Pearl Harbor: Zero Hour

 PC
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
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  1. JamesH.
    Jan 20, 2002
    3
    What year is this?...This game looks like a resurected and relesed 1980's game that was dumped...then relesed years later.
  2. Bryce
    Jun 2, 2002
    10
    I though it was great but i'm having trouble installing it on xp can someone help me?
  3. AMMARM.
    Aug 3, 2004
    10
    I love it. the graphics are excellent but i cant find how to download it again.
  4. ChrisB.
    Nov 1, 2001
    7
    Easy controls, fair play. Lacks camera angles and a decent heads-up display.
  5. GregB.
    Feb 11, 2003
    9
    The graphics are pretty sad...but HELL....THIS GAME IS FUN AND ADDICTIVE. Worth the money. Blowin' stuff up is great!
  6. BobG.
    Jan 30, 2005
    2
    Pearl Harbor-Zero Hour was one of my favorite WW2 simulation games .....until I tried to reinstall it on my computer. It keeps stating "cannot initialize 3D". Simon and Schuster are out of PC Game business now, so where do I go??? Anywho (OK....how), S&S producing PC games is about equal to John Deere manufacturing Computers!.......If I can ever reinstall the game, I would probably rerate Pearl Harbor-Zero Hour was one of my favorite WW2 simulation games .....until I tried to reinstall it on my computer. It keeps stating "cannot initialize 3D". Simon and Schuster are out of PC Game business now, so where do I go??? Anywho (OK....how), S&S producing PC games is about equal to John Deere manufacturing Computers!.......If I can ever reinstall the game, I would probably rerate it a 9 or 10 due to its novel approach of flying your aircraft suspended in the air about 500 feet above it (which eases the pain if you're shot down by the bad guys or run out of fuel before you can reorient yourself on returning home. ( I recall hearing about the American pilot who, having had a great day shooting down six enemy aircraft, sinking a cruiser, and leaving a battleship badly damaged, landed his plane on an aircraft carrier, sharply saluted the commander and reported his feats....to which the commander responded..."Vellie good Yank, but you make one slight mistakee!"… Expand
  7. BobH.
    Sep 29, 2001
    9
    Good.
  8. ChrisG.
    Oct 19, 2002
    10
    I love this game and i just played the 60 minute demo i rate this game a 100000000000000000.
  9. MichaelR.
    Nov 13, 2002
    10
    I have fun, but i can't install it again.
  10. Cyndasaur
    Feb 28, 2015
    5
    A game I absolutely loved as a child. The missions were exciting and the music was great. However, the camera angle made it a major pain to land, the graphics were below average and some of the missions are rock hard. Dog fighting is basically nonexistent and it can take a while to get back into the fight once you die. It's fun, but nothing to pay for in this day and age.
  11. 1chris56
    Jul 1, 2019
    10
    A game I played as a child and come back to every few years and never gets old

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. GameZone
    50
    The game fails to tread new water in the field. It may have been a solid title, without the Pearl Harbor title, five years ago. It is a fair arcade, third-person perspective flight sim, and nothing more.
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  2. Playboy
    80
    Despite interesting missions like Midway and Guadalcanal, experienced gamers can blow through Zero Hour in a day. Ambitious flyboys will gladly return to it as coffee break filler, but long-term companionship is doubtful.
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  3. IGN
    53
    Overall I'd rather watch the movie again...and I hated the movie.
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