Computer wargames: Apple II software

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Computer wargames: Macintosh software

Note - if you have problems unpacking any of the following files try using Fetch (version 2.1.1 or later) to get them using anonymous FTP from grognard.com/pub/comp/mac/. Unpack them with Stuffit Expander version 3.0.7 or later. Sit files are in MacBinary format.

1863 - 1863.sit (28160 bytes) A game about the civil war. You play against the computer, or against someone else connected by a cable in the modem ports of both computers, or connected via modem. Will you rewrite history or repeat it?
Achtung Spitfire! (Big Time Software) - ASP_Demo_Mac.hqx Demo.
After the Holocaust (SPI) - Ath12stack.sit (358K, Stuffit compressed Hypercard stack) This is a HyperCard stack for Macintosh OS 9. Should run fine on Mac OS X. Requires HyperCard Player or HyperCard 2.0. Ath12.sit (2206K, Stuffit compressed) This is a standalone version for Macintosh OS 9 and Mac OS X. Does not require HyperCard. The stack fairly closely follows the SPI game. It is single player, for solitaire use. For multiple play on the same computer make a copy of the stack or application and rename it. As a challenge, try playing it solitaire with just the original 6 or 7 areas and see how many turns you can get through before your economy collapses. For this I highly recommend selecting the options on the opening screen and adding in Research & Development, Fertiliser and No trade. Questions can be sent to Allan Bell at battlesoft@yahoo.com.
American Civil War - Acw-v16.sit(104576 bytes) A HyperCard stack that simulates a fictional battle in the War Between the States. Requires HyperCard 2.0 or greater.
American Civil War Soldier (By Design) - demo.
Assault - Assault2.sit (185728 bytes) A wargame of the WWII variety. Your mission as a unit commander is to assault the German defensive position and destroy the vital HQ. You get to command and attack with Sherman and Stuart tanks, and the 82nd Airborne, all backed up by air support!

Broadside - Brdsde20.sit (37504 bytes). This challenging game is adapted from an original board game from the Milton Bradley Company. Each player choses a navy then procedes to blast the other navy's ships from the water. Includes instructions and sampled sounds. Requires HyperCard 2.0.
Close Combat (Microsoft) - demo.
Close Combat 2: a Bridge too Far (Microsoft) - demo.
Combat Mission: Afrika Korps - demo
Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin - demo
Combat Mission: beyond Overlord - demo
Conquest of the New World (MacPlay/Quicksilver) - demo
Empire Master (computer game, Mac) - demo
Imperialism - demo.
Joy of Hex - Joyofhex.zip Demo of a strategy board game based on hexes representing regions about one kilometer square. The game uses a planning-execution engine, where the basic unit size is of a battalion, but where company sized units can also be used. There are three possible opponents: a local human, a human via email, and the computer. Included is detailed documentation, a scenario editor and 50 complete scenarios.
Medieval Empires - Medemp31.sit (533492 bytes) is a simulation of the rise and fall of empires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in the years from 770 to 1470. The game contains one of 6 scenarios and is shareware.
Midway - Midway.sit (66816 bytes). Refight World War II's Battle of Midway in this strategy simulation. Midway is a single player simulation of the famous naval battle. It runs on any mac with System 6.0 or greater, in color where available. It is a port from UNIX and looks like it, but it is still fun!
Onslaught (Frontal Assaultware) - OnslaughtDemo.hqx Demo.
Operation Crusader (AH/Atomic Games) - Crusader.sit (472960 bytes) This demo contains one fully playable scenario. The sound and some of the pictures have been removed (to save space) and the save/restore & PBEM features have been disabled. The scenario included is "To the Rescue" it simulates the early battles to relieve Tobruk (British 7th AD & 22nd Guards Brigade vs. Italian Ariete & Bologna Divs. & the German 15th Panzer). Requires a color Mac & 5mb of RAM.
Over the Reich! (Big Time Software) - OTR_Demo_Mac.hqx Demo.
Panzer Battles (SSG) - Pnzrbttl.sit (235136 bytes) includes an 8 turn version of the Moscow scenario, with the resources for either color or B&W Macs.
SimpleStrat - Simplest.sit (724K) SimpleStrat 1.0.0 is an undemanding turn-based strategy game that allows you to play on a map made of tiles and hexes.You have three choices for the opponent: the computer, a local human, or somebody over the internet. There are four unit types: infantry, engineers, armor, and artillery. Requirements: System 7.0 or greater, 256 colours, 10 MB RAM (can comfortably use as little as 2 MB).With the unregistered version you can only play the smallest sized maps. Registering allows you to play with larger maps. Author is cthulhu@kagi.com.
Strike Jets - Strkjets.sit (285184 bytes) is a simulation of modern jet air and air-to-ground combat. Players control squadrons of fighters and fighter-bombers. It is a strategic/tactical game, NOT an arcade shoot-em-up. The two scenarios that are provided with this demo include the U.S. F-16A Fighting Falcon and the Soviet-built MiG 23G Flogger interceptor (flown by Iraq in the provided scenarios), plus the AIM-9L Sidewinder, AA-7 Apex, and AA-8 Aphid air-to-air missiles.
TacOps (Battlefront) - demo
V4V Utah Beach battle set (360/Atomic) - V4v_demo.sit (394240 bytes).
Waterloo Campaign (By Design) - demo.
Xconq - website

