Battle Group (video game)
{{Short description|1986 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Battle Group
| image = Battle Group 1986 game box art.png
| developer = Strategic Simulations
| publisher = Strategic Simulations
| designer = Gary Grigsby
| released = 1986
| genre = Wargame
| platforms = Apple II, Commodore 64
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Battle Group is a 1986 computer wargame designed by Gary Grigsby and published by Strategic Simulations. It is a follow-up to Grigsby's earlier Kampfgruppe.
Gameplay
Battle Group is a computer wargame that simulates the Western Front of World War II at the platoon scale, between 1943 and 1945. It features an editor that allows players to create their own combat scenarios.{{cite journal | author=Katz, Arnie | title=Waging World War II: Military Simulations for Computers and Video Games | date=February 1989 | journal=VideoGames & Computer Entertainment | pages=76–82 }}
Development
Battle Group was designed by Gary Grigsby and published by Strategic Simulations. It is a follow-up to Grigsby's game Kampfgruppe, and reuses that title's game engine and mechanics. Battle Group was released in 1986, the same year Grigsby and SSI launched Warship.{{cite magazine | author=Emrich, Alan | title=The Pioneering Spirit of a Wargame Guru | date=September 1995 | issue=134 | magazine=Computer Gaming World | pages=201, 202, 204 }}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = Computer Play
| rev1Score = 6.38/10{{cite journal | author=Miller, J. L. | title=The Wargamer's Desk Reference | date=January 1989 | journal=Computer Play | pages=34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42 }}
}}
Jay Selover reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Just as the title of the game is a translation of the earlier title, the game itself is basically a translation. The system, mechanics, and design are straight from Kampfgruppe; and here even the "feel" of the combat is still very World War II-ish."{{cite magazine |last=Selover |first=Jay |title=Battlegroup & Mech Brigade |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=June–July 1986 |volume=1 |issue=29 |pages=10–11, 43}} Commodore Microcomputers named Battle Group one of the top computer wargames of 1986.{{cite journal | title=The Best of 1986; The Best of War Games | author=Seiken, Jeff | date=November–December 1986 | journal=Commodore Microcomputers | number=6 | volume=7 | page=131 }}
In his 1989 survey of computer wargames, J. L. Miller of Computer Play offered the game a middling score.
Reviews
- Jeux & Stratégie #40{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-40/page/54/mode/2up | title=Jeux & stratégie 40 | date=August 1986 }}
- Jeux & Stratégie HS #3{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-hs-3/page/100/mode/2up | title=Jeux & stratégie HS 3 | year=1986 }}
Reviews
- Computer Gaming World - November 1991
References
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External links
- {{MobyGames|/battle-group}}
- [https://archive.org/details/Ahoy_Issue_31_1986-07_Ion_International_US/page/n45/mode/2up Review] in Ahoy!
{{Gary Grigsby}}
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Strategic Simulations games
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Category:Video games developed in the United States