Category: Naval Warfare Simulations
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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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Old Gamers Never Die: Some More Thoughts on ‘Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age’
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in Alternative History (Alt History), Cold War-Turns-Hot Games, Cold Waters, Computer and Video Games, Killerfish Games, MicroProse Software, Naval Warfare Simulations, Red Storm Rising (1986 novel), Regiments (2022), Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, Strike Fleet (1987), The Third World War: August 1985, The Third World War: The Untold Story (1982), Tom Clancy (author)Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age Genre: Real-time strategy/naval warfare simulation Developed by: Triassic Games Published by: MicroProse Release Date: November 12, 2024 Current Status: Early Access If you’re a regular visitor to A Certain Point of View, Too, you probably know I lived through the last 28 years of the Cold War.…
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A Writer’s Warm Sunday in Miami
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Early Afternoon, Sunday, February 16, 2025, Miami, Florida It’s early afternoon here in sunny South Florida, and I’m sitting at my desk, pondering how I will spend this lovely Sunday. The weather feels like early summer rather than late winter with the temperature already at 83°F (29°C) under mostly sunny skies. The “feels-like” temperature is…
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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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