Harpoon

December 17, 1989 Applied Computing Services Three-Sixty Pacific, Imagineer, Personal Software Services
Simulator Strategy
PC-9800 Series Mac DOS Amiga
About

Harpoon is a realistic real-time tactics game that emphasizes quick and accurate decision making. It is based on a miniature table top game by Larry Bond.
Storyline

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.
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Game Info

Release Date December 17, 1989
Developer Applied Computing Services
Publisher Three-Sixty Pacific, Imagineer, Personal Software Services
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric, Text
Themes Warfare