Across the Rhine

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Across the Rhine
Developer(s) MPS Labs
Publisher(s) MicroProse
Platform(s) MS-DOS
Release1995 [1]
Genre(s) Computer wargame
Mode(s) Single-player

Across the Rhine (known in Europe as 1944: Across the Rhine) is a 1995 computer wargame developed by MPS Labs and published by MicroProse. [2] The game was re-released digitally using DOSBox, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.

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Gameplay

Across the Rhine is a computer wargame with real-time gameplay. It simulates the clash between American and Nazi German forces during World War II. [3]

Reception

In Computer Games Strategy Plus , Mike Robel found Across the Rhine a flawed but interest title, with a "very steep learning curve". [3] Writing for Computer Game Review , Frank Snyder called the game' "an impressive tank simulator that will certainly appease strategy sim fans". The magazine's Tasos Kaiafas was less positive, largely panning the game. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Cooper, Barry (August 12, 1995). "At long last, new games hot off the presses for Mac". Orlando Sentinel . p. 45. Retrieved November 25, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 Snyder, Frank; Chapman, Ted; Kaiafas, Tasos (October 1995). "Tanks for the War". Computer Game Review . Archived from the original on December 21, 1996.
  3. 1 2 Robel, Mike (November 1995). "Simulation Review; Across the Rhine". Computer Games Strategy Plus (60): 146.
  4. ↑ Trotter, William R. (November 1995). "Reviews; Across the Rhine". PC Gamer US . 2 (11): 129, 130. Archived from the original on January 17, 2000.

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