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Battlefront
Strategic Studies Group
Distributed by Electronic Arts
Apple II. Commodore 54
$39.95
Scenarios for Saipan, Bastogne, Crete, and
Stalingrad recreate major land battles of
World War II in this game. The player can
command either the Allied or the Axis forces.
Each side has as many as 60 battalions divid
ed into three divisions. Units include infantry,
armor, and antitank units. New games can be
created with the game-design kit.
Battlegroup
Strategic Simulations
Apple II, Commodore 64
$59.95
In this World War II game, the U.S. and Brit
ish forces meet Hitler's army on the Western
Front. The game features most of the weap
ons from 1943 to 1945, including mortars,
tanks, troop carriers, antitank guns, flame
throwers, and bazookas. The computer cal
culates the hit probabilities for each soldier
and weapon.
Battle of Antietam
Strategic Simulations
Apple II, Atari, Commodore 64, IBM PC and
compatibles
Color graphics card required for IBM
$49.95
Robert E. Lee's army meets General George
McClellans forces at Antietam Creek in this
Civil War simulation. The basic game has
simple ruies and options, and it moves quick
ly. The advanced and intermediate versions
require more strategy and use factors such
as hidden units and chain o( command. Each
turn represents 30 minutes of actual battle
time.
Battles in Normandy
Strategic Studies Group
Distributed by Electronic Arts
Apple II, Commodore 64
$39.95
This sequel to Battlefront features eight sce
narios from the World War II Allied invasion
of Normandy and the two months afterward.
A map of the Normandy Peninsula and a his
torical article for each scenario—Omaha,
Utah, Sword, Cherbourg, Carentan, Villers
Bocage, Goodwood, Epsom—are included.
Each scenario may be edited, and new
games can be created.
Battles of Napoleon
Strategic Simulations
Distributed by Electronic Arts
Apple II, Commodore 64
S49.95
Players can simulate almost any Napoleonic
engagement on a detailed tactical level. The
construction set recreates battles, and play
er-generated maps and armies can also be
used. Scenarios include Waterloo, Quatre
Bras, Auerstaedt, and Borodino.
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Black Monday
Keypunch Software
IBM PC and compatibles
Color graphics card required
$9.99
Players can relive the stock market crash of
Monday, October 19,1987. As many as six
people can borrow and invest up to $5 million
in 20 different stocks. Investors can compile
personal daily reports, speculate on market
trends, and identify market patterns.
Blitzkrieg at the Ardennes,
1MB version
Command Simulations
Amiga
1 megabyte required
$59.95
This enhanced version of Blitzkrieg at the Ar
dennes depicts the World War II Battle of the
Bulge. New features include hidden unit
movement, a more flexible attack rule, and
aerial reconnaissance. New sound and
graphics have been added. An upgrade from
the 512K version is available for $10.00. The
512K version sells for S52.95.
Blue Powder Grey Smoke
Garde
Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC and compatibles,
Macintosh
$49.95
Players fight in the Civil War battles of Gettys
burg, Antietam, and Chickamauga. Players
must reckon with 11 types of terrain and sea
sonal changes. Players can choose to view
any part of the battlefield in either a close-up
or a broad overview.
Carriers at War 1941-1945
Strategic Studies Group
Distributed by Electronic Arts
Apple II, Commodore 64
$49.95
As task commander, the player locates and
sinks enemy vessels in this simulation of
World War II Pacific Ocean warfare. There
are 31 carriers, 215 other ships in 63 classes,
and more than 4000 aircraft in 126 squad
rons. Six scenarios are included—Pearl Har
bor, Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern Solomons,
Santa Cruz, and Philippine Sea. Using a
game-design kit, the player can create new
battles.
Conflict in Vietnam
MicroProse
Apple II. Commodore 64, IBM PC and compatibles
CGA or EGA card required for IBM
$19.95
Full-color graphics recreate five battle sce
narios of the Vietnam War. The player con
trols the troop movements, counterattacks,
and artillery bombardments. The battles can
be replayed as they really happened, or dif
ferent strategies can be used to try to alter
the outcome.
Crusade in Europe
MicroProse
Apple II. Commodore 64, IBM PC and compatibles
CGA or EGA card required for IBM
$19.95
This war game recreates some of the major
land battles of World War II, beginning with
the Normandy invasion on D-Day. Players
monitor troop movements across maps of
France and Germany and wage battles
against opposing generals. Battles can be
played as they actually occurred, or new
strategies can be attempted.
Decision on the Desert
MicroProse
Apple II. Commodore 64, IBM PC and compatibles
CGA or EGA card required for IBM
$19.95
The player can command either the Allied or
the Axis forces in the desert warfare of World
War II. As commander, the player controls air
strikes, armored battalions, and infantry
movement in North Africa from 1940 to 1942.
The game features accelerated realtime,
graphics, and variable skill levels.
Decisive Battles of the Ameri
can Civil War, Volumes I, II,
and III
Strategic Studies Group
Distributed by Electronic Arts
Apple II, Commodore 64
S39.95 each
Volume I, Bull Run to Chanceliorsville, cov
ers six major battles of the American Civil
War—First Bull Run, Shiloh, Second Bull
Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancel
iorsville. Volume 2 of this historical-war-game
series covers five Civil War battles—Gaines
Mill, Stones River, Gettysburg, Chickamauga,
and Chattanooga. The third game in the
American Civil War trilogy features Spotsylvania,
The Wilderness, Franklin, Nashville,
Atlanta, and Cold Harbor. A graphics editor
and war-game construction kit are included in
all three packages.
Desert Rats
Scorpion Software
IBM PC and compatibles
CGA required
$39.95
Desert Rats, a collection of six battle simula
tions, is set in the North African campaign
from 1941 to 1942. The fight begins with
Rommel's invasion of Tripoli and ends with
the Battle of El Alamein. Maps and historical
notes are included with this one- or twoplayer
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