Task Force 1942

Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific is a DOS PC 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, including the following: Battle of Tassafaronga Battle of Empress Augusta Bay Naval Battle of Vella Lavella Battle of Savo Island Battle of Cape Esperance First and Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Battle of Kula Gulf The game was originally released on five 3¹⁄₂" high density floppy disks. Copy-protection was provided by the 100 page Task Force 1942 identification book which had an illustration of each ship encountered in the simulation, including the ship specifications.