A modern naval battle simulator based on Larry Bond's popular Harpoon board-game from 1980. The game features 13 possible Cold War scenarios, each of which can be affected by multiple factors.

You can choose from an authentic arsenal of over 100 Soviet and NATO weapons. Use sensors, radars and sonar to track enemy ships. Crucial information on capabilities can be checked from the informative database.

Several Battleset data disks and a Scenario editor were later released.

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Alternate Titles

"GIUK Battleset" -- Abbreviated battleset title

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Merchant	Title
	Harpoon
	Harpoon
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User Reviews

One of the best naval simulations of 1980s.

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The Press Says

Dragon	DOS	Apr, 1990		100
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Jun, 1991		100
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Macintosh	Jun, 1991		100
Amiga Action	Amiga	Mar, 1991	86 out of 100	86
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	DOS	1990	83 out of 100	83
Power Play	Amiga	Apr, 1991	70 out of 100	70
Power Play	DOS	Mar, 1990	70 out of 100	70
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Feb, 1991	41 out of 100	41

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Trivia

Book Research

Author Tom Clancy used Harpoon while writing The Hunt for Red October, published in 1984. Clancy later teamed up with Larry Bond writing Red Storm Rising, published in 1986. The game was used to model many of the naval battles depicted in the book.

Origins

Larry Bond first created Harpoon in 1980 as a miniatures game. Bond was a serving officer in the U.S. Navy at the time.

Awards

Computer Gaming World
- September 1990 (Issue #74) – Wargame of the Year
- March 1992 (Issue #92) – Introduced into the Hall of Fame
- November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) - #40 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list

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This entry was contributed by Rola (5794), tkcmd (28) and Martin Smith (63217)