Summary
Pacific Islands is a computer game published by Empire Interactive in 1992 for the MS-DOS, Amiga and Atari ST. It is the sequel to the 1987 video game, Team Yankee.
| Pacific Islands | |
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 Cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Oxford Digital Enterprises The Mystery Machine |
| Publisher(s) | Empire Interactive |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST |
| Release | 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Plot edit
Pacific Islands is a tank simulation game involving platoon-style combat.[1] A member of the Soviet Communist Party has seized control of the fictitious Yama Yama Isles in the South Pacific that are an important outpost for the Western nations. The player will have to regain control of the islands in five missions.
Reception edit
Computer Gaming World criticized Pacific Islands's lack of infantry (making the machines guns useless) or air power (despite the aircraft on the box art), both faults that existed with Team Yankee. The magazine concluded that it "comes closer to a Nintendo game than a wargame".[2] The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #189 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.[1]
Reviews edit
- ST Format - Jun, 1992[3]
- Amiga Computing - Jun, 1992[4]
- CU Amiga - May, 1992[5]
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Jul, 1992
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Aug, 1992[6]
- Amiga Format (Jun, 1992)[7]
- Amiga Action (May, 1992)[8]
- ST Action (Mar, 1993)[9]
- Amiga Power (May, 1992)[10]
- Zero (Jun, 1992)[11]
- Amiga Joker (May, 1992)[12]
- The One for Amiga Games (May, 1992)[13]
- Play Time (Oct, 1992)[14]
References edit
- ^ a b Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia & Lesser, Kirk (January 1993). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (189): 57–62.
- ^ Savage, Richard (December 1992). "Empire's Team Yankee & Pacific Islands". Computer Gaming World. p. 172. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "ST Format (Issue 35) - June - 1992: Atari magazine scans, PDF".
- ^ "Amiga Computing Magazine Issue 049". June 1992.
- ^ "CU Amiga Magazine Issue 027". May 1992.
- ^ https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=4540 [bare URL]
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Format_Issue_035_1992-06_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n49/mode/2up
- ^ "Pacific Islands: Team Yankee 2 review from Amiga Action 32 (May 1992) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
- ^ http://www.atarimania.com/mags/hi_res/atari_st_action_59_64.jpg
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Power_Issue_13_1992-05_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n94/mode/2up
- ^ "Zero Magazine Issue 32". June 1992.
- ^ http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/pacifici.htm#pacificislandsaj
- ^ "TheOne Magazine Issue 44". May 1992.
- ^ http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=4326