EXoDOS: Collecting every game developed for DOS from original media

Re:EXoDOS: Collecting every game developed for DOS from orig... by dividuum on Friday October 30, 2020 @05:32PM (#24947088)

On the slim chance anybody remembers: I've been fascinated back then by a game I've only seen in magazines. It was some kind of war simulator with a greenish vector graphics map of the north Atlantic. I think you could coordinate everything from that view and give very detailed orders. Must be well before 2000.

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Re:EXoDOS: Collecting every game developed for DOS from orig... by II2II on Friday October 30, 2020 @06:15PM (#24947380)

You can try the game browser at MobyGames. A game that may help you decide which filters to use is Harpoon. Harpoon was black and white on the Macintosh and colour on other platforms, so it's probably not the game in question. Greenish vector graphics implies that it is a game from the 1980's.

(For reference: https://www.mobygames.com/game/harpoon )

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Re:EXoDOS: Collecting every game developed for DOS from orig... by dividuum on Friday October 30, 2020 @06:31PM (#24947492)

Oh. I think it might have been Harpoon II. The screenshot at https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/harpoon-ii/screenshots/ga... looks like it might be what I remembered. I'll have a look. Thanks a lot!

Edit: I'm now sure that's it. I even found a scan of the original gaming magazine (the German "PC Player") with the test I read back then.

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