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Computer wargames: MSDOS software

American Civil War (Interactive Magic/Adanac) - free version.
Crimea (Schwerpunkt) - demo
Dragons in the Mist (HPS) - demo
East Front 1914 (Forgotten Front Simulations) - East1914.zip (425781 bytes) Operational game of combat in the first three months of 1914 on the Eastern Front. Shareware.
EGA Civil War Battlesets (W.R.Hutsell) - full version
Firestrike - demo
Harpoon - demo.
Izyum (Schwerpunkt, computer game, DOS) - demo
Kiev (Schwerpunkt, computer game, DOS) - demo
Panzer General II (SSI) - demo.
Rostov (Schwerpunkt, computer game, DOS) - demo
Russian Front I - Rusnfrnt.zip (86377 bytes) is a strategic game of the whole Operation Barbarossa. (Hitlers invasion of Russia in WW II) The game covers the period from June 1941 to December 1944. Based freely on Avalon Hill's "Russian Front". The game runs in EGA-hi: 640*350*16. The game is only available in Danish.
Russian Front II - Rsnfrnt2.zip (89943 bytes) is a tactical wargame for one or two players. The game is based freely on Avalon Hill & Co.'s boardgame: "Panzerblitz". If you know this game, or any similar game, you will immediately recognize the style of this game, and should have no trouble understanding the rules. This program is shareware.
Sicily 1943 (Thomas Stevenson) - complete game
Steel Panthers II (SSI) - demo (13.9meg)
Steel Panthers III (SSI) - demo (27meg)
Steel Panthers: World War II - complete game
Sudetenland (Forgotten Front Simulations) - Sudeten.zip (492174 bytes) Operational game of a hypothetical invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938. Shareware.
Third Reich (AH) - 3rdemo.zip A conversion of the board game.
VGA Civil War Strategy (W.R.Hutsell) - full game
War in Europe (DG) - ww.zip demo of Computer War In Europe, based on the orginal SPI board game War In Europe, which is a division level simulation of World War II in the European theatre. It requires 3.5 MB RAM, VGA monitor and graphics card, minimum 386 processor (recommend 486 at least), hard drive with 6 MB free, mouse, and a keyboard. Note that the demo file has been compressed with subdirectories, and needs to be unzipped using the -d option, and that the "readme.txt" file should be read after unzipping.
War in Russia (SSI/Matrix) - complete game
Wargames - Wargames.arj (252310 bytes) is a strategic game, played on a map of the world, divided up into more than 180 nations and over 300 cities. It has a full graphic user interface (286+VGA+mouse required). The contestants play against each other by modem. Shareware.
WARS (Wargaming Analysis & Recommendation System) Version 4.1 - Warsshar.zip (1.2 Mb) This is a World War II set of rules and supporting program for paper, board, and miniature wargaming. WARS supports any scale from 1/1 (real life) to 1/10000. Shareware. The latest version incorporates many changes. Author is Terry Phillips.
Wars of Napoleon (W.R.Hutsell) - full version
World War II Battles: Normandy (Glacier Edge Technology) - demo. Small-unit combat in the bocage of Normandy.
World War II in Western Europe (W.R.Hutsell) - full version

