DOS Days

Aces of the Pacific

Released: 1992
Published by: Dynamix, Inc.
Developed by: Dynamix, Inc.
Author(s): Damon Slye, Lincoln Hutton, Bob Lindstrom, Christopher Reese, Nathan Dwyer, Paul Bowman, Ryan Hinke, Caedmon Irias, Dayne Freitag, Nancy Hamilton, Mark Peasley, Cyrus Kanga, Damon Mitchell, Peter Lewis, Mike Jahnke, Jarrett Jester, Ron Clayborn, Mark Vearrier, Tito Pagan, Alan McKean, Norman Nelson, Jan Paul Moorhead, Christopher Stevens

Introduction

Following their success with Red Baron in late 1990, Dynamix used the same team to develop Aces of the Pacific, released a year and a half later. The game had steeper system requirements but now supported the Gravis Gamepad and Thrustmaster Flight Control Stick (FCS) and Weapons Control System (WCS).

Fight for the US Navy, Army Air Force, Marines or Japanese Navy and Air Force in a variety of missions including ground attack, reconnaissance, bomber escort, dogfighting, or against famous aces. Just like in Red Baron, you have the option of single mission or campaign mode.

Aces of the Pacific features 34 detailed aircraft you can fly over land and sea, including torpedo and dive bombers, and the ability to land on carriers.

An expansion arrived soon after, entitled "WWII: 1946" that added jet aircraft, prototype aircraft and a hypothetical invasion of Japan. The game was succeeded by the third and final WW1 title in the series, Aces Over Europe.

System Requirements

System Requirements Intel 386SX CPU, 2 MB of RAM, DOS 5.0 or later.
Graphics support for 256-colour VGA only.
Audio support for PC speaker, Tandy/PCjr, PS/1 Audio Card, Thunderboard, Ad Lib, Sound Blaster and Roland MT-32/LAPC-I.
Keyboard, joystick and Mouse supported.
Original Media Four 5.25" 1.2 MB (DS/HD) floppy disks, three 3.5" 1.44 MB (DS/HD) floppy disks, or one CD-ROM disc.
Installed Size (MB) ? MB


From where can it be run?

The game must be installed to your hard disk or for the CD-ROM version, can be run from there.

 

Copy Protection

Aces of the Pacific has no copy protection.

How to Setup

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Problems

Symptom: ?
Cause: ?
Resolution: ?

To Quit the Game

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Supporting Documents

  • User manual
  • Cheats: BATAN: gives full life, DADS: gives full armament, QUARTS: gives invisibility, BORNTODIE: Full armor

 

Additional Files, Drivers and Utilities

This section includes any additional files, updated drivers (original and third-party) or utilities that help make the game a better experience.

    • WWII 1946 II - A mod from 1993 by Grant C Senn, aka Tagert, to the 1946 expansion disk that adds the XP-72 and P-51H into the campaign and are available as flyable aircraft. It also includes a number of other modifications for better historical accuracy.
    • P400 Aircobra mod - replaces the 37mm cannon with 15 rounds with a 20mm cannon with 60 rounds.
    • Information on how to edit AOTP.

 

Save Games

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Versions of the game known to exist

Version Date Comments
1.0 May 1992 Initial public release.
1.01 ? Patched release.
Patch 1.2 September 1992 Patch. This is for the non-"Collection" version only. Enhancements included: refinements of aircraft performance, graphics, sound, radio messages, scoring, weapons performance, and other features. This patch also updates the game to version 1.2 and will convert either version 1.0 or 1.01 (or previously patched versions).
Expansion Late 1992? WWII: 1946 expansion pack. Added jet aircraft, prototype aircraft and a hypothetical invasion of Japan.
Patch to Expansion March 1993 "WWII: 1946 Patch A" fixes these bugs:
1) Tapes will now be saved correctly in training missions.
2) Career: Pilots stationed on Kokubu airbase no longer fly missions from the middle of the ocean.
3) Career: USAAF pilots no longer get assigned to attack American warships.
4) USAAF pilots no longer drop out of autopilot with "friendlies encountered" messages during escort bombers missions.
5) The program no longer displays a Shell System Error when the player squadron is given a new aircraft type.

 


Original Floppy Disk Contents

The floppy disks have no specific volume label. Here are each disk's contents:

    Disk 1 of 4 (5.25" 1.2 MB DS/HD):

     
                
    Directory of A:\

     

    Disk 2 of 4 (5.25" 1.2 MB DS/HD):

     
                
    Directory of A:\

     

    Disk 3 of 4 (5.25" 1.2 MB DS/HD):

     
                
    Directory of A:\

     

    Disk 4 of 4 (5.25" 1.2 MB DS/HD):

     
                
    Directory of A:\

     

    Disk 1 of 3 (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

     
                
    Directory of A:\

     

    Disk 2 of 3 (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

     
                
    Directory of A:\

     

    Disk 3 of 3 (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

     
                
    Directory of A:\

     

     

    Expansion Disk (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

     
                
    Directory of A:\

     

 

Installed Directory Contents

Once installed, the following directory structure exists in the game directory:

     

    Directory of C:\DYNAMIX\ACES