Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge
Although Patton Strikes Back is unarguably the worst game of veteran wargame designer Chris Crawford's career, it was a novel (and noble) attempt to attract non-wargamers to the fray through simplified combat…
1 December 1991
Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Chris Crawford, released 1 December 1991 on DOS and Mac.
What Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge is
Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Chris Crawford and released in 1991. It was published by Broderbund. It is available on DOS and Mac.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Although Patton Strikes Back is unarguably the worst game of veteran wargame designer Chris Crawford's career, it was a novel (and noble) attempt to attract non-wargamers to the fray through simplified combat, colorful animations, and excellent help functions and database. A commendable effort that would not be taken up again until SSI's phenomenal Panzer General
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
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When did Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge come out?
Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge was released on 1 December 1991 for DOS and Mac.
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