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I'm trying to think of the name of an old 90's shareware war game. It was played on a hex grid, and I remember the graphics being similar in style to the Hoosier City and RoboMaze games by MVP Software. The gameplay was on a low strategic level, with the map containing a small handful of cities. Each player controlled a few dozen units (at most), including nuclear weapons. There were about a dozen scenarios total, like amphibious landings, tank battles, and various other "themed" battles. It was semi-real-time. All units moved every few seconds, without requiring the player to explicitly end his turn. Intense googling has failed to retrieve anything promising. Any ideas?
Moby Games offers a nice search function for narrowing down what you're looking for.
Yeah. I've also checked out MobyGames a few other random game lists.
Yeah, I don't even think the units were animated. They were pretty much just icons, IIRC.
Also, I think the graphics were 16-color EGA.
Also, I think the graphics were 16-color EGA.
I found an old game called Front Lines, but the game I'm think of doesn't look nearly as pretty. I couldn't find anything specific on a game with "Tactics" in the title (go figure), and "Siege" didn't turn up anything familiar, either.
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Original post by Dhadson
I thought that Home of the Underdogs was gone. I read that the owner couldn't pay for running the site or something. I recall it was meant to be back several months ago, yet I haven't heard anything.
http://www.the-underdogs.info/
Are you referring to Rapid Response? It sounds very similar to the game you're describing, and I definitely remember playing it a lot when I was younger. If you can't find it on the internets, I'll find my copy of it when I get home (yes, I still have the 3.5 disk somewhere)
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Original post by Desert Fox
Are you referring to Rapid Response? It sounds very similar to the game you're describing, and I definitely remember playing it a lot when I was younger. If you can't find it on the internets, I'll find my copy of it when I get home (yes, I still have the 3.5 disk somewhere)
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Original post by Desert Fox
Are you referring to Rapid Response? It sounds very similar to the game you're describing, and I definitely remember playing it a lot when I was younger. If you can't find it on the internets, I'll find my copy of it when I get home (yes, I still have the 3.5 disk somewhere)
Sweet! That's the one. Rapid Response definitely rings a bell. I can't find it on MobyGames or Home of the Underdogs, but I'll keep looking.
I couldn't find anything on www.xtcabandonware.com or www.abandonwarering.com. The only thing I could find is this reference in the directory listing for an old ('97) shareware CD:
http://cd.textfiles.com/gigagames5/_BBS/PCB/DIR18
This might even be the CD that I original got the game from. I'll have to dig it up when I visit my parent's house again.
http://cd.textfiles.com/gigagames5/_BBS/PCB/DIR18
This might even be the CD that I original got the game from. I'll have to dig it up when I visit my parent's house again.
Here is a shareware download link for the game I think you are looking for: Rapid Response: War Simulator, Volume 1
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