![]() ![]() Not that this is bad, because this is what many strategy sim fans live for. Other aspects must be micromanaged to the extreme, such as engaging enemy fighter groups, intercepting incoming SAMs, ad nausea. Once engagement with the adversary is achieved, the management tasks can mount up fast.Ĭertain aspects can be automated, such as repeating recon patrols. Authorize an air strike on an enemy radar post. Move to an airfield and send out recon flights. You can direct a pair of fast attack subs to probe a sector and then switch your attention to a cruiser group in another sector. The interface is relatively easy to use for setting patrol zones and issuing orders. But in Harpoon '97 you are the theater commander for dozens of ships and hundreds of planes. In Wolf Pack, you control a group of U-boats. In most of the subsims you are in charge of a single vessel. You devise the strategy that can ensure the survival of the Western World.īased on an '80's military board game by Larry Bond, Harpoon '97 is a computer strategy naval sim. Airfields, recon flights, submarines, battle groups, and more are at your disposal. And in Harpoon '97 Classic, you are the supreme commander. ![]() The vast naval and air armadas of the Soviet Union and the United States are poised for action. ![]() Additional updated ships and planes are also included. New features in this release are the Windows 95 playability (cleaner interface), improved artwork and effects, along with 50 new missions. The core gameplay is top-down (map and menu based) ultra-realistic strategic naval warfare wrapping around scenarios in 4 different theatres (North Atlantic, Greenland/Iceland, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf/Mediterranean). Harpoon Classic '97 is a revised version of traditional Harpoon Classic which is in turn, based on Larry Bond's original and very popular Harpoon board-game from 1980. ![]()
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