Sid Meier's Antietam!
Sid Meier's Antietam! Is a real-time computer wargame designed by Sid Meier, the co-founder of Firaxis Games, then released in December 1999. It is the prequel to the 1997 Sid Meier's Gettysburg!.
Sid Meier's Antietam!
- Date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Sid Meier's Antietam! was published by Electronic Arts.
- Genre
- real-time tactics
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Sid Meier's Antietam! Is a real-time computer wargame designed by Sid Meier, the co-founder of Firaxis Games, then released in December 1999. It is the prequel to the 1997 Sid Meier's Gettysburg!.
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Key facts
• Title — Sid Meier's Antietam! • Developer — Firaxis Games BreakAway Games • Publisher — Firaxis Games • Designer — Sid Meier • Programmer — Andy House • Artist — Dwight Eppinger Bob Rickert • Released — December 13, 1999 • Genre — Computer wargame • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Microsoft Windows
Gameplay
Gameplay
The game allows the player to control either the Confederate or Union troops during the Battle of Antietam of the American Civil War. It can be played as a single scenario, or as a campaign of linked scenarios, either recounting the original history or exploring alternate possibilities.
Development
Development
The game was not released through retail stores. The staff of Computer Gaming World summarized it as "a grand experiment by Firaxis to test the popularity of online-only distribution for commercial releases."
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Reception
Antietam! received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. The game was a runner-up for Computer Games Strategy Plus 1999 "Wargame of the Year" award. The staff wrote, "Another battle, another victory for this thoroughly entertaining wargame 'for the masses.'" Conversely, the staff of Computer Gaming World named it the best wargame game of 1999. They wrote, "Antietam is the epitome of a Sid Meier design: intensely absorbing and wickedly punishing."
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- 1.Fudge, James. Sid Meier's Antietam! Released. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. December 13, 1999.
- 2.CBS Interactive. Sid Meier's Antietam! for PC Reviews. Metacritic.
- 3.Udell, Scott. Sid Meier's Antietam!. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. November 30, 1999.
- 4.Dultz, Marc. Fix Bayonets! (Sid Meier's Antietam! Review). Computer Gaming World. Ziff Davis. 187. 98. February 2000.
- 5.Harris, Neil. Sid Meier's Antietam!. The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions, Inc. February 21, 2000.
- 6.Bye, John "Gestalt". Sid Meier's Antietam!. Eurogamer. Gamer Network. March 7, 2000.
- 7.Olafson, Peter. Sid Meier's Antietam! Review for PC on GamePro.com. GamePro. IDG Entertainment. December 21, 1999.
- 8.Ryan, Michael E. Sid Meier's Antietam! Review. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. December 6, 1999.
- 9.Butts, Steve. [Sid Meier's] Antietam. IGN. Ziff Davis. January 7, 2000.
- 10.Brenesal, Barry. Sid Meier's Antietam[!]. PC Accelerator. Imagine Media. 19. 97. March 2000.
- 11.Future Publishing. Sid Meier's Antietam!. PC Gamer UK. 2000.
- 12.Bub, Andrew S. Sid Meier's Antietam!. PC Gamer. Imagine Media. 7. 2. 122. February 2000.
- 13.CGSP staff. The Computer Games Awards (Wargame of the Year). Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. March 6, 2000.
- 14.CGW staff. The 2000 Premier Awards (Wargame of the Year). Computer Gaming World. Ziff Davis. 188. 75. March 2000.
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