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Category: Fleet Defender: THe F-14 Tomcat Simulation

Old Gamers Never Die: Some Thoughts on ‘Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age’ (Early Access)

Dec 30, 2024

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Cold Waters, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Fleet Defender: THe F-14 Tomcat Simulation, MicroProse Software, Naval Warfare Simulations, Red Storm Rising (1988 game), Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, Silent Service II, Steam, Strike Fleet, Triassic Games

I’m an avid enthusiast of naval combat simulations. My journey began in the spring of 1987, when my uncle Sixto gifted me my very first computer, an Apple IIe. The first game I eagerly added to my collection was Destroyer, a 1986 single-player simulation of a Fletcher-class destroyer crafted by Epyx Games. Set in the…