Task Force 1942 re-released on Steam

[CCIP]

For those of you who remember that classic Microprose title or were curious about it:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/329680/

[CCIP]

Another of today's additions might also be Across the Rhine: :yep:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/329620/

[Platapus]

For those of you who remember that classic Microprose title or were curious about it:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/329680/

That is awesome news. I loved that game!

[blackswan40]

Thankyou for the heads up taskforce 1942 was the game that made me get my first pc back 1992 I paid £1560 for a 486 25mghz the campaign was amazing

[Onkel Neal]

Very cool, thanks for the link!

[Gargamel]

How's it compare to GNBNA in gameplay? That was my first naval sim, and it got me hooked.

[Senor_Droolcup]

Oh, for crying out loud. How can these jackballs expect me to get any work done when they keep re-releasing these epic Microprose games on Steam!

:/\\!!

[Aktungbby]

Señor_Droolcup !:Kaleun_Salute:

[FAdmiral]

YES, it looks like STEAM is going to get most of the good
old games along with their new releases. My handle on steam:
FAdmiral, of course....

[Jimbuna]

Two old favourites :cool:

[scrapser]

I just browsed a bit. They have many of the old MicroProse titles, including Silent Service, Silent Service II and Fleet Defender (F-14 Tomcat). I have all these games as either C64 or Amiga (emulated) or DOS (Win98SE). I wonder how they would look and play on a modern PC?

I wish simulations would become popular among the masses and make a comeback.

[CCIP]

They play just fine, probably the same way you remember them! These re-releases all come by way of a well-tuned DosBox build, so they play the way they're supposed to. The only real obstacle is being spoiled by the high-definition graphics and smoother interfaces we have these days. But I really do hope that better availability of these might lead to new remakes. For example the Atari WWI game Wings! got a remake not too long ago, and by all accounts it's a faithful adaptation of the original to modern 3D visuals.

[Pisces]

Damn, that looks just like SH1, so it must be good.

[black dog]

They play just fine, probably the same way you remember them! These re-releases all come by way of a well-tuned DosBox build, so they play the way they're supposed to. The only real obstacle is being spoiled by the high-definition graphics and smoother interfaces we have these days. But I really do hope that better availability of these might lead to new remakes. For example the Atari WWI game Wings! got a remake not too long ago, and by all accounts it's a faithful adaptation of the original to modern 3D visuals.

i'll take good game play over graphics any day of the week .

a game that plays well and is fun or just makes you sweat beats eye candy every time . iho eye candy killed a few games that could have been awe sum but the game play sucked .

[finchOU]

I wish someone would remake and combine both TF1942, and 1942 Pacific Air War. I always felt that they both were missing the other element. Maybe they could include subs too!! :up: This would be a dream sim for me.....as the command and control element plus being able to jump into individual battles was worked extremely well with these two sims. If I could just get early 90's game play with 2015 graphics......is that too much to ask???

[clayton]

With today's phones, I'd love to see some of those classics as an app.

[jkling17]

I just browsed a bit. They have many of the old MicroProse titles, including Silent Service, Silent Service II and Fleet Defender (F-14 Tomcat). I have all these games as either C64 or Amiga (emulated) or DOS (Win98SE). I wonder how they would look and play on a modern PC?

I wish simulations would become popular among the masses and make a comeback.

Just an fyi - your OS won't be able to use your 6 GB memory. If you wish to be able to do so, you'll need either 64 bit XP, 64 bit Win 7, etc.

[Overkill]

I wish someone would remake and combine both TF1942, and 1942 Pacific Air War. I always felt that they both were missing the other element. Maybe they could include subs too!! :up: This would be a dream sim for me.....as the command and control element plus being able to jump into individual battles was worked extremely well with these two sims. If I could just get early 90's game play with 2015 graphics......is that too much to ask???

It'd be awesome if they were updated. There's no telling how many hours I played both back in the day and, I've often wished they'd make an update of 'em.