Eastern Front 1941

created and published by Atari Program Exchange / Atari in 1981, running on Atari 400/800
type: strategy
genre: Historical, Wargame
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player
languages: eng
3/5

Official description

EASTERN FRONT 1941 is a simulation of Operation Barbarossa, the German Invasion of Russia during World War 11. The campaign that this invasion started lasted nearly four years and swept away perhaps 20 million lives.
You play the part of the German commander, maneuvering your combat units to obtain a good position before the winter sets in and the Russian counteroffensives begin.

# 2024-03-30 08:41:52 - official description - game manual

Technical specs

display: raster

Editor note

Orginally published by APX in September 1981. RX8039 12k cart was published by Atari in 1982. A 3rd package, The Eastern Front Source Code Kit, was published by APX.

Crawford began developing games because he was unhappy with the state of the industry. In an effort to improve the industry, he published a special package of Eastern Front that included the source code (which he owned, not atari or APX) for $150. While a surprising number bought the package, nobody used any of the code in their stuff. Apparently people just wanted to see how the game worked.

# 2003-11-02 06:26:32

Authors / Staff

coding

Chris Crawford (programmer)

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Micro 7fr121984-014/666%
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Tilt 1-38fr21982-114/666%
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