ZuluWar!
{{Short description|1996 video game}}
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|title = ZuluWar!
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|developer = Incredible Simulations
|publisher = Incredible Simulations
|designer = Jeff Lapkoff, Dennis Bishop
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|released = 1996
|genre = Computer wargame
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = Microsoft Windows
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ZuluWar! is a 1996 computer wargame published by Incredible Simulations. Designed by Jeff Lapkoff and Dennis Bishop, it simulates the Anglo-Zulu War.{{cite magazine | author=Coleman, Terry | title=The Washing of Spears | magazine=Computer Gaming World | issue=147 | date=October 1996 | pages=263–265 }}
Gameplay
ZuluWar! is a computer wargame that simulates the Anglo-Zulu War from a strategic level. The player may control either the British Empire or Zulu Kingdom.
Development
ZuluWar! was designed by Jeff Lapkoff and Dennis Bishop for Incredible Simulations, a company owned by Lapkoff. It follows the design trend in Lapkoff's earlier work, such as Custer's Last Command and Defend the Alamo, of focusing on losing battles. It was the first computer wargame dedicated to the Anglo-Zulu War released since Rorke's Drift released by Impressions Games in 1990,{{cite journal|last1=Phang|first1=Andrew |title=Rorke's Drift|journal=Commodore and Amiga Review|date=November 1990|page=75|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_4447}} and Lapkoff's first game developed for Microsoft Windows.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| CGSP = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19971007211701/http://www.cdmag.com/war_vault/zuluwar_review/page1.html | url=http://www.cdmag.com/war_vault/zuluwar_review/page1.html | title=ZuluWar! Review | date=October 3, 1996 | author=Udell, Scott | work=Computer Games Strategy Plus | archivedate=October 7, 1997 | url-status=dead }}
| PCGUS = 83%{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991221024638/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/1244.html | url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/1244.html | title=ZuluWar! | date=November 1996 | author=Trotter, William R. | author-link=William R. Trotter | work=PC Gamer US | archivedate=December 21, 1999 | url-status=dead }}
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Computer Gaming World wargame columnist Terry Coleman offered ZuluWar! a positive review. He later the game for his 1996 "Good Things Come in Small Packages" award, highlighting its "nice balance between historicity, play balance, simplicity, and fun."{{cite magazine | author=Coleman, Terry | title=The Golden Hex Awards | magazine=Computer Gaming World | issue=154 | date=May 1997 | pages=193, 194 }}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19990423192729/http://www.incrediblesimulations.com/isi0001.html Official page] (archived)
- {{MobyGames|/zuluwar}}
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Turn-based strategy video games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games set in South Africa
Category:Video games set in the 19th century
Category:Works about the Anglo-Zulu War
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