Category: Triassic Games
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Old Gamers Never Die: A Look at ‘Sea Power’ A Year Into Its Run
⚓ Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age A Gamer’s Reflections on Year One When Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age (Triassic Games, MicroProse) launched in November 2024, I was there on Day One. As someone who grew up on naval sims like Strike Fleet, Red Storm Rising, Harpoon Classic ’97, Fleet…
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Old Gamers Never Die: Sea Power Scenario Review
Jane’s Redux: Chinese Special Forces Main Game: Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age (2024, Triassic Games/MicroProse) Based on: “Chinese Special Forces” from Jane’s Fleet Command (1999, Sonalysts Combat Simulations/Electronic Arts) Main Game Rating (Early Access): Scenario Difficulty Rating: In November 2024, MicroProse released Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, an ambitious…
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Old Gamers Never Die (Sea Power Edition): ‘Desert Spear’ is a Fun But Inaccurate ‘Mod’
As many of my regular readers know, I’ve been a long-time fan of military-themed computer games, especially those set during World War II or in Cold War-turned-hot scenarios. I’ve been playing war games like Crusade in Europe, Silent Service II, M1 Tank Platoon, and Strategic Command WWII: World at War since the late 1980s, and…
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Weekend Leisure: Books, Games, and Relaxation
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Prime Video, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, MicroProse Software, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, Triassic GamesEarly Afternoon, Sunday, February 23, 2025, Miami, Florida It’s early afternoon, midway through a late winter Sunday, here in sunny Miami, Florida. The weather’s cool and cloudy, a nice break from the usual heat. We’re on the edge of a strong cold front, so temperatures have been dancing around a bit. Earlier, it was 63°F…
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Goodbye 2024…Hello 2025
Late Morning, Wednesday, January 1, 2025, Miami, Florida Well, another year has ended, and here I am, starting 2025 in my hometown of Miami, 1,616 miles from where I lived – Madison, New Hampshire – at the start of 2024. Instead of waking up to a chilly New England morning with a mix of light…
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Old Gamers Never Die: Some Thoughts on ‘Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age’ (Early Access)
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…
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Old Gamers Never Die: In Harm’s Way at the Straits of Hormuz in ‘Sea Power’
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm’s way. – John Paul Jones Back in 1989, while I was studying journalism at Miami-Dade Community College, I proudly owned an Apple IIe computer. Besides writing, my limited social life meant I spent countless…
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Old Gamers Never Die: A Perfect Victory in Sea Power’s ‘Hair Trigger Scenario’ Kicks Off My Christmas Celebration
Midafternoon, Tuesday, December 24, 2024, Miami, Florida Since I am not working today, I decided to play Hair Trigger, one of the shortest – and easier – scenarios in Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age. Today the developer announced that a couple of new patches for the game had been uploaded in time…
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Old Gamers Never Die: Learning New Things…and Re-Learning Things I Already Knew
Early Afternoon, Sunday, December 22, 2024, Miami, Florida I’ve been diving into Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age ever since Triassic Games and MicroProse launched it in Early Access this past November. And let me tell you, even though it’s still a work in progress, I’m thoroughly enjoying this simulation of late 20th-century…
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Old Gamers Never Die: My Thoughts on the ‘CVBG Norwegian Sea’ Scenario in ‘Sea Power’
I have been hooked on Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age since its Early Access release on Steam last month. This naval combat simulation plunges you into the high-stakes world of 20th-century maritime warfare, giving you the thrill of commanding forces from NATO, Warsaw Pact, and even regional powers like Iran, Israel, and…
A Certain Point of View, Too 