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What is Harpoon Classic?
Harpoon Classic was the first computer Harpoon game. Although it lacks the sophistication of the newer Harpoon II and Harpoon 3 simulators, it was probably the world's best naval game when it shipped from Three-Sixty back in December 1989. Three-Sixty continued selling and updating the product until early 1994 when the rights reverted back to Applied Computing Services Inc., the original developer and rights holder. Alliance Interactive licensed the code and rights from ACSI in mid 1994 and developed Harpoon Classic for Windows 3.1. In 1996, Alliance licensed Harpoon Classic '97 to Interactive Magic, which developed the game further to Windows 95.
Products
Harpoon Classic Commander's Edition
HCCE:Community_Beta - Main page for the Matrix Games version of Harpoon Classic This version is based on HC2002 Gold and features a new BattleSet, land units, improved AI, bug fixes, and more!
Harpoon Classic 2002 Gold
The current generation of the original Harpoon computerization of Larry Bond's game, first published in 1989 by Three Sixty Pacific. This version was upgraded by Bret McKee and Anthony (Tony) Eischens with help from Byron Audler and several other notable Harpoon Classic community members.
This was the first software ever sold as a professional education product by the US Naval Institute.
Harpoon Classic 2002 (HC) Gold Features
- Based on Larry Bond's Harpoon 3rd Edition Rules
- Microsoft Windows compatible: 98, ME, NT4, 2000, and XP
- Four combat areas (North Atlantic, Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom Gap, Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf, and the Mediterranean)
- Wicked computer opponent
- Easy to play, hard to master
- Further optimization and defect removal of the EXE
- New Platform Editor
- Updated Scenario Editor
- Updated, expanded, and enhanced database
- Updated EC2003 Scenarios (based on B.I. Hutchinson's EC2000 BattleSet)
- Massive library of user created scenarios
Harpoon Classic in use
Tom Clancy used the Harpoon Classic database for The Hunt for Red October and used the tool again with Mr. Larry Bond to game out the convoy battles in Red Storm Rising. What was that tool? It was the naval miniatures rule set Harpoon authored by Mr. BondHarpoon_4.1.
Weblinks:
- HCCE:Documentation - Start of expanded documentation project for Harpoon Classic Commander's Edition
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