Battles of Napoleon

For the military career of Napoleon Bonaparte, see Military career of Napoleon.

Battles of Napoleon
Developer(s)	Chuck Kroegel David Landrey
Publisher(s)	Strategic Simulations[1]
Platform(s)	Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release	1988
Genre(s)	Computer wargame

Battles of Napoleon is a computer wargame by Chuck Kroegel and David Landrey. It was published in 1988 by Strategic Simulations for the Apple II, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS compatible operating systems.

Scenario disks

Designer David Landrey received permission from SSI to release expansion packs for Battles of Napoleon[2] and, in 1994, the game itself from his company, Novastar Games.[3]

Scenario disk #1

• Austerlitz
• Marengo
• Utitsa
• Redoubt

Scenario disk #2

• Albuera
• Medellin
• Bridge Battle
• Santon
• New Orleans

Scenario disk #3

• Camden
• Cowpens
• Kings Mountain
• Hobkirk
• Eutaw Springs

Scenario disk #4

• Wagram
• Smolensk
• Eylau
• Plancenoit
• Bladensburg
• The Hill
• Waterloo (variant)
• Leipzig (variant)

Scenario disk #5

• Leipzig (variant)
• Quatre Bras (variant)
• Vimiero
• Aspern-Essling
• Podubno
• Village
• Retreat
• Ligny

Scenario disk #6

• Pyramids
• Raab
• Craonne
• Corunna
• Borodino (variant)
• North
• Jena
• Wavre

Reception

Battles of Napoleon sold under 10,000 copies.[4] Computer Gaming World gave it a glowing review, calling it "the game that can keep you satisfied, even addicted, for many years to come."[5] The magazine in 1989 named it Wargame of the Year,[6] in 1990 gave the game five out of five stars,[7] in 1993 gave it three-plus stars, stating that "its play value and historical accuracy mandated its acquisition for anyone interested in the period".[8] and in 1994 stated that the game "far outshines any Napoleonic game released since", with "a veritable cult following".[2]

In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Battles of Napoleon the 91st-best computer game ever released.[9] The magazine's wargame columnist Terry Coleman named it his pick for the seventh-best computer wargame released by late 1996.[10]

Reviews

• Jeux & Stratégie #56[11]

References

1. "Armchair wars:From American Revolution to tecchno thrills". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 12, 1990. p. 76. Retrieved November 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Coleman, Terry Lee (March 1994). "What If Napoleon Was Himself At Ligny?". Computer Gaming World. pp. 168–172.
3. "Intelligence From The Front". Computer Gaming World. May 1994. p. 138.
4. Coleman, Terry (May 1996). "Le Grande Struggle". Computer Gaming World. No. 142. p. 207, 209, 211.
5. Selover, Jay (March 1989), "Battles of Napoleon", Computer Gaming World, no. 57, pp. 24–25
6. "Game of the Year Awards", Computer Gaming World, p. 42, October 1989
7. Brooks, M. Evan (October 1990). "Computer Strategy and Wargames: Pre-20th Century". Computer Gaming World. p. 11. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
8. Brooks, M. Evan (June 1993). "An Annotated Listing of Pre-20th Century Wargames". Computer Gaming World. p. 136. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
9. Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World. No. 148. pp. 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98.
10. Coleman, Terry (November 1996). "Command Decisions". Computer Gaming World. No. 148. pp. 277, 280.
11. "Jeux & stratégie 56". March 1989.

External links

• Battles of Napoleon at MobyGames