Semper Fi (video game)
{{Short description|1998 video game}}
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| title = Semper Fi
| image = Semper Fi game cover.jpg
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| developer = Stanley Associates
| publisher = Interactive Magic
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| released = February 1998{{cite web|first=Harley|last=Jebens|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/17_semper/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001008015031/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/17_semper/index.html|title=Semper Fi Ships|website=GameSpot|archivedate=October 8, 2000|date=February 17, 1998|accessdate=September 29, 2022}}
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| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Windows
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}} Semper Fi is a 1998 strategy video game developed by Stanley Associates and published by Interactive Magic.
Gameplay
Semper Fi is a turn-based strategy game in which the player commands a Marine battalion.
Development
The game was developed by Stanley Associates, a company founded in 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.stanleyassociates.com/about/about_stanley.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010206095312/http://www.stanleyassociates.com/about/about_stanley.htm|title=About Stanley|website=stanleyassociates.com|archivedate=February 6, 2001|accessdate=May 16, 2023}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|rev1=Computer Games Magazine
|rev1Score=2/5{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Mayer|url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/010/158/semper_fi_review.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030901201031/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/010/158/semper_fi_review.html|title=Semper Fi|magazine=Computer Games Magazine|archivedate=September 1, 2003|date=March 12, 1998|accessdate=September 29, 2022}}
|rev2=Computer Gaming World
|rev2Score=3.5/5{{cite web|first=Loyd|last=Case|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_167/page/n257/mode/2up|title=Scrappy but Skimpy|magazine=Computer Gaming World|page=254,255|date=June 1998|accessdate=September 29, 2022}}
|rev3=GameSpot
|rev3Score=6.8/10{{cite web|first=Alan|last=Dunkin|url=http://www.gamespot.com/strategy/semperfi/review.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000302103222/http://www.gamespot.com/strategy/semperfi/review.html|title=Semper Fi Review|website=GameSpot|archivedate=March 2, 2000|date=March 31, 1998|accessdate=September 29, 2022}}
|rev4=PC Joker
|rev4Score=39%{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/pcjoker-april-1998-images/page/76/mode/2up|title=Semper Fi|magazine=PC Joker|language=de|page=76|date=April 1998|accessdate=September 29, 2022}}
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GameSpot gave the game a score of 6.8 out of 10 rating stating, "The truth of the matter is, if you can take the 'Semper Fi' slogan and the USMC logos and replace them with pretty much anything else, you'd still have nothing more than an OK game struggling to be something much better."
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20010305161815/http://www.stanleyassociates.com/solution/information_technology/semper_fi.htm}} (archived)
Category:IEntertainment Network games
Category:Stanley Associates games
Category:Turn-based strategy video games