Battles of Napoleon
{{Short description|1988 computer wargame}}
{{For|the military career of Napoleon Bonaparte|Military career of Napoleon}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Battles of Napoleon
| image = Battles of Napoleon Cover.jpg
| caption =
| developer = Chuck Kroegel
David Landrey
| publisher = Strategic Simulations{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89519928/the-philadelphia-inquirer/|title=Armchair wars:From American Revolution to tecchno thrills|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=76|date=July 12, 1990|accessdate=November 25, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
| released = 1988
| genre = Computer wargame
| platforms = Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
}}
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{{Cite magazine
|last=Coleman
|first=Terry Lee
|date=March 1994
|title=What If Napoleon Was Himself At Ligny?
|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=116
|magazine=Computer Gaming World
|pages=168–172}} and, in 1994, the game itself from his company, Novastar Games.{{Cite magazine
|date=May 1994
|title=Intelligence From The Front
|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=118
|magazine=Computer Gaming World
|pages=138
}}
Scenario disk #1
- Austerlitz
- Marengo
- Utitsa
- Redoubt
Scenario disk #2
- Albuera
- Medellin
- Bridge Battle
- Santon
- New Orleans
Scenario disk #3
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
Reception
Battles of Napoleon sold under 10,000 copies.{{cite magazine| author=Coleman, Terry |title=Le Grande Struggle |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1996&pub=2&id=142 |date=May 1996 |issue=142| magazine=Computer Gaming World | page=207, 209, 211 }} Computer Gaming World gave it a glowing review, calling it "the game that can keep you satisfied, even addicted, for many years to come."{{citation |issue=57 | date = March 1989 | last = Selover | first = Jay | magazine = Computer Gaming World | title = Battles of Napoleon |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1989&pub=2&id=57 | pages = 24–25}} The magazine in 1989 named it Wargame of the Year,{{citation | date = October 1989 | magazine = Computer Gaming World | title = Game of the Year Awards |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1989&pub=2&id=64 | pages = 42}} in 1990 gave the game five out of five stars,{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1990&pub=2&id=75 | title=Computer Strategy and Wargames: Pre-20th Century | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=October 1990 | accessdate=16 November 2013 | author=Brooks, M. Evan | pages=11}} in 1993 gave it three-plus stars, stating that "its play value and historical accuracy mandated its acquisition for anyone interested in the period".{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=107 | title=An Annotated Listing of Pre-20th Century Wargames | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=June 1993 | accessdate=7 July 2014 | author=Brooks, M. Evan | pages=136}} and in 1994 stated that the game "far outshines any Napoleonic game released since", with "a veritable cult following".{{r|coleman199403}}
In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Battles of Napoleon the 91st-best computer game ever released.{{cite magazine | author=Staff | title=150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=November 1996 | issue=148 | pages=63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98 }} The magazine's wargame columnist Terry Coleman named it his pick for the seventh-best computer wargame released by late 1996.{{cite magazine | author=Coleman, Terry | title=Command Decisions | issue=148 | date=November 1996 | magazine=Computer Gaming World | pages=277, 280 }}
Reviews
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