Harpoon Classic '97 is a revised version of traditional Harpoon Classic which is in turn, based on Larry Bond's original and very popular Harpoon board-game from 1980. The core gameplay is top-down (map and menu based) ultra-realistic strategic naval warfare wrapping around scenarios in 4 different theatres (North Atlantic, Greenland/Iceland, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf/Mediterranean).

New features in this release are the Windows 95 playability (cleaner interface), improved artwork and effects, along with 50 new missions. Additional updated ships and planes are also included.

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The best naval strategy game ever published.

Windows

Rick Jones (108)

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The Press Says

Gamezilla	Windows	1997	82 out of 100	82
Reset	Windows	Jun, 1997	8 out of 10	80
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows 3.x	Apr, 1997		80
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Jan, 1997	65 out of 100	65
Subsim	Windows	1998	65 out of 100	65
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Jan, 1997		40
PC Player (Germany)	Windows 3.x	Jan, 1997		40

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Trivia

Novelist and screenplay writer Tom Clancy is friends with Harpoon's Larry Bond and gives him high praise for his work on the game. In fact Clancy gives credit to the game for helping him expedite the creation of his first book - The Hunt for Red October.

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This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (69582) and rstevenson

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