OT-Harpoon 2002 Gold

[Tasan]

I know several of you on this board are wargamers, and have discussed the old Harpoon naval warfare game. Well, a group of fans obtained the rights to the game, and have slaved away for a couple of years updating the code and such. After a 3+ month long open beta, which I participated in, the final version has been completed and is now available for sale. They've updated the engine to 32 bit windows, and have made the database of ships, weapons, cities, aircraft, etc, completely editable in an access based database. They fixed many of the lingering bugs the older versions had, and have a slate of new features to add to the game still, including a complete world map to play on. I highly recommend checking this out. I plopped $10 down when I discovered they were doing this, and I'm going tonight to order my final copy. Anyway, I thought some folks might want to know about this.

http://edladner.home.infionline.net/h2002.htm

[Tasan]

Dola self-dump here, just in case it was missed. And I'll throw in the email to the Harpoon list, announcing the release.

Hello, Fellow Harpooners:

Harpoon Classic 2002 is now available for purchase at:

http://store.eSellerate.net/s.asp?s=STR469345516

Purchase Instructions:

There are currently two purchase options, Electronic Download and CD-ROM via First Class Airmail. The price of the Download is $30.00 (USD). Shipping and Handling cost for the CD-ROM is an additional $8.00 (USD).
It is the policy of our on line merchant, eSellerate, to ship CD's anywhere in the world within 48 hours of an order being placed, so for most US customers, the CD should arrive in the mail 3-5 days after placing the order.

As promised, those of you who previously purchased the HC2002 upgrade are entitled to a $10 discount when purchasing HC2002 GOLD. To ensure you receive the discount, please click the "More Info" link directly above the "Buy" button when you load the URL listed above. You'll need to provide the same e-mail address you used when you purchased the HC2002 upgrade. IMPORTANT NOTE - If that e-mail address is no longer active, you will not receive an e-mail confirmation of your purchase and registration serial number. Be extra mindful to copy the new serial number generated during the course of this transaction. You will need it to run all but the Demo scenarios in HC2002 GOLD. (And since the letter O and the number Zero are easy to mistake, your best bet is to Copy and Paste the registration serial number into a new .txt or other document for later retrieval.) Please use the HGSL support list to report any problems in receiving your discount (link provided below).

The Download is a 24+ MB file that includes the HC2002 GOLD Game Engine, Scenario Editor, Platform Editor, and the HCDB (HC2002 GOLD's newly updated database). The CD-ROM includes all of the above, plus Access Runtime for those who do not have MS Access 97 or later installed on their machines. And, since the CD also includes a several hundred megabyte NEW WORLD MAP (it's implementation is our next goal in the ongoing development of HC2002), we strongly encourage you all to order the CD-ROM as well as the Download.

Purchase is currently by Credit Card only. Within a few days, we will post notice on how to purchase HC2002 GOLD for those of you who prefer a Money Order option.

Installation and Registration:

Upon completing the purchase, those of you who order the download will be linked to the HC2002 GOLD Download Site. Choose from any of the three mirror sites listed there and your download will begin. Upon completion, double click the Installer file, "hcgold_full.exe" and follow the prompts to select a destination directory in which to install HC2002 GOLD. Next, for those of you who own HC97, use the BattleSet Utility button to import the EC2000 files into your new HC2002 GOLD directory.

You are now ready to register your copy of HC2002 GOLD. Use your newly created shortcut, Start Menu icon, or double click on the Winharp32.exe file, to open the Game Engine. Load the first scenario in the GIUK BattleSet. Click on HELP in the upper menu bar once the scenario has loaded, and in the drop down click on REGISTER HC2002. Finally, retrieve the registration serial number you saved earlier and paste it into the registration window. Click on OK, and your copy of HC2002 GOLD should now be registered and fully functional.

Note on MS Access and Access Runtime:

The Download does not contain Access Runtime (to save bandwidth), which is only necessary for running the Platform Editor, and even then, only if you do not have a working copy of MS Access 97 or later on your computer. To get Access Runtime (8 MB Download), please visit:

ftp://ftp.teuton.org/harpoon/HCGold/hcgold_art.exe

or

http://www.advancedgaming.biz/agsi_d...hcgold_art.exe

or

http://www.advancedanswersondemand.c...hcgold_art.exe

Support:

Please continue to use the HGSL support list and/or the HULL for all support related questions. We hope this all runs smoothly, but if there are bumps in the road, we'll respond as soon as is humanly possible. The links to these are listed below my signature.

