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Game w/ Final Countdown Scenario
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:34 am
by TimOusley
I am trying to recall the name of an old DOS Pacific War game that had a scenario of the situation that appears in the movie "Final Countdown", where the 1941 Japanese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor is discovered and attacked by a modern Nimitz battle group. (Yeah I know it didn't happen in the movie but it does in the game). My recollection is that the name of the game was "PacWar" but I can't find any reference to the game. Does anyone remember the name of the game? Or possibly have it in a closet somewhere?
Thanks.
RE: Game w/ Final Countdown Scenario
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:17 am
by n01487477
ORIGINAL: TimOusley
I am trying to recall the name of an old DOS Pacific War game that had a scenario of the situation that appears in the movie "Final Countdown", where the 1941 Japanese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor is discovered and attacked by a modern Nimitz battle group. (Yeah I know it didn't happen in the movie but it does in the game). My recollection is that the name of the game was "PacWar" but I can't find any reference to the game. Does anyone remember the name of the game? Or possibly have it in a closet somewhere?
Thanks.
You can download PacWar here at matrix
http://www.matrixgames.com/products/235/downloads/
Forum
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I don't believe that there is the ending that you are thinking of in this game however, unless there is a mod that does that.
War in the Pacific and War in the Pacific AE could have scenarios that emulate this but as a long term forum member for these games I'm unaware what they are [&:][&:]
I did a quick search for you and found this for
Carriers at war ...
http://forums.gamesquad.com/archive/ind ... 68104.html
Hutch says
Fully expandable with the Warcard system for DYO scenarios. Most scenarios include at least one "what-if". As in Carriers at War, the A/C and the Nimitz are available for a "Final Countdown" scenario. Unlimited options available, you just have to program them.
RE: Game w/ Final Countdown Scenario
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:10 pm
by decaro
ORIGINAL: TimOusley
I am trying to recall the name of an old DOS Pacific War game that had a scenario of the situation that appears in the movie "Final Countdown", where the 1941 Japanese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor is discovered and attacked by a modern Nimitz battle group ...
I think this scenario was also incorporated into Carriers at War.
RE: Game w/ Final Countdown Scenario
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:50 pm
by brucemcl777
quote:
ORIGINAL: TimOusley
I am trying to recall the name of an old DOS Pacific War game that had a scenario of the situation that appears in the movie "Final Countdown", where the 1941 Japanese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor is discovered and attacked by a modern Nimitz battle group ...
I think this scenario was also incorporated into Carriers at War
Yes it was in Carriers at War - not the early 1980s one - or the 2008 one but the one released in the 1990s by SSG - and don't get too excited about it - I only bothered to play it once and it was ridiculous - you had at least 3 times the range of the Japanese carrier planes so their carriers could not even get close and you could fly and bomb their carriers at night and sink them - plus you had radar and they didn't - so the whole thing was no challenge at all like a Panzer tank attacking a guy with a spear. I'm a fan of the movie but this was just way too lopsided.