Victory at Sea

Matrix Games Forums

Forums Register Login Photo Gallery Member List Search Calendars FAQ

My Profile Inbox Address Book My Subscription My Forums Log Out

Victory at Sea

View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest

Users viewing this topic: none

Printable Version

All Forums >> [Current Games From Matrix.] >> [World War II] >> War In The Pacific - Struggle Against Japan 1941 - 1945 >> Victory at Sea

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Victory at Sea - 10/1/2005 6:50:04 PM

Caltone

Posts: 651
Joined: 9/5/2001
From: Raleigh, NC USA
Status: offline

There was thread some time back about music and WitP. Several liked the score for Victory at Sea as background music while playing. I offered this link: Victory at Sea Music which is also an excellent site to browse.

So yesterday, we get a new ROSS department store opening nearby. Naturally the wife has to go check it out, with me in tow. During my ensuing misery

, I noticed most of the husbands had gravitated towards the front of the store. Making my move, I followed suite only to discover they had a few racks up there with CD's and DVD's.

In addition to several nice WWII packs, I spied Victory at Sea for $5.99 USD !!!!!!!

If you don't own this one already, make haste. 13 hours of goodness in exchange for 2 hours of shopping is a nice deal indeed

_____________________________

"Order AP Hill to prepare for battle" -- Stonewall Jackson

Post #: 1

RE: Victory at Sea - 10/1/2005 11:34:23 PM

Drex

Posts: 2524
Joined: 9/13/2000
From: Chico,california
Status: offline

The best orchestral music Rodgers wrote I think. I remember watching the series every week when it first came out. Black and white of course and in those days no one minded the proganda.

_____________________________

quote:

Col Saito: "Don't speak to me of rules! This is war! It is not a game of cricket!"

(in reply to Caltone)

Post #: 2

RE: Victory at Sea - 10/2/2005 3:53:38 AM

Big B

Posts: 4870
Joined: 6/1/2005
From: Old Los Angeles pre-1960
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Caltone

There was thread some time back about music and WitP. Several liked the score for Victory at Sea as background music while playing. I offered this link: Victory at Sea Music which is also an excellent site to browse.

So yesterday, we get a new ROSS department store opening nearby. Naturally the wife has to go check it out, with me in tow. During my ensuing misery , I noticed most of the husbands had gravitated towards the front of the store. Making my move, I followed suite only to discover they had a few racks up there with CD's and DVD's.

In addition to several nice WWII packs, I spied Victory at Sea for $5.99 USD !!!!!!!

If you don't own this one already, make haste. 13 hours of goodness in exchange for 2 hours of shopping is a nice deal indeed

Ahh... Victory At Sea takes me back to my childhood! I loved it then and still love it now. I recently got the music CD for my B-Day, but I was (a little) dissapointed in that it didn't include ALL the music that I had on the LP records.

The CD you bought - how many tracks does it have? I may need to go out shopping again!

B

_____________________________

Big B's Shipyard

(in reply to Caltone)

Post #: 3

RE: Victory at Sea - 10/2/2005 12:28:48 PM

Sonny

Posts: 2008
Joined: 4/3/2002
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Drex

........................................

Black and white of course

.................

Naturally. Everyone knows that WWII was fought in black and white,

_____________________________

Quote from Snigbert -

"If you mess with the historical accuracy, you're going to have ahistorical outcomes."

"I'll say it again for Sonny's sake: If you mess with historical accuracy, you're going to have
ahistorical outcomes. "

(in reply to Drex)

Post #: 4

RE: Victory at Sea - 10/2/2005 10:11:21 PM

Treetop64

Posts: 926
Joined: 4/12/2005
From: 519 Redwood City - BASE (Hex 218, 70)
Status: offline

I bought Victory at Sea at Fry's over a year ago for $60.00. Worth every penny!

Considering this stuff is more than fifty years old, it is very well produced material indeed. Again, considering the age, the music is superb, and I can't have imagined what it would be like to watch this stuff on TV as a kid when first released.

My favorites are all on disk 3: The Turkey Shoot and Battle for Leyte Gulf. Oh, and I like Guadacanal on disk 1, too!

Still watch it once a week or so. Great stuff...

_____________________________

(in reply to Sonny)

Post #: 5

RE: Victory at Sea - 10/4/2005 9:07:37 AM

ilovestrategy

Posts: 3611
Joined: 6/11/2005
From: San Diego
Status: offline

Oh man, I can soooo relate to being in misery at ROSS for a couple of hours...

_____________________________

After 16 years, Civ II still has me in it's clutches LOL!!!
Now CIV IV has me in it's evil clutches!

(in reply to Caltone)

Post #: 6

RE: Victory at Sea - 10/4/2005 3:13:38 PM

JamesM

Posts: 1017
Joined: 8/28/2000
From: QLD, Australia
Status: offline

Always found VaS hard to watch, probably because it made too close to end of the war and it was to one sided in it view. The World at War is a much better series.

