tribute to panzer commander

Just good memories of an old tank simulation game. no copyright infringement intended. All rights duly recognized to belong to Ultimation and SSI.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• panzer
• tank
• armor
• panzerkampfwagen
• German
• Russian
• wehrmacht
• ww2
• warfare
• weapons
• army
• germany

[scottyhp]

I loved this game. Played it for a summer (99 I think), then I had to move, didn't have Internet for awhile and lost the cd-Rom. I've missed it ever since. Do you have any gameplay video?

[HunterHornet]

@scottyhp

In its time the graphics were good but compared to World of Tanks it would be boring to make a video of gameplay by today's standards. World of Tanks is pretty incredible. But you have to endure the initiation process of getting royally raped by experienced players until you can learn to hold your own and afford a good tank or tank destroyer.

[Mjollnir1970]

This is a great game too, actually allows you to drive the tank, shoot buildings or even your own "comrades in arms" if you choose. These older games aren't like the new ones where you can't control the tank the way a true sim like this one allows you to.

[SuperEfficiency]

The best tank game for PC. No doubt. To play this game, you need an AGP or PCI graphics card from early 2000 / late 1990. The best would be to find an really old PC. No tank game comes close to Panzer Commander.

[LpardA6]

I loved this game. Played it from 1998 until '03 or so. I still have the CD-Rom but the game cannot be played on my current PC/laptop. Anyone know how I can rectify this?

[IScareWomenAway]

Takes me back.

[stempiii]

me and my dad played it for hours :) good old memories!

[dronespace]

Ah that music brings back memories, I used to play this a lot.

I still have the CD, but it doesn't work on XP.

[bglass1]

this reminded me of a part of my childhood that I haven't thought of for years. I remember spending weeks trying to shoot down a plane with the machine gun on the tanks. wow good times!!!!

[scottyhp]

Oh, I agree, Hunter... I'd just like to see one for nostalgia's sake. There are several vids of Panzer Elite online, which came out a year or so after Panzer Commander (and kind of eclipsed it at that point - though I never owned it). I play Red Orchestra now. The tank warfare on its own is more than excellent from a simulation perspective. I'll look at WoT as well. Long live Panzer Commander!