Carriers at War (1992 video game)

Carriers at War
Developer(s)Strategic Studies Group
Publisher(s)Strategic Studies Group
Designer(s)Roger Keating
Ian Trout
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Macintosh
Release1992
Genre(s)Wargame
Mode(s)Single-player

Carriers at War 1941-1945: Fleet Carrier Operations in the Pacific is a 1992 wargame by Strategic Studies Group for MS-DOS and Macintosh. It is a remake of the 1984 Carriers at War. An expansion pack, Carriers at War: Construction Kit, was released in 1993. A sequel, Carriers at War II, was also released in 1993.

Gameplay

Carriers at War is a strategic wargame which features historic, fictional, and randomly generated scenarios including naval and air battles from the Pacific in World War II. The player controls the forces of either the U.S. (Allied) or Japanese (Axis).[1]

Reception

In 1992 Computer Gaming World reviewed the new version of Carriers at War, which it described as having "only a superficial resemblance to its 8-bit predecessor" with a mouse-driven interface. The magazine praised the realism of combat including the fog of war, and liked the intelligence of the computer opponent while stating that a human was still better. It concluded that "CAW is the most accurate simulation of carrier warfare available and is by far the best for solitaire play. Players interested in the Pacific Theater of World War II should not miss it".[3] A 1993 survey by Computer Gaming World of wargames rated the revised version three-plus stars, criticizing the lack of a campaign.[2] In 1994 the magazine said that the MS-DOS version "was a milestone in computer wargame history".[4] The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #193 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.[1]

In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Carriers at War the 90th-best computer game ever released.[5] The magazine's wargame columnist Terry Coleman named it his pick for the sixth-best computer wargame released by late 1996.[6]

Reviews

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia & Lesser, Kirk (May 1993). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (193): 57–63.
  2. ^ a b Brooks, M. Evan (September 1993). "Brooks' Book of Wargames: 1900-1950, A-P". Computer Gaming World. p. 118. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ^ Proctor, Bob (December 1992). "Doing Admiral's Work in Carriers at War". Computer Gaming World. p. 134. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. ^ Coleman, Terry Lee (June 1994). "Campaign Wishes And Carrier Dreams". Computer Gaming World. pp. 140, 142.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Coleman, Terry (November 1996). "Command Decisions". Computer Gaming World. No. 148. pp. 277, 280.