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Close Approach Release Date

Abstract Worlds announced the launch date of its forthcoming 3D space shoot 'em up game, Close Approach.

Close Approach Release Date is the story on November 3, 1998, and it is one of those late-1998 PC gaming updates that says exactly where the scene is right now. Abstract Worlds today announced the launch date of its forthcoming 3D space shoot 'em up game, Close Approach. The game will be released, Monday, 23 November 1998.

This is the first 3D accelerated shoot 'em up game developed in Microsoft's Visual Basic. Despite past misconceptions about VB's performance as a gaming language, Close Approach proves that it is possible to produce an enjoyable, fast paced action game in VB and Direct3D. To find out more information about the game and to The business side keeps moving, and sometimes those deals decide what we actually get to play next year.