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Gary Grigsby is a designer and programmer of computer wargames.In 1997, he was described as "one of the founding fathers of strategy war games for the PC." [1] Computer Games Magazine later dubbed him "as much of an institution in his niche of computer gaming as Sid Meier, Will Wright, or John Carmack are in theirs."
The result was Gulf Strike, the first wargame published by Victory in 1983, featuring cover art by Ted Koller. [2] The following year, Avalon Hill published a video game based on the board game, programmed for several popular platforms of the time: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and DOS. [3]
V for Victory: D-Day Utah Beach is a 1991 computer wargame developed by Atomic Games and published by Three-Sixty Pacific. It was widely lauded and repeatedly reviewed as the best wargame of its era. Its success led to three further games in the V for Victory series, and then the similar World at War series published by Avalon Hill.
Wargame Construction Set (1986), Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit (1987), Mamirin / Dungeon Manjirou (1988), and Arcade Game Construction Kit (1988) appeared in the 1980s on home computers. 3D Construction Kit was released on the ZX Spectrum in 1991, and contained a full polygon-based world creation tool. Most of these early design frameworks are ...
Wargame Construction Set is a video game game creation system published in 1986 by Strategic Simulations. Developed by Roger Damon, it allows the user to construct, edit and play customizable wargame scenarios. It was released for the Amiga, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. Several sequels followed.
The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois.Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game.
Field of Glory is a 2008 miniature wargame for creating ancient and medieval tabletop battles. It was designed by Richard Bodley Scott and published by Slitherine Software and Osprey Publishing . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The release of the game and two companion books ( Rise of Rome and Storm of Arrows ) were announced on December 20, 2007, for February ...
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