Tag: Jane’s Fleet Command
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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: 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: 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: My Turkey Day Adventures with ‘Sea Power’
Late Afternoon, Friday, November 29, 2024, Miami, Florida Hi there, Constant Readers. Welcome to the Friday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day in the United States and its associated territories – including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Although I didn’t do anything special on this national…

