Harpoon is a simulator developed by Applied Computing Services, released 17 December 1989 on Amiga, DOS, Mac and PC-9800 Series.
What Harpoon is
Harpoon is a simulator game developed by Applied Computing Services and released in 1989. It was published by Imagineer. It is available on Amiga, DOS, Mac and PC-9800 Series.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Harpoon is a game in which the player is the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces, making judgment calls and sending orders to ships and aircraft, armed with weapon systems selected from more than 100 available options.[1] The game mainly focuses on combat in the GIUK Gap.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Harpoon launched on 17 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Harpoon — frequently asked questions
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