Gettysburg: The Turning Point
Gettysburg: The Turning Point is a 1986 strategy game by Strategic Simulations for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, IBM PC compatibles, Atari ST, and Amiga.
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 Commodore 64 cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Strategic Simulations |
| Publisher(s) | Strategic Simulations |
| Designer(s) | Chuck Kroegel David Landrey[1] |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS |
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| Genre(s) | Strategy |
Gameplay
Gettysburg: The Turning Point is the first in a series of American Civil War games, and was the first to experiment with a randomized reinforcement schedule for the order of battle.[2]
Reception
Gettysburg, the Turning Point was awarded the Charles S. Roberts Award for "Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1986".[3]
The game was named by Computer Gaming World as the Strategy Game of the Year in 1987.[4]
In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Gettysburg: The Turning Point the 59th-best computer game ever released.[2]
Reviews
- Computer and Video Games (Aug, 1987)
- Computer Gaming World (Dec, 1986)
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External links
- Gettysburg: The Turning Point for the Atari 8-bit family at Atari Mania
- Gettysburg: The Turning Point at Lemon 64
- Review in Compute!
References
- Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World (148): 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98.
- "The 1986 Origins Awards". The Game Manufacturers Association. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16.
- "CGW meets Dragon Con 87". Computer Gaming World (42): 62. December 1987.
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