showing 6 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panzer General | Mindscape;SSI (Strategic Simulations) | 1996 | The year is 1939 and you are a German General with a fresh command in Poland. Anything can happen. Lead well and your inexperienced units could turn into an overwhelming force plowing through Norway Belgium France and the Eastern Front. | labelimagesubject |
| Allied General | SSI;Xing (Halestorm) | 1996 | It's 1944 and Allies are prepared to launch their attack against Germany. The only question is where should the allies land troops? You have been chosen to be the general of the Allied forces. Command the Allied forces across all of Europe in a series of campaigns against the Axis powers. Watch your troops improve with each victory as you push the Germans all the way back to Berlin.*** [29]*** [27]***You can be the Allied or Axis forces commander in strategic-level WWII operations in three campaigns. Fight Rommel's Afrika Korps in the desert, command the Soviet and American operations in Europe, or engage in over 35 other scenarios. Allied General is played in turns like chess. Plan your actions carefully. Once both sides have selected their attacks, sit back and watch animations showing the results of actual combat. Play human vs. computer games or two-player contests. | labelimagesubject |
| Star Wars: Dark Forces | LucasArts;Bullet Proof Software (LucasArts) | 1996 | The Rebel Alliance hires Kyle Katarn to infiltrate the Empire and discover the plans behind the robotic soldiers known as Dark Troopers. Guide Katarn as he battles through 14 missions that will challenge his will and strength. In each mission, he must keep an eye out for enemies like Stormtroopers, Gamorrean guards, and probe droids that will come at him from all directions. It's up to you to foil the Empire's plans in STAR WARS: Dark Forces. | labelimagesubject |
| Warcraft II: The Dark Saga | Electronic Arts (Blizzard;Climax Group) | 1997 | Long one of the PC's most popular games, WAR CRAFT II: The Dark Saga has finally come to the PlayStation. The game offers real-time strategy gameplay that takes place in a fantasyland filled with orcs and humans fighting for supremacy. There are dozens of missions for each side, each full of stunning FMV and deep gameplay. WAR CRAFT II: The Dark Saga is a game with a staggering number of levels and some of the most exciting strategy play available on a console.*** [27]***Climax handled porting. | labelimagesubject |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation | Westwood;Virgin Interactive (Westwood Studios) | 1998 | The official Red Alert stand-alone companion set containing all Counterstrike and The Aftermath missions. You must decide the ultimate fate of the conflict between the Allies and Soviets.*** [100]*** [32]*** [31]*** [27] | labelimagesubject |
| Front Mission 3 | Squaresoft;Electronic Arts (Squaresoft) | 1999 | Using a turn-based combat system; the player controls giant fighting robots called "wanzers" in order to fulfill mission objectives or to defeat foes in mechanical warafre. Robots can be continually upgraded by purchasing or scavenging new weapons/armor/computers/ect. This game takes a new approach to increasing the depth of the game creating the Double Feature Scenario which allows the player to choose one of two completely different character viewpoint within the same general plot of the game.***It is the year 2112, ten years after Front Mission Second. Kazuki Takemura, a student and test pilot for Kirishima Industries and his friend Ryogo Kusama are delivering Wanzers, giant battle machines, to a military base when a mysterious incident leads both characters into an unexpected turn of events. The incident at the JDF base has now drawn both Kazuki and Ryogo into a global conspiracy. Front Mission 3 features turn-based combat in a massive strategic adventure with 2 different scenarios and over 150 hours of gameplay. Take control of giant battle machines, upgrading them with better components, weapons, and computers. Search for clues through in-game 'internet' and 'e-mail' systems while plotting your moves on detailed, fully 3D environment maps.***IN FM3, battles are fought using Wanzers, which are quite realistic combat robots [unlike Gundams, etc]. This is a strategy RPG set mainly around the Asia/Pacific rim in the near future. There are 2 unique seperate storylines stemming from a single decision. [Haoie] | labelimagesubject |
