Desert Fox (video game)

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{{Short description|1985 wargame video game}}

{{Infobox video game

|title=Desert Fox

|image=Desert Fox cover.jpg

|caption=

|developer=Sydney Development Corporation

|publisher=Accolade

|released=1985

|genre= Wargame

|modes=Single-player

|platforms=Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC

}}

Desert Fox is a 1985 video game developed by Sydney Development Corporation and published by Accolade and U.S. Gold (in Europe).{{r|avantage1986}}{{r|brooks199309}} It was subsequently re-released by Avantage and PowerHouse.

Reception

1991 and 1993 Computer Gaming World surveys of strategy and war games gave it one star out of five, stating that "it attempted to mix both arcade play and simulation, and ultimately failed on both levels".{{r|brooks199111}}{{r|brooks199309}}

In contrast, Zzap!64 thought the game was "an excellent blend of strategy and arcade action" and gave it an overall rating of 87%.{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=010&page=084&magazine=zzap |title = Desert Fox |magazine=ZZap!64 | date=February 1986 | pages=84–85 | issue=10}}

References

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{{cite book |title=DESERT FOX |url=https://archive.org/details/Desert_Fox_1985_U.S._Gold/mode/2up |publisher=Avantage |date=1993}}

{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=110 | title=Brooks' Book of Wargames: 1900-1950, A-P | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=September 1993 | accessdate=30 July 2014 | author=Brooks, M. Evan | pages=118}}

{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=88 | title=Computer Strategy and Wargames: The 1900-1950 Epoch / Part I (A-L) of an Annotated Paiktography | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=November 1991 | accessdate=18 November 2013 | author=Brooks, M. Evan | pages=138}}

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Category:1985 video games

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Category:Single-player video games

Category:Sydney Development Corporation games

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