(in reply to ilovestrategy)

Post #: 7

RE: Victory at Sea - 10/4/2005 5:49:29 PM

Mark VII

Posts: 1838
Joined: 8/11/2003
From: Brentwood,TN
Status: offline

Just beware that some redone versions have audio problems with the music score. I heard that the version produced by the History Channel had these issues.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Caltone

In addition to several nice WWII packs, I spied Victory at Sea for $5.99 USD !!!!!!!

(in reply to Caltone)

Post #: 8

RE: Victory at Sea - 10/4/2005 5:56:58 PM

Mark VII

Posts: 1838
Joined: 8/11/2003
From: Brentwood,TN
Status: offline

Speaking of Victory at Sea, if you guys remember the thread about my trip to Guadalcanal. One of my guides, John Innes had a audio tape that he carried round in his car. So, during our drive visiting sites, VatS was playing at all times.

Brought back memories, I have the series in home beta but the beta machine no longer functions. So I researched buying in DVD and that is when I started reading about these audio issues and decided to pass. Now if I ran across a DVD at $5 or even $10, I think I would buy in case this box had a good music score.

(in reply to Mark VII)

Post #: 9

RE: Victory at Sea - 10/4/2005 6:23:46 PM

rtrapasso

Posts: 22653
Joined: 9/3/2002
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark VII

Speaking of Victory at Sea, if you guys remember the thread about my trip to Guadalcanal. One of my guides, John Innes had a audio tape that he carried round in his car. So, during our drive visiting sites, VatS was playing at all times.

Brought back memories, I have the series in home beta but the beta machine no longer functions. So I researched buying in DVD and that is when I started reading about these audio issues and decided to pass. Now if I ran across a DVD at $5 or even $10, I think I would buy in case this box had a good music score.

I found one for $19.95 (boxed set)...

(in reply to Mark VII)

Post #: 10

RE: Victory at Sea - 9/28/2006 1:33:33 PM

JamesM

Posts: 1017
Joined: 8/28/2000
From: QLD, Australia
Status: offline

Any aussies I found the complete VaS for $10.00 from EZYDVD tonight!

(in reply to rtrapasso)

Post #: 11

RE: Victory at Sea - 9/28/2006 1:38:03 PM

Ron Saueracker

Posts: 12121
Joined: 1/28/2002
From: Ottawa, Canada OR Zakynthos Island, Greece
Status: offline

TankerAce made VatS music files for WITP and gave them to me...makes doing even long turns totally enjoyable.

_____________________________

Yammas from The Apo-Tiki Lounge. Future site of WITP AE benders! And then the s--t hit the fan

(in reply to JamesM)

Post #: 12

RE: Victory at Sea - 9/28/2006 7:42:23 PM

niceguy2005

Posts: 12523
Joined: 7/4/2005
From: Super secret hidden base
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

Oh man, I can soooo relate to being in misery at ROSS for a couple of hours...

You gentelmen don't try nearly hard enough to be annoying if your wives still take you shopping.

_____________________________

Artwork graciously provided by Dixie

(in reply to ilovestrategy)

Post #: 13

RE: Victory at Sea - 9/28/2006 7:43:03 PM

niceguy2005

Posts: 12523
Joined: 7/4/2005
From: Super secret hidden base
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark VII

Speaking of Victory at Sea, if you guys remember the thread about my trip to Guadalcanal. One of my guides, John Innes had a audio tape that he carried round in his car. So, during our drive visiting sites, VatS was playing at all times.

Brought back memories, I have the series in home beta but the beta machine no longer functions. So I researched buying in DVD and that is when I started reading about these audio issues and decided to pass. Now if I ran across a DVD at $5 or even $10, I think I would buy in case this box had a good music score.

I found one for $19.95 (boxed set)...

Greetings Robert.

_____________________________

Artwork graciously provided by Dixie

(in reply to rtrapasso)

Post #: 14

RE: Victory at Sea - 9/28/2006 7:51:49 PM

Dino

Posts: 1032
Joined: 11/14/2005
From: Serbia
Status: offline

Wrong year...unfortunately...

(in reply to niceguy2005)

Post #: 15

RE: Victory at Sea - 9/28/2006 9:22:06 PM

niceguy2005

Posts: 12523
Joined: 7/4/2005
From: Super secret hidden base
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Dino

Wrong year...unfortunately...

D@MN! your right. I didn't notice it was a resurrected Thread.

_____________________________

Artwork graciously provided by Dixie

(in reply to Dino)

Post #: 16

RE: Victory at Sea - 9/29/2006 1:58:55 AM

TOMLABEL

Posts: 5116
Joined: 1/27/2006
From: Alabama - ROLL TIDE!!!!!
Status: offline

I love that series and I believe I got my set from the History Channel. I recently aquired another monitor so now I sometimes play WITP in the windows mode while VAS is playing on the other monitor. Dude - HEAVEN!

TOMLABEL

_____________________________

Art by the Rogue-USMC

WITP Admiral's Edition: Ship & Sub Art/Base Unit Art/Map Icon Art

"If destruction be our lot - it will come from within"...Abraham Lincoln

(in reply to Caltone)

Post #: 17