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2019-03-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Radio Commander! Vietnam Strategy Wargame Using ONLY a Radio

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Why not embed the video here to save us the click?

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-03-14 02:05|| 2019-03-14 02:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks Herb, was just going to do that.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-14 06:33|| 2019-03-14 06:33|| Front Page Top

#3 That brings back memories of a Win-DOS game ported to my Amiga that I played:

Rules of Engagement 2

You captained a Space navy ship and had subordinate captains, with personalities no less!, that you could *radio* orders to. It was more WW2 in Spaaace! than anything else. Fun Times! Fun Time when the game was more important than the (crappy) graphics.

Posted by magpie 2019-03-14 10:14|| 2019-03-14 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 The second game is definitely a lot bigger weighing in at over 7 megs whereas the first game was less than 3.

Smiled a bit there. Haven't played RoE, feel like I missed a good one, but the description reminds me a bit of Silent Service with the different stations and navy combat, though Silent Service was WWII pacific submarine on C64.

Daughter got into dungeon crawl games, and we played a few. Pretty, but no Champions of Krynn.

Interesting idea, hope it makes it. I thought maybe the player talked into a mic like in SOCOM Navy Seals...then I remembered the times I would order a breach but teammate would toss a frag right in the middle of the group instead of kicking the door...or really any other command seemed to get me fragged. I am told our regional accent does not pair well with voice recognition recorders so maybe command clicks is the way to go.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-14 18:35|| 2019-03-14 18:35|| Front Page Top

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