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First post, by CinciTech

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Just wondering, seems like a bunch of us old tymers who like old DOS games... There's one I used to have, can't seem to find it now, called Conflict. It's little more than a text based game with CGA graphics, if I remember right, and it involved you being the Israeli Prime Minister, trying to take over the middle east. Anyone seen it, or have a copy of it anymore?

Also, another one... Volfied. Sorta like Jezzball, with more control, better graphics, and music that worked over the PC internal speakers and later, (to my surprise), on the Sound Blasters in the then-new-and-awesomely-fast Packard Bell 486's our school got donated from Ford in 1995.

Reply 1 of 7, by Reckless

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A quick root around found:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,2/gameId,837/
and a download link courtesy of HOTU:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=225

Was that it?

Volfield at Mobygames: http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,2/gameId,432/

No link for that one tho! Happy hunting.

Reply 2 of 7, by priestlyboy

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Actually the Underdogs do have it listed.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/company.php?id=151 <- The company's listing of all its games.
And here is the game on HOTU so you can try it out:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=1724
Your welcome 😉.
Hehe sometimes seraching by company gets a better result :p.

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Reply 3 of 7, by priestlyboy

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BTW: just tested Volfied in my DOSBox CVS Verison. Seems to run perfectly... Neat game.. It's one of those remove as much of the game screen kind of games by blocking off certain sections piece by piece. Very imaginative. Also read the README.DOC That comes with Volfied. 😜

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Reply 4 of 7, by CinciTech

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Thanks all for the links. These were the ones I was looking for. Ah, good ol' Middle East war strategy. Kindof a shame Israel didn't take over the Middle East in 98. 😁

Reply 5 of 7, by mirekluza

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A bit off topic: I prefer completely fictious games taking place in non-existing worlds. I just cannot enjoy a game about some historic war without thinking how big tragedy it was in reality... These things are to me too serious to play them as games.
This applies definitely for all wars in 20th century...

Mirek

Reply 6 of 7, by Reckless

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Agreed. It's a real shame when games designers sometimes do this! A real war costs many real lives and I don't feel quite all there when I'm re-enacting something from it. Problem is that I expect real events sell more 🙁

Reply 7 of 7, by CinciTech

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Actually, Mirek, I first played this game in 199... was it 3 or 4? It was set in a futuristic scenario, with no "historic" benefit whatsoever, (being that the war in question takes place several years in the future, and as far as I know never did happen as it plays out in the game).

Generally my opinion is that war is war. Regardless of whether it really happened or whether it's made up, what is important (imo) is the mental images of the war, not just the reality. IE: People are no more desensitized by seeing fighting in a war than seeing one go on in a movie or video game, even if it's not from our own history/world. Depending on how well written the storyline is, a good "Starcraft" or "Command & Conquer" really isn't any different from a WW2 sim.