Knights of the Desert

Knights of the Desert is a 1983 turn-based strategy video game developed by Tactical Design Group and published by Strategic Simulations for the Apple II series, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS and TRS-80. It is based on the 1940-43 North African campaign.

For the film, see Knights of the Desert (film).
Knights of the Desert
Commodore 64 cover art
Developer(s)Tactical Design Group
Publisher(s)Strategic Simulations
Designer(s)Chuck Kroegel
Platform(s)Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, TRS-80
Release1983
Genre(s)Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Players have the option to play set pieces of the campaign or the entire campaign as a theatre commander. For example, players can play as either the Axis or Allies in 1941 when Rommel bypassed Tobruk or again in 1942 when he had captured it or on the eve of El Alamein.

Limited in scope and playability (the map only stretched from western Libya to Alexandria), the game did not involve the forces of Operation Torch (United States and allied French) in 1943.

Reception

Softline in 1983 called Knights of the Desert "a very fluid and exciting game ... not a simple nor a simplistic program".[1] Computer Gaming World in 1983 complimented it for being both easy to play and offering realistic units and combat, and concluded that Knights of the Desert "is another solid step toward the ideal computer wargame".[2] A 1987 overview of World War II simulations in the magazine was harsher, rating it two out of five points and calling the game "slow and ponderous ... does not deliver its potential".[3] A 1993 survey in the magazine of wargames gave the game one-plus stars out of five for similar reasons.[4]

Knights of the Desert was awarded the Charles S. Roberts Award for "Best Adventure Game for Home Computer of 1983".[5]

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References
  1. Lynch, Donald (Nov–Dec 1983). "Knights of the Desert". Softline. p. 23. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. Gleason, John; Curtis, Ed (July–August 1983). "Knights of the Desert: Review". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 3 no. 4. pp. 18, 47. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. Brooks, M. Evan (May 1987). "Kilobyte Was Here!". Computer Gaming World. No. 37. p. 7. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. Brooks, M. Evan (September 1993). "Brooks' Book of Wargames: 1900-1950, A-P". Computer Gaming World. p. 118. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  5. "The 1983 Origins Awards". The Game Manufacturers Association. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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