Uchu Daisenso

Growing up during the 1980's I have long been obsessed with the so-called "Star Wars" program. It has led to an enduring interest in (mostly outdated) books about the projects and concepts of that time. Recently I added a few books to my collection:

The Shape of Wars to Come by David Baker, 1982
























Beam Weapons: The Next Arms Race, by Jeff Hecht, 1984

























War Without Men: Robots on the Future Battlefield, by Shaker and Wise, 1988
























Military Space Forces: The Next Fifty Years, by John Collins, 1989

























The Origins of SDI: 1944-1983, by Donald Baucom, 1992
(cover illustration is that great painting of the Homing Overlay Experiment kill vehicle)
Wikipedia on HOE with pics!

























Lastly, I present the 1986 tune on related subjects "SDI & ABM" by S.O.B. From the record "Leave Me Alone"

Shoot the Core!!!

My copy of Armored Core: Formula Front Extreme Battles should arrive in the next few days. Looking forward to finally trying it out. The regular AC games have been favorites of mine since the first entry in the series. Formula Front is interesting in that it also includes a 'programming' mode where you can program an 'AI' controlled 'Core. Then send it in to battle Vs. other 'Cores.




So the great custom bits of standard AC, plus a (more rudimentary) programming bit similar to Carnage Heart.




















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Update!
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I've since also been able to get Armored Core:FF-International. The "International" version is a budget Japanese re-release of Formula Front, with more missions, etc. Includes English language for everything other than the tutorial videos.