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Pacific Storm: The Midway Campaign

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Pacific Storm: The Midway Campaign is a 1992 video game published by Simulations Canada and designed by R.C. Crandall.

Gameplay[edit]

Pacific Storm: The Midway Campaign is a game in which up to two players engage in a strategic-level wargame beginning on May 15, 1942, playing through nine two-week turns, and players can either play as Admiral Yamamoto or Admiral Nimitz.[1] It is a text only game, the second release in the line after Pacific Storm - The Solomons.[2]

Reception[edit]

Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "While it has always seemed that [the price] is a lot to pay for a computer wargame with no graphics or sound support, it is nonetheless impressive to find a wargame that, at its highest level of play, can be finished in under 15 minutes. [...] The 'Storm' series from SimCan is one of their best".[1]

The PC Games Bible called Simulations Canada "the masters of tactical computer moderated games", noting that their products are "very specialist, effectively a computer moderated board game, no graphics, text driven, and complex."[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Emrich, Alan (May 1992). "Meeting the Japanese Halfway — American Style. Simulations Canada's Pacific Storm: The Midway Campaign". Computer Gaming World. 1 (94): 99.
  2. ^ a b Matthews, Robin; Rigby, Paul (1992). The PC Games Bible. Wilmslow, Cheshire: Sigma Press. p. 51. ISBN 1-85058-332-3. Retrieved 2024-05-27 – via Internet Archive.