TF1942 and Across the Rhine now on Steam!

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November 06, 2014, 03:18:29 PM Last Edit: November 06, 2014, 03:31:49 PM by steve58
Task Force 1942

Across the Rhine

...for $5.24, may have to spring for TF1942  8)

Seems to be a few more oldies as well: Command HQ, Nam, Silent Service II


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Barthheart

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November 06, 2014, 03:25:40 PM
Those were both great games.....TF1942 was hard to win .... O0

PanzersEast

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November 06, 2014, 03:30:04 PM
Quote from: steve58 on November 06, 2014, 03:18:29 PM
Task Force 1942

Across the Rhine

...for $5.24, may have to spring for TF1942  8)

Seems to be a few more oldies as well: Nam, Silent Service II


Good stuff... thanks for the heads up, in my cart!


PE

Shelldrake

#3
November 06, 2014, 03:34:31 PM
Nice. I always hoped that these would appear on GOG with all the extra goodies the originals included.
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November 06, 2014, 03:46:47 PM
Sweet! Loved Command HQ back in the day. Now we just need Red Storm Rising! O0
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Tuna

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November 06, 2014, 03:52:18 PM
Wow, talk about OLD games!

Great Ajax

#6
November 06, 2014, 05:00:14 PM
Across the Rhine *sigh*  The most disappointing game of all time.

Command HQ!!!!  That will be mine tonight!

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November 06, 2014, 05:27:23 PM
I wish they'd include the option to separate out old games.  I have no interest in nostalgia.

Grim.Reaper

#8
November 06, 2014, 05:49:10 PM
even for me they look too dated....so will be passing myself....but them releasing these oldies do give some hope they might stumble on some good stuff eventually..

Greybriar

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November 06, 2014, 10:25:17 PM Last Edit: November 06, 2014, 10:27:15 PM by Greybriar
Quote from: steve58 on November 06, 2014, 03:18:29 PM
Task Force 1942

Across the Rhine

...for $5.24, may have to spring for TF1942  8)

Seems to be a few more oldies as well: Command HQ, Nam, Silent Service II

Wow! Task Force 1942 was released in 1992 and Across the Rhine was released in 1995. Of them all, I think I might still play Command HQ, which was released in 1990. I would have expected GOG.com to be the primary legal source for games as old as these, but it doesn't even offer some of them for sale.

Incidentally, I own all of them with the exception of NAM, which wasn't by MicroProse and whose DOS version did not appear until 1998. My big problem with games of that vintage is that many of them that I own are on 5.25" floppies and I don't have a working computer that has that type of drive. Hence the reason why I am repurchasing many of my old DOS games.
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November 06, 2014, 10:29:52 PM
God how I loved Command HQ! And Global Conquest!
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November 06, 2014, 10:38:17 PM
It looks like whomever (Nightdive Studios? Retroism?) has recoded many of these games to work on modern OSs including OSX and Linux.
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Greybriar

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November 06, 2014, 10:44:54 PM
Quote from: bbmike on November 06, 2014, 10:29:52 PM
God how I loved Command HQ! And Global Conquest!

Yeah, I liked Global Conquest, too, but not quite as much as I liked Command HQ. They were both developed by the same company, Ozark Softscape.

I wasn't aware of the existence of those two companies, Staggerwing. Thanks for enlightening me.  O0
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November 07, 2014, 12:29:12 AM
TF1942 sounds interesting, but I really need to hear how it holds up before I pull the trigger.
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BanzaiCat

#14
November 07, 2014, 08:07:24 AM
Loved Command HQ back in the day...wow, I missed that one in the bundle they had on Steam. The graphics are heavily dated but that still brings back good memories.

Not quite sure it's worth $5.24 to me, though. $1.99 would. I dunno.
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