Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet

{{Short description|2001 video game}}

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| title = Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet

| image = Pearl Harbor Defend the Fleet cover.jpg

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| developer = WayForward

| publisher = WizardWorks

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| platforms = Microsoft Windows

| released = May 11, 2001{{cite web |last=Walker |first=Trey |date=May 8, 2001 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pearl-harbor-defend-the-fleet-coming-soon/1100-2716775/ |title=Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet coming soon |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609202621/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2716775,00.html |archive-date=June 9, 2001 |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2024}}

| genre = Shooter game

| modes = Single-player

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Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet is an action video game developed by WayForward and published by WizardWorks for Microsoft Windows in 2001. It is a game in which the player shoots down waves of Japanese planes.

Reception

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| MC = 48/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pearl-harbor-defend-the-fleet/ |title=Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412224918/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pearl-harbor-defend-the-fleet/ |archive-date=April 12, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2024}}

| EPD = 6/10{{cite web |last=MacIsaac |first=Jason |date=September 5, 2001 |url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=6634&full=1 |title=Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet |website=The Electric Playground |publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020704013003/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=6634&full=1 |archive-date=July 4, 2002 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 13, 2024}}

| GSpot = 3.6/10{{cite web |last=Osborne |first=Scott |date=May 30, 2001 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/pearl-harbor-defend-the-fleet/1900-2766754/ |title=Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet Review |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609213420/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2766754,00.html |archive-date=June 9, 2001 |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2024}}

| GStar = 38%{{cite magazine |title=Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet |language=de |magazine=GameStar |publisher=Webedia |date=July 2001}}

| GameZone = 6/10{{cite web |last=Gerbino |first=Robert |date=June 7, 2001 |url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18169.htm |title=Pearl Harbor: Defend The Fleet Review |website=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921154211/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18169.htm |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 13, 2024}}

| IGN = 5.3/10{{cite web |last=Morrissey |first=Mike |date=June 12, 2001 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/12/defend-the-fleet-pearl-harbor |title=Defend the Fleet: Pearl Harbor [sic] |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530075436/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/12/defend-the-fleet-pearl-harbor |archive-date=May 30, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2024}}

| NGen = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Lundrigan |first=Jeff |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen80Aug2001/page/n89/mode/2up |title=Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet |magazine=NextGen |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=80 |date=August 2001 |page=89 |access-date=April 12, 2024}}

| PCGUS = 42%{{cite magazine |title=Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |year=2001}}

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The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen said that the game was "Good for a waste of 10 minutes and $20. That's about it."

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