Southern Command (video game)

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Southern Command
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Publisher(s) Strategic Simulations
Platform(s) Apple II
Release1981
Genre(s) Wargame

Southern Command is a 1981 video game published by Strategic Simulations for the Apple II.

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Gameplay

Southern Command is a game in which the player plays as the Israelis during the Yom Kippur War. [1]

Reception

Bob Proctor reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Southern Command is an outstanding game and a very realistic historical simulation. The rule book and two reference cards are of SSI's usual (high) quality. The only thing I could want would be an option to play the Egyptian side solitaire, but programming the computer to play the Israelis would not be a trivial task. Still, it will keep me busy trying to crack that Egyptian defense at the highest difficulty level. I urge you to try it too." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Proctor, Bob (March–April 1982). "Southern Command". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 3. pp. 6–9.
  2. https://archive.org/details/washingtonapplepijournal1982v4no2feb82/page/n9/mode/2up