Patton Strikes Back
{{Short description|1991 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge
| image = Patton Strikes Back cover.jpeg
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| developer = Chris Crawford
| publisher = Broderbund
| designer =
| series =
| engine =
| released = December 1991
| genre = Computer wargame
| platform = MS-DOS, Macintosh
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Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge is a 1991 computer wargame designed by Chris Crawford and published by Broderbund for the Macintosh and MS-DOS.
Gameplay
Patton Strikes Back is a computer wargame that simulates the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.
Development
Patton Strikes Back was developed by designer Chris Crawford and released in December 1991.
Reception
Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "When a professional critic like this reviewer can't find some chink in a game's armor, the design and development work must have been thoroughly executed."{{cite magazine |last=Emrich |first=Alan |authorlink=Alan Emrich |title=Crawford Kicks Butt: Broderbund's Patton Strikes Back |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=January 1992 |volume=1 |issue=90 |pages=106, 108}}
In Game Players PC Entertainment, William R. Trotter wrote that "Chris Crawford has given all computer games something wonderful to behold". He described Patton Strikes Back as "a potential classic".{{cite journal | author=Trotter, William R. | author-link=William R. Trotter | title=The Desktop General; A War Game for People Who Hate War Games | volume=5 | number=2 | journal=Game Players PC Entertainment | date=March–April 1992 | pages=44, 45 }}
Game Players PC Entertainment named Patton Strikes Back the year's best wargame, and praised it for "rethinking the concept of what a war game should be".{{cite journal | title=Game Players Annual PC Game Awards 1991 | journal=Game Players PC Entertainment | volume=5 | number=2 | date=March–April 1992 | pages=36, 36 }} The editors of PCGames nominated Patton Strikes Back for their award of the best strategy game of 1992, but gave the prize to Crisis in the Kremlin. They nevertheless called Patton "sure proof that war games without lots of numbers, hex grids, and situation-specific rules ... can be fun."{{cite journal | author1=Keizer, Gregg | author2=Yee, Bernie | author3=Kawamoto, Wayne | author4=Crotty, Cameron | author5=Olafson, Peter | author6=Brenesal, Barry | title=Best of PCGames '92 | date=January 1993 | journal=PCGames |pages=20–22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 }}
References
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External links
- {{MobyGames|/patton-strikes-back-the-battle-of-the-bulge}}
{{Chris Crawford}}
Category:Strategic Simulations games
Category:Video games about the Battle of the Bulge
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:World War II video games
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