Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet

by Wizard Works

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005A3LE
• Item Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 23, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,990 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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The early-morning quiet is shattered by the eerie whine of dive-bombers. You're the lead gunner on deck as you attempt to defend against Zeroes, Kates, and Vals. Torpedoes rake the water, bombs scream all around, and steel meets steel as planes crash thunderously against ships. Sound effects put you viscerally in the thick of the action, and easy-to-use controls let you jump into combat right away. Three modes let you attack, defend, or evade.

Product Description

A day that will live in infamy.Product InformationThe early morning quiet of a nation at peace is shattered by the eerie whineof dive-bombers.  This is no drill!  You are the lead gunner ondeck.  Man your battle station as the first wave descends: Zeros Kates andVals swoop down throwing everything they've got in your direction. Torpedoes rock the water; cannon fire rails across the deck with the sound ofripping burlap.  But you have a few surprises for them.  In times ofcombat there are no cooks corpsmen or commodores - just fighting men.Product Features Riveting ship-to-air combat turns your computer into a defensive battle station WWII era weapons plus then-classified armaments and radar Progressive levels of difficulty  Chaotic battle sounds including screaming bombs crashing planes splashing torpedoes and more Get into the action fast with easy-to-use controls Windows Requirements Windows 98 Me XP Pentium 266 MHz processor 32 MB of RAM 100 MB free Hard Drive space 3D accelerator with 4 MB of RAM DirectX 8.0 (included on CD) DirectX compatible Sound Card CD-ROM drive Mouse 

Customer Reviews

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Well............................................, August 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet (CD-ROM)

The purpose of a review is to provide details or an opinion of a piece of hardware, software or any other item not to influence someone's buying decision. It is simply unfair to slam a game simply because you do not like it. So basically I will give my objective take. I was attracted to the concept of manning the guns to combat an enemy onslaught. I found the game installed at a Compusa ready for play and decided to give it a whirl. There was no learning curve and the waves were entirely too easy even at the hard settings. The game resembled a shooting gallery and objects appeared to be there simply for you shooting pleasure. The graphics were substandard and the enemy planes seemed to lack an objective other than to fly around and wait to be shot down. As the levels progressed, more powerful guns became available and the focus of my gameplay was not on survival but how much ammo I could save and wether or not I was going to get the gattling gun. In many cases leading of targets was useless proving a lack of physics and the addition of the subs made it even more trivial. Silly as it may seem I was actually interested in playing the game until someonecame to my rescue and asked if they could try it. I quickly handed it over and even though it was on level 15 he had no problem picking up where I left off. The lack of challenge made me decide to pass on the purchase, however I find myself wanting to play the game but not willing to spend the $19.99 to buy it. There are no dramatic effects when something is shot down or destroyed, so the sheer destructive feeling you long for in a game of this genre is lacking. The ultimate decision is up to you, as each individual is drawn to certain aspects of every game. It is only fair to offer my experience and allow the facts to do the rest. [....]

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Good!!!, May 30, 2001

By A Customer

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This review is from: Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet (CD-ROM)

This game is actually pretty horrible. The graphics are not very detailed and all the game really entails is sitting in a stationary position shooting at Japanese aircraft. The game has absolutely no depth and the average person I became bored with it rather quickly.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for the serious game players, August 14, 2003

By 

Mathew A. Shember (Cupertino, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet (CD-ROM)

If you are after a solid challenging game, then this is not for you. However, if you want something simple to waste time, then this game is ok.

It is old style shooter where new things keep poping up and they get harder to hit as time moves on.

Get the current patches! The graphics improve. However, there is still a system crash bug after the 20th level. There are also a couple bugs where there is a "magic portal" in the sky the planes use to reappear behind you. Annoying....

Again, if you are an advanced game player you probably will not like this game.