Rommel: Battles for Tobruk

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Rommel: Battles for Tobruk
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Publisher(s) Game Designers' Workshop
Engine Atari 8-bit
Release1985
Genre(s) Strategy

Rommel: Battles for Tobruk is a computer wargame for Atari 8-bit computers published by Game Designers' Workshop in 1985.

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Gameplay

Rommel: Battles for Tobruk is a game in which the four major World War II battles for the city of Tobruk (Operation Brevity, Operation Battleaxe, Operation Crusader and the Battle of Gazala) are simulated. [1]

Reception

M. Evan Brooks reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Overall, Rommel is an extremely detailed simulation. But the detail clutters playability to an unconscionable degree so that Rommel becomes an exercise in frustration." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Brooks, M. Evan (November 1986). "Rommel: Battles for Tobruk". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 32. pp. 46–48.
  2. "Current Notes Volume 7 Number 1 February 1987". February 1987.