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Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
The Vault · 2004

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

The Pacific war, personal and punishing.
Released2004
Players1 Player
Medal of HonorPCShooter
Squad-basedMultiplayerEA Account RequiredObjective-based MP

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is a first-person shooter set in the Pacific theater of World War II, developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts in 2004. It follows the series tradition of placing the player in the boots of a soldier within a small squad, this time focusing on the U.S. Marine Corps' island-hopping campaign. The game introduces a persistent corpsman mechanic that lets the player call for healing, a more deliberate weapon handling model, and a story-driven single-player campaign that opens with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Multiplayer includes objective-based modes and deathmatch, though it was plagued by authentication and performance issues at launch. The visuals pushed DirectX 9 hardware, featuring detailed jungle environments, dynamic scarring on character models, and extensive post-processing effects.

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How to Play TodayYour options for running this game in 2026
Original Hardware
Original PC CD-ROM release. Requires a Windows 98/2000/XP machine with a 1.5 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM, and a DirectX 9.0c 64 MB graphics card. Loose copies on eBay typically under $10.
Modern Re-release
Available on GOG for $9.99, updated for modern Windows. Includes all patches and works out of the box.
Emulation / Other Options
Not applicable; runs natively on Windows. For non-GOG copies, modern systems may need compatibility mode or dgVoodoo2 wrapper.