Channel 3 Reviews

I played and owned a few Microprose titles on my 286 back in the day. I think the first game I played from them on my buddy's IBM model 25 or 30 was Airborne Ranger. He never seem to really get into it so I borrowed it from him and had a blast with that game. I still have it loaded up to play in Dosbox but simply don't have the controls remembers anymore nor the overlay that used to come with these back in the day to know what does what.

Other Microprose games I played and got really good at was Red Storm Rising and F-19 Stealth Figher (It would later be released as F-117A but essentially the exact same game). I own both of those games complete in box.

The only submarine games I got into and was really able to understand how to play was the aforementioned Red Storm Rising and Wolfpack by Nova logic.

I've heard of Silent Service but I didn't know anyone that owned it much less played it myself. I did play Lightspeed for a bit but it had a different name back then. Hyperspeed I think it was called? Didn't get far with that one. 

Pirates! was another Microprose classic, but I only found about that game much much later on when I first played the Genesis version in the early 2000s and discovered Pirates! and Pirates! -Gold for PCs had come out prior.

 

Edited March 7, 2022 by CrossBow

I have a more modern Pirates! for the Wii.  Fun game.

I have more Microprose games for my XEGS including F-15 Strike Eagle, Decision in the Desert, top gunner (has three games), Crusade in Europe.  All complete in box. I'm looking for Gunship and Red Storm Rising for the ST.

And, yes, I play Silent Service.  I also have that one for the NES but play the XEGS version more.