This is a list of mods for the first-person shooter computer game Battlefield 1942.
PC Gamer described in October 2005 one particular mod as "the last great mods before the Battlefield 1942 community moved over to Dice's Sequel. Its a fitting end to an era."[1] This mod also appeared in articles on CNN[2] and The Washington Times,[3]
Introduction
Like Half-Life and some other popular FPS games, Battlefield 1942 has spawned a number of mods. Most do not progress very far and are abandoned without ever producing a public release. Some are very limited and just include some gameplay changes or even a different loading screen while others are total conversions that modify content and gameplay extensively.
A few mods have become popular and are nearly games in their own right. Early modifications of Battlefield 1942 were produced without a SDK. Recently a "Mod Development Kit" has been produced to help development of mods.
With the release of the Battlefield 1942 sequel Battlefield Vietnam, some mods have released a new version or have continued development with that game. Battlefield Vietnam uses an updated version of the Refractor 2 game engine. Some mods have switched to the computer games Söldner: Secret Wars, Half-Life 2 or others for the same reasons.
Notable releases
- Who Dares Wins was reviewed in the August 2005 edition of the UK PC Gamer magazine, and a copy of version 0.2 was distributed with the magazine on DVD-ROM to its readers.
- Desert Combat had over 250,000 downloads, helped by the Iraq War, which increased the number of page views to approximately 15,000 per day,[2] or even between 20,000 to 70,000.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Who Dares Wins: Behind the Balclava". PC Gamer. PC Gamer.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b Chris Morris (2003-03-25). "War games see sales spike". CNN. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
- ^ a b Phuong Ly (2003-04-07). "In Wartime, Teens Go Back to Their Quarters". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-01-23.