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JRyan -> RE: Matrix to Publish the Harpoon Games? (3/29/2005 6:49:18 AM)
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Well folks, I would like to tell you my opinion of Harpoon3 and Harpoon2002. They both are awesome and very fun to play.
Back in the late 90's, there are those of us that remember Harpoon2 AE and the difficulty of getting it to run under Win98 and the frequent crashes. Well folks, that is a thing of the past. The windows version is super smooth and just plain will take ANYTHING your CPU can throw at it and that includes the top of the line Intel and AMD chips.
Here is a letter that I wrote in 2002:
Rebound-Readers speak their mind
This article first appeared in the May 2002 issue of
Computer Games Magazine.
Harpooned
I just knew I liked your magazine, that it's geared toward the serious PC gamer, when I opened it this week and was reading about mods, particularly when you mentioned that the Naval Warfare Simulations Group was working on Silent Hunter II and Fighting Steel mods. I was already smiling big-time when I saw it, Harpoon 3 for the Mac, with a Windows version in the works.
I was a Beta tester for the Windows version and I highly recommend this to any who love Naval Simulations. The amount of detail available is unmatched, and since your own site has Harpoon 4 stretching to the end of the year, it is the only game in town for a while. There is a rather dedicated community on the net called Harpooners and they have many databases and scenarios available that will be compatible with this Windows version. If anyone on your staff remembers how the original game would slow on the large scenarios because of slow processors, imagine what it is like on a 1.4GHz Thunderbird with the stability of Windows XP. That alone should grab some interest, but if not take into account that multiplayer could very well be an option as well as nuclear weapons for some good old Cold War battles.
It would be nice if you would review this game in your magazine, what have you got to loose? This was a small group of people that helped make this possible especially the lone programmer, Jesse Spears. This gentleman is what gaming is all about!
Well MP will soon be a reality and yes so are Nukes. So if you want to experience the good old days of Harpoon2AE with a Windows OS and many new features then Harpoon3 is a lock. The Online community for the Harpoon series and the many addons is top notch and are there to answer questions that you may have.
But if you are new and have never played it, then I highly suggest you go check it out for yourself. It is in my opinion the BEST Naval Warfare Simulator that a civilian can buy.
Just a message from a old pooner.......[:D]
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