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s Mario Kroll dubbed it a commercial flop in 2003. He explained that it had failed to secure the retail shelf space necessary to succeed: "copies of the game weren't available over Christmas after the release, and shortly thereafter its developer went belly-up, completely abandoned by its publisher",
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a glowing review and hailed it as "probably the first tactical squad level wargame with this scope of realism and detail."
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was developed by Interactive Simulations, Inc. (ISI), a team started by former members of Random Games, creator of
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s distribution issues were part of a trend for less established development teams at the time.
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sold 10,000 copies in the United States by April 1999, according to Tim Brooks. James Fudge of
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nominated it for their respective "Wargame of the Year" prizes, which went variously to
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level, in a manner that has been compared to games such as
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Carter, Tim (February 1999). "Jumping Into Disaster".
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developed by Interactive Simulations and published by
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Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Empire Interactive
Platform(s)
Windows
Genre(s)
Turn-based tactics
computer wargame
Single-player
computer wargame
Empire Interactive
Soldiers at War
Wages of War
turn-based
computer wargame
squad
X-COM
101st Airborne Division
paratroopers
Invasion of Normandy
World War II
Soldiers at War
Wages of War
Computer Games Strategy Plus
Computer Gaming World
GameSpot
PC Gamer (US)
PC Gaming World
Computer Games Strategy Plus

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