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Computer wargames: UNIX software

Civil - website for open source game
Xconq - website

Computer wargames: Windows 3.1 games

Achtung Spitfire! (Big Time Software) - achspitd.zip Demo.
Age of Sail (Talonsoft) - demo
Dragoon (Art of War) - dragoond.zip Demo.
History of the World (AH/CCC) - demo.
Napoleon the Emperor - Nteev12n.zip (148222 bytes) simulates the battle of Waterloo. Units are brigade sized organized into divisions and corps. The map displays at both full screen strategic level and a zoomed in tactical level. Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Commander type units with strengths given in men are available for orders issued every 20 minutes in simulated game time. There are 9 different speeds of resolution that can be selected. In the registered version of the program the battles of Ligny and of Quatre Bras, which led up to the climatic clash at Waterloo are also simulated.
Over the Reich! (Big Time Software) - ovreichd.zip Demo.
Qwxyz (JW Associates) - demo.

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Computer wargames: Windows 95/98/ME/XP/7 games

101st Airborne (Empire) - demo (32Mb)
1941: Operation Typhoon (Kamikaze Wargames) - demo
1942: Campaign for Malaya (Kamikaze Wargames) - demo
1945: Operation Konrad (Kamikaze Wargames) - demo
Age of Empires (Microsoft) - demo
Age of Empires II (Microsoft) - demo
Age of Sail (Talonsoft) - demo (6.1mb)

Antietam (Fireaxis) - demo
The Ardennes Offensive 2 (SSG) - free complete game
Battalia (Peter Turcan) - website for free game
Battle Command - website for free game

Battle for Moscow - free game

Civil - website for open source game

Clash of Steel (SSI, computer game) - Windows version

Close Combat (Atomic/Microsoft) - demo.
Close Combat 2: a Bridge too Far (Atomic/Microsoft) - demo.
Close Combat 3 (Atomic/Microsoft) - demo
Combat Command 2: Danger Forward (Shrapnel Games, computer game) - demo
Combat Command 2: Desert Rats (Shrapnel Games, computer game) - demo
Combat Mission: Afrika Korps - demo
Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin - demo
Combat Mission: beyond Overlord - demo
Computer EastFront (Columbia Games) - demo
Critical Mass (Sean O'Connor) - demo.
Day of the Spears: The Battle of Isandhlwana (White Dog, Windows) - website
Down in Flames (Battlefront) - demo
English Squares - website
Fighting Steel in the North Atlantic - demo
Firefight - demo.
The General - demo.
Sid Meier's Gettysburg (Fireaxis) - demo.
Horse and Musket: Battles of the Eighteenth Century (Shrapnel) - demo.
Imperialism (SSI) - demo.
Medieval 2 (ISI) - demo
Napoleonic Total War (The Lordz) - website for computer game mod
The Operational Art of War (Talonsoft) - demo.
People's Tactics - website for complete game.

PGX3 European Theatre of Operations - site for free game

RoutNapoleon (Mark Ainsworth, computer game, Windows) - free game (zipped file

Soldiers of Empires (IgorLab) - demo
Space Empires IV (Shrapnel Games) - demo.
Starships Unlimited (Matrix) - demo.
Steel Beasts (Esim Games) - demo.
Steel Panthers: World at War - complete game
Strange Adventures in Infinite Space (Cheapass) - demo
Strategic Command (Battlefront) - demo
Strike Force One (DG) - demo, first in a line of computerised board wargames from Decision Games.
Qwxyz (JW Associates) - demo.
TacOps (Battlefront) - demo
War in Europe (DG) - demo of 2nd ed. Computer War In Europe, based on the orginal SPI board game War In Europe, which is a division level simulation of World War II in the European theatre.

Warbox - free game creator

WarTac (Mark Ainsworth, Windows/Mac) - turn based modern land tactical simulationcomputer game (11Mb)

Waterloo (Strategy First) - demo
WinSPWW2 - complete game
Xconq - website

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