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The Oregon Trail
MECC
Apple II, IBM PC and compatibles
CGA required for IBM
S39.95
The Oregon Trail reenacts the journey of set
tlers traveling from Independence, Missouri,
to Oregon in the nineteenth century. Players
cross rivers, fend off grizzly bears, ration
supplies, and repair covered wagons. The
program is designed to help players practice
and sharpen problem-solving skills.
Overlord
Scorpion Software
Atari ST
Color monitor required
£39.95
Overlord is based on the Max Hastings book
of the same name. Players can control six
different countries in this recreation of the in
vasion of Normandy on June 6,1944.
In Pirates!, players learn the essentials of
a successful seafaring life—fencing, sail
ing, cannon firing, and courtship.
Patton vs. Rommel
Electronic Arts
Commodore 64. IBM PC and compatibles,
Macintosh
$14.95 (Commodore. IBM)
$19.95 (Macintosh)
Players assume the role of either General
George Patton or Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mel as these two World War II military lead
ers meet in battle on D-Day in Normandy.
There are 20 kinds of tactical orders, and
each division can handle up to 32 different or
ders at a time. After orders have been issued,
players watch the battle progress. The gen
erals may even appear on the screen to eval
uate the players' strategies.
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Pirates!
MicroProse
Apple II, Apple IIgs. Commodore 64, IBM PC and
compatibles. Macintosh
$44.95 (Apple. Apple IIgs, Commodore, IBM)
$59.95 (Macintosh)
In the role of captain of a seventeenth-century
pirate ship, players search the Caribbean for
treasures, Spanish ships, and cities to plun
der. They develop skills in sailing, sword
fighting, battle tactics, trading, and naviga
tion. More than 70 graphics scenes and pic
tures include a map of the Caribbean.
Difficulty levels vary.
President Elect—1988 Edition
Strategic Simulations
Apple II, Atari ST. Commodore 64, IBM PC and
compatibles
Color graphics card required for IBM
$14.95
Three players simulate any presidential elec
tion from 1960 to 1988, using a roster of 71
candidates and statistics. Candidates are rat
ed on social, economic, and foreign policy as
well as public image. Players alter the elec
tion's outcome by varying economic and po
litical factors. Fictional candidates may also
be created. For grade 5 through college level.
Ram
Avalon Hill
IBM PC and compatibles
Color graphics board
S30.00
One player can recreate the naval battles in
the Mediterranean Sea during the Pelopon-
nesian War. The player commands the an
cient Athenian navy against the Corinthians
and Spartans. Five scenarios can be played
in realtime.
Rebel Charge at Chickamauga
Strategic Simulations
Distributed by Electronic Arts
Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC and
compatibles
Color graphics card required for IBM
S49.95 (Apple, Commodore, IBM)
S59.95 (Amiga)
Players can test their strategies by recreating
the battle at Chickamauga Creek. The battle
takes place on a 64 X 54 square-grid map,
and players can switch between strategic
and tactical displays. The conflict is played in
13 turns, with each turn representing two
hours of realtime. Introductory, intermediate,
and advanced game levels are included.
Road to Moscow
Game Designers' Workshop
Commodore 64
$40.00
Players relive World War II in Russia through
five strategy games, including the invasion of
and fight for Poland. The object is to take and
hold key Russian cities before the computer
or an opponent can accumulate reinforce
ments. Ten levels of difficulty and random
events ensure that no two games play alike.
Romance of the Three
Kingdoms
Koei
IBM PC and compatibles
CGA or EGA required
$69.95
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a military,
economic, and diplomatic simulation set in
second-century China. The program merges
a war game with a role-playing adventure.
This game for one to eight players features
255 distinct characters and five scenarios de
tailing the struggle for control of China.
As many as eight players can join in the
struggle for control of second-century-
China in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Rommel Battles for North
Africa
Strategic Studies Group
Distributed by Electronic Arts
Apple II. Commodore 64
$39.95
This war and strategy game allows players to
recreate eight of the major World War II bat
tles between General Erwin Rommel and the
Allied forces in North Africa, including Syria,
Cauldron, and Tebourga Gap. A construction
kit can be used to create new scenarios. This
game is the fourth sequel in the Batttefront
series.
Russia: The Great War in the
East, 1941-1945
Strategic Studies Group
Distributed by Electronic Arts
Apple II, Commodore 64
$39.95
Players command the Russian Red Army or
the German Wehrmacht in this simulation of
the World War II conflicts on the Eastern
Front. Each army has up to seven divisions
and three theaters. An economic system pro
vides replacements, reinforcements, rail re
pair, and Western Front forces. Three shorter
scenarios—Leningrad, Stalingrad, and
Kursk—are also included.