Congratulations on your purchase of HC2002 GOLD. Good Hunting!

Bruce Fenster
Assistant HULL Moderator
Testing and Support Manager, HC2002 GOLD http://www.teuton.org/mailman/listinfo/hull
http://www.teuton.org/mailman/listinfo/hgsl

[Tasan]

Double dola, with some more info:

Very soon, tonight, you will hear from Bruce Fenster. He is going to give
you all the instructions on where and how to download Harpoon2002 Gold, or
to get the CD. Yes, we are done, the game is now available for release. I'm
stealing a wee bit of Bruces' thunder here, but this is not my goal.

I'm writing this to bring to your attention, the incredible group of people
who have worked their hearts out bringing this game to you. People like the
programmers, Bret Mckee and Tony Eischens. Bret has a day job, that almost
defies description. I won't go into details, but think Tom Swift meets IBM.
Bret not only did a huge amount of work on the code, but he also was
invaluable with the twists and turns of the business world. Tony began his
work with us as a Beta tester, and before you know it, is debugging code
and writing installer routines. Tony didn't get a lot of sleep during the
public beta days, believe me. And someone else who didn't get a lot of
sleep, was Bruce Fenster. Bruce was the man to go to, for support questions
and spearheading the beta testing. He has done so much to push the game
along, I can't begin to tell it all. Suffice it to say, without Bruce, we
would not be where we are now.

The Database guys...wow...complete dedication to the minutiae of platform
capabilities. Encyclopedic knowledge...unending desire to find out the best
"truth". Brad Leyte, team manager (not that they needed a lot of managing,
but hey, every team needs a manager) Brad is also the Harpoon2002 Gold
Team liason with Larry Bond and the Admiralty group, with regards to
database info. Assisting him with this project were Fred Galano, Calum
Gibson, and Saul Jacobs. And you cannot talk about Harpoon databases,
without also talking about Jon Reimers brilliant database editor. He won
his Pooner of the Year for one of his editors...he deserves a lifetime
Pooner for his continued support of the game.

There are lot's of other people who helped out along the way, especially
the beta testers. All their names will appear in the "about" section of the
game, and they will always be able to say, that they got their name "on the
box". Their work was invaluable, and we would not have gotten done with the
testing as quickly, or have done as well, had they not done such hard and
diligent work.

Really, when I think back on it, it's almost a miracle that we actually
managed to get this done. We're all amateurs at this stuff, and we all have
real lives, and real jobs, and in around a year, managed to bring this game
to you. We're pretty sure that you're going to like it. Matter of fact, we
bet thousands of hours of our work on it. Harpoon2002 Gold is NOT your old
Harpoon. Forget your old tactics...they aren't going to work. Most of all,
get ready to have as much fun with Harpoon, as you first did, all those
years ago, when Harpoon first came out on those big old 5.4 floppies, and
DOS still ruled the earth.


Get ready....here comes Harpoon2002 Gold! And most of all, remember these
terrific people who worked so hard to make your Harpoon experience
thrilling again.

Byron Audler,
project manager, Harpoon2002 Gold _______________________________________________
HULL mailing list
[email protected]
http://www.teuton.org/mailman/listinfo/hull

[Tasan]

Triple, and final dola

Here's a link to the features:

http://www.advancedgaming.biz/Products/hc2002gold.htm

And, no, I don't have anything to do with them, I'm just really pumped about it ;- )

[Calis]

Isn't a new Harpoon, 4(I think?) Supposed to be released soon? And by soon I mean about a year and a half ago?

Interesting though, I've never played the original Harpoon, as I've never been big into the Navy side of wargaming, but I've been meaning to try one out. Might have to look into this some more, thanks for the info!

[Tasan]

Yeah, Harpoon 4 originally had a release date of like summer 2000 I think, and we are still waiting for it today. I think this project grew out of the frustration of Harpoon gamers.

[Tasan]

I hate doing this, but I'm bumping in case the grognards that only get to look at the web page during the week missed this. I promiss its the last bump.