Aces of the Pacific

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Aces of the Pacific
Composer(s)
Jan Paul Moorhead
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release1992
Genre(s)Combat flight simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Aces of the Pacific is a

United States Marines, Imperial Japanese Army, or Imperial Japanese Navy
. Dynamix followed-up the game with Aces Over Europe in 1993.

An Amiga version of Aces of the Pacific was previewed[1] but not released.

Gameplay

Aces of the Pacific features various warplanes of the World War II era, such as the

Battle of Coral Sea, and the mission to shoot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
after deciphering Japanese messages of his scheduled plans to visit island bases.

Numerous

Saburo Sakai
also take to the skies of the Pacific.

If the 1946 Expansion Pack is installed, at the end of the war, the player may choose to continue in an alternate history in which atomic bombs were never used on Japan. The game calls the campaign Operation Coronet, the planned invasion of Japan. This extra campaign contains numerous prototype aircraft that were developed before the war's end but never saw combat in World War II.

Reception

Aces of the Pacific was a commercial hit, with sales of 350,000 units.[3]

PCGames nominated Aces of the Pacific for their award for the best flight simulator of 1992, but gave the prize to Falcon 3.0.[9]

In 1994

PC Gamer US named Aces of the Pacific the 12th best computer game ever. The editors wrote, "With its unsurpassed variety of aircraft and mission types, Aces of the Pacific may well be the most gratifying air-combat simulation ever made."[10] In 1996 Computer Gaming World ranked it as the 47th best game of all time, for setting "new standards for graphics and performance."[11] In 2003 IGN ranked it as the 92nd top game, stating: "Realism, aircraft, technology, multiplayer and many ways to kill many a folk made Aces of the Pacific an immediate hit. (...) Better flight sims have come and gone, but this was one of the first truly glorious ones and its brand is still burnt in our minds."[12]

References

  1. ^ Rigby, Paul (March 1992). "Aces of the Pacific preview". AMIGA Magazine Rack. Dynamix. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ MacDonald, Duncan (September 1992). "Aces of the Pacific". Zero. No. 35. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ Ritchie, Craig (September 2010). "From the Archives; Dynamix". Retro Gamer (80): 54–58.
  4. ^ Fick, Douglas (September 1992). "Aces of the Pacific from Sierra/Dynamix". Computer Gaming World. No. 98. p. 112. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. ^ Fick, Doug (December 1992). "Aces Takes Off ... Finally". Computer Gaming World. p. 76. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  6. ^ Fick, Doug (March 1993). "A Flight into the Hypothetical with Dynamix's Aces of the Pacific Expansion Disk". Computer Gaming World. p. 116. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  7. ^ Brooks, M. Evan (September 1993). "Brooks' Book of Wargames: 1900-1950, A-P". Computer Gaming World. p. 118. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  8. ^ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia & Lesser, Kirk (December 1992). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (188): 57–64.
  9. ^ Keizer, Gregg; Yee, Bernie; Kawamoto, Wayne; Crotty, Cameron; Olafson, Peter; Brenesal, Barry (January 1993). "Best of PCGames '92". PCGames: 20–22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32.
  10. PC Gamer US
    (3): 32–42.
  11. ^ "150 Best Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World. November 1996. pp. 64–80. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  12. ^ "IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time". Uk.top100.ign.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

External links

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