Slag (video game)

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Slag
Slag (video game) (Cover).jpg
Original game cover
Developer(s) Stewart Eastman
Publisher(s) Adventure International
Designer(s) Stewart Eastman [1]
Platform(s) TRS-80
Release 1980
Genre(s) war game
Mode(s) multiplayer

Slag (stylized as SLAG) is a strategy-oriented war game written by Stewart Eastman for the TRS-80 and published by Adventure International in 1980. [2]

Contents

Gameplay

Slag is a multiplayer war game in which each player controls a nation and must destroy the industry of all other players. [3] According to the game's promotional material, "diplomacy is the major factor; but, strategic end tactical planning and eye and hand coordination are very important". [1]

Reception

J. Mishcon reviewed Slag in The Space Gamer No. 38. [3] Mishcon commented that "All in all a well balanced game with a lot of very nice options, but a game that heavily depends on your hand-eye coordination to shoot down those missiles. Buy it only if you're really into coordination." [3]

Reviews

References

  1. 1 2 "Slag: An Animated War Game". Adventure International Catalog. Vol. 2, no. 2 (Summer 1981 ed.). Lakewood, Florida: Scott Adams, Inc. 1981. p. 22.
  2. "Slag". GBAtemp.net - The Independent Video Game Community. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  3. 1 2 3 Mishcon, J. (April 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (38). Steve Jackson Games: 36.
  4. "80-U.S. - Volume IV Number 2 (1981-03)(80-Northwest Publishing)(US)". March 1981.
  5. "Moves - The magazine for gamers" (PDF). June 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-02-15.