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From: sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Harpoon...Does anyone know how to play this game?
Summary: Harpoon strategy  -- SPOILER!!!
Keywords: Harpoon tactics
Message-ID: <434@tlvx.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 90 13:37:06 GMT
References: <1990Nov8.144713.2547@cbnewsl.att.com>
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In article <1990Nov8.144713.2547@cbnewsl.att.com>, grh@cbnewsl.att.com (george.r.heuer) writes:
> Greetings:
> 
>      I recently purchased Harpoon for the Amiga and although I'm
> very impressed with the capabilities, I'm having a terrible time
> surviving for very long playing the NATO side in the second
> scenario, the one where you try to escort the convoy.  I never
> detect the sub that blasts all my ships to pieces.

It always seems to be a plane that does me in, or so  it would appear.

....
> out there had any success and can give some suggestions.  I'm
> starting to get frustrated and although Harpoon seems like a
> great game, it may get put back in the box forever if things
> like this keep happening to me.

Well, don't do that!  I died 4 times or so on that scenario before I finally
beat it.  And when I did, I beat it soundly.  Note that the manual gives you
a slight hint, saying that the way they were showing you was not necessarily
the best way.  So, do something different!

*** SPOILER! *** playing hints below....



What I did was to edit my course, and go many miles out to sea, then north, and
cut over only when very near the port.  I nearly went around the whole enemy
convoy.  Another thing I do is when attacked by torpedo, I have my convoy
move away from the general direction.  One time I even split a ship from the
convoy, so it could move out faster, since it was closest (I'm not sure how
much that helped).  Anyway, it does seem to help with the torpedos.

In one scenario, I lost 3 helecopters, but the ships survived.  One thing the
helecopters did was to distract the enemy plane.  The plane has a habit of
launching missles which sink my ships.  :-(

Part of the fun has been in figuring out things, or merely discovering things.
At first I was totally defeated over and over, but with a bit of work,
I was able to win.  And just to think, those were simple scenarios.  :-|
> 
>      Let's start a Harpoon-tactics thread in this newsgroup
> so that we can all learn from each other's experiences with
> this simulation.
> 
> Randy Heuer
> att!cbnewsl!grh