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From: LSB103@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Harpoon
Message-ID: <90331.173154LSB103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 27 Nov 90 22:31:54 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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Humm...I see that someone else has a posting of Harpoon already...Huh well,
I said I was going to post a review of it, and I will...For the people who
still don't have the game, I recommand this game for anyone who is interested
in modern day naval warefare.  The options are limitless and the game is so
detailed that I found it hard to master.  Huh, by the way, I call up some
of the mail order stores on the mac magazines and was told that they don't
have the game in stock.  So when I went back to New York City for Thanks-
giving, I went to J&R Music Outlet and picked it up.  Sorry I don't have
their phone number but I think you can check it up thru phone directory.
They usually have the latest games for all game machines...I saw a NFL
game that looks pretty interesting...back to the subject of Harpoon, the
interface is strictly mac-like, and that's a major plus.  It also does
not have any copy-protection on it.  Now if Three-Sixty can do it, why can't
else follow suite?  The game comes in 2 disks, one is the main program disk
and the other one is the GIUK (Greenland Iceland United Kingdom) disk.
There are no system on the two disks so you'll need to swap disks quite
often, even if you have two drives.  So a hard drive is recommended.  By
the way, does anyone out there have a version of system (later than 6.0.2)
that is less than 250K?  Huh, one more thing about Harpoon that I dislike:
Most of the current ships, subs, aircraft, and their arsonals are included
in the game, why didn't Three-Sixty include a booklet that describe each
each weapon's range, effective targets, etc?  You can look all of this up
in the game, but I find it very annoying to quit whatever you are doing
so you can go to the window.  Additional info will be posted later as I
have the game longer...send any info or question via E-mail, please.