dagtwo
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I would say Close Combat, except it wasn't 3D but top-down and it used sprites instead of full animations. The first installment was set in Normandy though. I think it came out in '97 or '98.
Michael
Ok that sounds like it. Thanks.
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It was called Squad Leader. It was played on a 30" CRT (Cardboard Real Terrainmap) and used a Nvidia six sided processor. The graphics were pretty crude by today's standards, and occasional you'd get a system crash due to a spilled drink or curious cat, but we still played it like crazy.
Seriously, maybe you're thinking about TacOps?
Now that's going to annoy me. :mad: I remember a cd and a pre-CM type game, with a pseudo-3D layout, ordering individual squads followed by combat simulation. I thought I remembered it being in WWII (Normandy or some-such). It was a Mac disc. Don't suppose it's lying around somewhere so I can get an answer since we're talking about 2000 or earlier.
CMBO was such a major step up it was like night and day. Getting old has some serious side-effects but I can't remember what they are.
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Excuse me, perhaps I misunderstand what you mean to say, but CMBO was the original game in the Combat Mission series.
Michael
Ok, the game before CMBO. What was it called?
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My wargaming has been sporadic but does go back to high school in 64-65: Avalon Hill (Guadalcanal, Africa Corps, Battle of the Bulge and so on); then a futile love for Allied General (useless AI, but I loved the game); and then the original CM (the one before CMBO) and CMBO. Definitely interested in seeing the demo of CMBN.
I stopped aging decades ago and started getting younger. I'm looking forward to my second adolescence (minus the awkwardness around the ladies).
We're not so old after all
in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
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Oh good! I'm not the most senior any more.