Harpoon 1 (Classic)

Harpoon Classic was the first computer Harpoon game and probably the world’s best naval game when it shipped from Three-Sixty back in December 1989. Three-Sixty continued selling and updating the product until early 1994 when the rights reverted back to Applied Computing Services Inc., the original developer and rights holder. Alliance Interactive licensed the code and rights from ACSI in mid 1994 and developed Harpoon Classic for Windows 3.1. In 1996, Alliance licensed Harpoon Classic ‘97 to Interactive Magic, which developed the game further to Windows 95.

Harpoon Classic screenshots. Click on any of the thumbnails for a full picture:

 

 

Harpoon Classic 2002 Gold and Harpoon Commanders Edition (HCE)

Work commenced upgrading Harpoon Classic 97 to Harpoon Classic 2002 Gold in the early 2000’s thanks to Byron Audler, Don Gilman and the orginal HCE Team. Many new and exciting features were incorporated into the game laying the basis for what was to come. After work was completed and Harpoon Classic Gold shipped Anthony Eischens and the rest of his team at HarpGamer took the reigns evolving the game into its current form, Harpoon Commander’s Edition (HCE) which is published by Matrix Games. If you are a fan of the original Harpoon Classic game you will enjoy this upgraded version.