Task Force 1942
Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific is an MS-DOS video game released by MPS Labs in 1992.
The game is a surface naval simulation which allows the player to operate single ships or a task force made up of ships, from the United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy, or the Imperial Japanese Navy in the South Pacific during WWII. It was designed to run under PC DOS or MS-DOS, version 5.0 or higher. The specific historical setting was the series of ferocious naval engagements fought around the largest island in the Solomon Islands chain, Guadalcanal, in 1942.
Gameplay
[Image:Tf 1942 scr.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Game screen.]The player can fight either for the US Navy and its ANZAC allies, or the Imperial Japanese Navy. The player can start a single engagement or play in the campaign mode. Campaign mode takes place on the Guadalcanal campaign. The player is given full control over the naval forces of either side based in Espiritu Santo for the Allies, or Rabaul for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The player's goal is to capture Guadalcanal providing its ground forces with sufficient reinforcements and supply, while trying to disrupt the other side's own efforts.
Apart from ships, the player has control over land-based air assets which can be used as real-time reconnaissance.