/11
14/02/11
08/04/11
04/09/11
25/04/03
07/05/03
13/05/03
21/02/04
02/03/05
15/03/05
05/02/07
19/03/07
29/03/07
27/02/09
04/06/09
14/10/09
xx/xx/10
10/05/10
27/06/10
11/10/10
28/02/11
xx/09/06
09/02/07
04/03/07
25/12/08
16/02/12
09/04/12
24/07/12
29/12/12
16/01/13
24/04/13
18/06/13
Future
20/05/00
24/05/00
25/05/00
11/06/00
25/06/00
06/08/00
26/01/01
20/03/01
13/04/01
17/08/01
20/10/01
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F4Patch 1.0
Falcon
Falcon AT
Operation Counterstrike
Falcon 3.0
Operation Firefight
Operation Fighting Tiger
Falcon 4.0
development starts
MiG-29
Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter
1.00
1.03
1.04
1.06
1.07
1.08
eRazor 1.075-9
1.08i
1.08i2
iBeta Realism Patch 1.0
SuperPak 1
iBeta Realism Patch 2.0
iBeta Realism Patch 2.0a
iBeta Realism Patch 2.1
iBeta Realism Patch 3.0
Realism Patch 4.0
Realism Patch 4.1
Realism Patch 5.0
eFalcon 1.09
eFalcon 1.10
eRazor 1.0795
eRazor 1.0799
eRazor 1.0799-1
SuperPak 1a
SuperPak 2
SuperPak 3
SuperPak 4
FreeFalcon 1
F4:OIR
ViperOps
BMS 0.5
MP 2
SuperPak 4.1
BMS 1.03
SuperPak 4.2
BMS 2.03
SP4.1 BMS data 1.0
SP4.2 BMS data 1.0
FreeFalcon 1a
FreeFalcon 2
FreeFalcon 2.1
BMS 0.7
FreeFalcon 3
FreeFalcon 3.1/Cobra 1.1
CobraOne 1.0
FreeFalcon 3.1.1/Cobra 1.1.1
FreeFalcon 4/RedViper 1
FreeFalcon 4/RV 1.0.0.3
FreeFalcon 4/RV 1.0.0.4
FreeFalcon 5
FreeFalcon 5.0a
FreeFalcon 5.3
FreeFalcon 5.5
FreeFalcon 5.5.1
FreeFalcon 5.5.2
FreeFalcon 5.5.3
FreeFalcon 5.5.4
FreeFalcon 5.5.5
FreeFalcon 6.0
†FreeFalcon
Allied Force 1.0.1
Allied Force 1.0.2
Allied Force 1.0.3
Allied Force 1.0.4
Allied Force 1.0.5
Allied Force 1.0.6
Allied Force 1.0.7
Allied Force 1.0.8
Allied Force 1.0.9
Allied Force 1.0.10
Allied Force 1.0.11
Allied Force 1.0.12
Allied Force 1.0.13
Skunkworks 1.2
†Allied Force
Skunkworks 2.0
†Skunkworks
BMS 0.6
BMS 0.8
BMS 0.9
BMS 0.92
BMS 0.94
BMS 0.97
BMS 0.98
BMS 0.99
BMS 1.00
BMS 1.01
BMS 1.02
†F4 Gold OIR
OpenFalcon 4.1
MP 3
MP 4
MP 5
MP 5-1
OpenFalcon 4.3
OpenFalcon 4.3.1
OpenFalcon 4.5
OpenFalcon 4.4
OpenFalcon 4.4.1
OpenFalcon 4.6
BMS 4.32
OpenFalcon 4.7
HFFMs
SP4.1 BMS data 1.3
SP4.1 BMS data 1.4
BMS 4.32 Update 1
BMS 4.32 Update 2
BMS 4.32 Update 3
BMS 4.32 Update 4
BMS 4.32 Update 5
BMS 4.32 Update 6
BenchMarkSims
F4Patch 1.1
F4Patch 1.2
F4Patch 1.2.1
F4Patch 1.3
F4Patch 1.3a
F4Patch 1.3b
F4Patch 1.4
F4Patch 1.4.1
F4Patch 2.0
F4Patch 2.1
F4Patch 2.1.1
F4Patch 3.0
F4Patch 3.0.1
F4Patch 3.1
F4Patch 3.2
F4Patch 3.2.1
F4Patch 3.2.2
F4Patch 3.2.3
F4Patch 3.2.4
F4Patch 3.2.5
F4Patch 4.0
F4Patch 4.1
F4Patch 4.1.1
F4Patch 4.1.2
F4Patch 4.1.3
F4Patch 4.1.4
F4Patch 4.1.5
F4Patch 4.1.6
F4Patch 4.2
F4Patch 4.2.1
F4Patch 4.2.2
F4Patch 4.3
F4Patch 5.0
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