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Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

Vulcan is a third entry in R. T. Smith's World War II trilogy, including Arnhem and Desert Rats. It simulates the Tunisian Campaign in 1942-43 from the arrival of the 'Torch' Task Force and their race for…

31 December 1986

Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign is a turn-based strategy (tbs), released 31 December 1986 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and DOS.

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What Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign is

Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign was released in 1986. It was published by Cases Computer Simulations. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, DOS and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Vulcan is a third entry in R. T. Smith's World War II trilogy, including Arnhem and Desert Rats. It simulates the Tunisian Campaign in 1942-43 from the arrival of the 'Torch' Task Force and their race for Tunis, to the final battle of 'Operation Vulcan'. There are 5 armies (3 Allied & 2 Axis) and 5 scenarios, including the battles of Kasserine and Mareth. Each scenario has several pre-conditions to start from, which include Axis control Malta, Axis capture Bone, DAK (Deutsches Afrika Korps) destroyed, Desert armies late, and French neutrality.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Leaderboard.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Leaderboard.

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When did Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign come out?
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign was released on 31 December 1986 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, DOS and ZX Spectrum.

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