Thread: Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat makes an appearance!

Tactical Gamer has decided to bring back Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat for one night only!

Event: Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat
Location: Tactical Gamer Community & Events server (70.84.146.202)
When: Monday, December 18th @ 8pm Eastern
What to bring: Your 'A' game. And for those BF2 players that are too young to remember BF1942, we'll accept your 'C' game.

Some of you may remember the glory days of Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat. Some of you may even have played BFDC at Tactical Gamer.

Dig through those old CDs and crack open that BF1942 jewel case. Carefully insert said CDs into that CD/DVD drive of yours and click install. Wait patiently as these old fellas tend to be more finicky than a cat. Locate and install the latest BF1942 patches, and then finally download and install the latest Desert Combat modification.

Let's find out who still has the skill to operate those infamous Desert Combat helicopters. Who remembers how to navigate the caverns of Gazala? Who dares to drive a tank across the desert of El Alamein?

If that isn't enticing enough, we will have a guest appearance by chopper pilot Apophis. Anyone recognize that name? There will be bonus points for anyone that can take him down with a stinger.

Download & Installation
All of the BF1942 patches and Desert Combat modifications can be found in the member's download section. Here is a list of mirrors for for those that do not have access:

Note: All files should be installed in the following order.

BF1942 Patches
1) BF1942 v1.6.19 (fileplanet)
2) BF1942 v1.6.19-v1.61b (incremental) (EA)

Desert Combat
3) DC 0.7 Full (fileplanet)
4) DC Final (fileplanet)

Make sure to download and install all of the patches prior to this event. You wouldn't want to miss out!


About Battlefield 1942 & Desert Combat
Battlefield 1942 was a game that redefined first person shooter games. Not long after its release, Trauma Studios developed a mod called Desert Combat. This mod helped to keep BF1942 alive much longer than anticipated.

Trauma Studios was acquired by DICE back in September 2004, which was later acquired by EA. The Trauma Studios team was eventually let go by EA.

Desert Combat was a modern day warfare modification for the BF1942 engine. The mod was never completed by the Trauma Studio's team, however several of the developers that were not a part of this acquisition put out one more release polishing up the mod. This acquisition paved the way for Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2: Modern Warfare (for consoles). I'm sure many of you are familiar with BF2.