Spectrum HoloByte is well known for its realistic Gato (a submarine) and Falcon (a lighter plane) combat simulators. Fans of these intricate games will also enjoy PT-109, a World War II PT-boat combat simulator.
On the Campaign Trail
PT-109 puts you in the cockpit of an Elco 80 Patrol Torpedo Boat. Your mission is to run a series of patrols (known as a tour of duty). In each patrol, which recreates a famous battle, you cover an assigned area of the ocean and must engage any enemy craft you encounter. In addition to the assigned patrol route, you may have special orders, such as dropping off a shore party and waiting for it to return, or rescuing downed pilots.
A campaign is a series of four tours of duty. You progress through the tours in the order the battles occurred in history. Despite the fact that each tour is in a different locale and offers different opponents and patrols, all you really do is combat the enemy. After a while, this wears a little thin.
In World War II the PT boat was the most heavily armed ship in the navy — on a firepower-per-pound basis. In the game you can eejuip your PT boat with the full array of armament you need to fulfill your missions and return to port safely. The weapon controls are simple to operate, either in automatic mode (your crew fires at targets you designate) or in manual mode (position the cursor over the target and click).
Your opponents have the same weapons — and then some. Fortunately, you have two defensive systems — a smoke generator and an engine muffler — to augment your arsenal.
PT-109’s documentation includes strategy and instruction manuals that gave me a complete sense of what I could and couldn’t do.
Sullivan, Jeffrey (October 1988). Man the Battle Stations! Macworld. (pg. 186).
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pt-109.zip
Emulating this? It could probably run under: 
Mini vMac
