Reforger '88
Reforger '88 is a computer wargame designed by Gary Grigsby and published by Strategic Simulations in 1984. It takes place in a near-future setting and covers a hypothetical conflict between NATO and Warsaw Pact nations.
Reforger '88
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Key facts
• Title — Reforger '88 • Developer — Strategic Simulations • Publisher — Strategic Simulations • Designer — Gary Grigsby • Released — 1984 • Genre — Computer wargame • Platforms — Apple II, Atari 8-bit
Gameplay
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Reforger '88 is a computer wargame that simulates the hypothetical invasion of West Germany by the Warsaw Pact alliance, met with retaliation by NATO forces.
Development
Development
Reforger '88 was designed by Gary Grigsby and released in 1984, the same year he launched Objective: Kursk and War in Russia. Reforger was built with the game engine and mechanics from Kursk.
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Jasper Sylvester reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Reforger '88 is an excellent game using a free-flowing and user-friendly system which is satisfying to play from the initial boot to the last turn of battle. It is the product of an incredible amount of research and even a perusal of the list of weapon systems makes some Pentagon budget considerations seem clearer." In a 1985 survey of computer wargames for Current Notes, M. Evan Brooks called Reforger '88 a flawed title that "suffer[s] from the same defects as Objective: Kursk", although he considered it "somewhat more successful". In his similar 1989 survey, J. L. Miller of Computer Play called Reforger "somewhat dated" and offered it a middling score.
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- 1.lang en A History of SSI Games . Computer Gaming World. 45. 37. 1988.
- 2.Evan Brooks. lang en War in Our Time: A Survey of Wargames from 1950-2000. Computer Gaming World. 114. 206. janvier 1994. 0744-6667 .
- 3.lang en Reforger '88. Jeux et Stratégie. 31. 47. février-mars 1985. 0247-1124 .
- 4.Laurent Schwartz. Dossier : Les fous de guerre - Reforger '88 . Tilt (magazine) Tilt. 37. 138. décembre 1986.
- 5.lang en Wargames : Reforger '88. Jeux et Stratégie. Hors Série 3. 95. 1986. 0247-1124 .
- 6.Laurent Schwartz. 32 logiciels de wargame au tiltoscope . Tilt (magazine) Tilt. 37. 146. décembre 1986.
- 7.Jasper Sylvester. lang en Micro-Reviews: reforger '88. Computer Gaming World. 5. 3. 33. juin-juillet 1985. 0744-6667 .
- 8.James Delson. lang en Software Reviews : Reforger ‘88. Family Computing. 24. 83. août 1985. 0899-7373 .
- 9.John F. Stanoch. lang en Product Reviews: Reforger ‘88. Antic (magazine) Antic. 4. 7. 78. novembre 1985. 0113-1141 .
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