Slag (video game)

{{Infobox video game

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| title = Slag

| image = Slag (video game) (Cover).jpg

| alt = Original game cover, featuring a cartoon battle scene with missiles and factories, and a soldier saying "Slag 'em"

| caption = Original game cover

| developer = Stewart Eastman

| publisher = Adventure International

| designer = Stewart Eastman

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| platforms = TRS-80

| released = 1980

| genre = war game

| modes = multiplayer

}}Slag (stylized as SLAG) is a strategy-oriented war game written by Stewart Eastman for the TRS-80 and published by Adventure International in 1980.{{Cite web|title=Slag|url=https://gbatemp.net/game/slag.70398/|access-date=2021-12-23|website=GBAtemp.net - The Independent Video Game Community|language=en-US}}

Gameplay

Slag is a multiplayer war game in which each player controls a nation and must destroy the industry of all other players. According to the game's promotional material, "diplomacy is the major factor; but, strategic end tactical planning and eye and hand coordination are very important".

Reception

J. Mishcon reviewed Slag in The Space Gamer No. 38.{{cite journal|last=Mishcon |first=J. |date=April 1981 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=38|pages=36}} Mishcon commented that "All in all a well balanced game with a lot of very nice options, but a game that heavily depends on your hand-eye coordination to shoot down those missiles. Buy it only if you're really into coordination."

Reviews

80-U.S. - Volume IV Number 2 (1981-03){{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/80-U.S._Volume_IV_Number_2_1981-03_80-Northwest_Publishing_US/page/n39/mode/2up | title=80-U.S. - Volume IV Number 2 (1981-03)(80-Northwest Publishing)(US) | date=March 1981 }}
Moves #57, p16https://strategyandtacticspress.com/library-files/Moves%20Issue57.pdf

References

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{{cite magazine |author= |date=1981 |title=Slag: An Animated War Game |magazine=Adventure International Catalog|location=Lakewood, Florida |publisher=Scott Adams, Inc |volume=2 |issue=2 |page=22 |edition=Summer 1981 |url=https://archive.org/details/Adventure_International_Catalog_Volume_2_Issue_2_1981_Adventure_International/page/n25/ |access-date=}}

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Category:1980 video games

Category:Adventure International games

Category:Multiplayer video games

Category:TRS-80 games

Category:TRS-80-only games

Category:Video games developed in the United States