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| developer = [[Company:TalonSoft|TalonSoft]]
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'''''The Operational Art of War I: 1939–1955''''' is video game released in 1998, and is the first game in ''[[Software:The Operational Art of War|The Operational Art of War]]'' video game series.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| rev5 = ''PC Games''
| rev5Score= A-<ref name=pcgamesrev>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990922024307/http://pcgames.com/reviews/strategy/strategy_artwar.html | url=http://pcgames.com:80/reviews/strategy/strategy_artwar.html | title=''The Operational Art of War I'' | work=PC Games | author=Dultz, Marc | archivedate=September 22, 1999 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| award1 = Best Wargame 1998<ref name=cgwpremier1998 />
| award1Pub = ''Computer Gaming World''
| award2 = Wargame of the Year 1998<ref name=pcgsales2 />
| award2Pub = ''PC Gamer US''
| award3 = Wargame of the Year 1998<ref name=cgmawards1998 />
| award3Pub = ''Computer Games Strategy Plus''
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In the United States, ''The Operational Art of War'' sold 12,789 copies during 1998. These sales accounted for $555,681 in revenue that year.<ref name=pcgsales2>{{cite journal| author=Staff| date=April 1999|volume=6|issue=4|title=The Numbers Game; Does Award Winner = Best Seller?|journal=PC Gamer US|page=50}}</ref>

''The Operational Art of War'' was named the best computer wargame of 1998 by ''Computer Gaming World'',<ref name=cgwpremier1998>{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=Computer Gaming World | title=''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 1999 Premier Awards; ''CGW'' Presents the Best Games of 1998 |date=April 1999 | issue=177 | pages=90, 93, 96-105 }}</ref> ''PC Gamer US'',<ref name=pcgsales2 /> ''Computer Games Strategy Plus'' and GameSpot.<ref name=gamespot1998>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815235823/http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/index.html |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/awards1998/index.html |title=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 1998 |author=Staff |work=GameSpot |archivedate=August 15, 2000 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=cgmawards1998>{{cite web |author=Staff |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050203235412/http://cdmag.com/articles/017/163/best_of_year.html |url=http://cdmag.com:80/articles/017/163/best_of_year.html |title=The Best of 1998 |date=February 11, 1999 |work=Computer Games Strategy Plus |archivedate=February 3, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was also nominated for IGN's "Best Strategy Game of the Year" prize, which ultimately went to ''StarCraft''.<ref name=ignawards1998>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020404002022/http://pc.ign.com/articles/066/066665p1.html |url=http://pc.ign.com:80/articles/066/066665p1.html |title=IGNPC's Best of 1998 Awards |author=IGN Staff |work=IGN |archivedate=April 4, 2002 |date=January 29, 1999 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The editors of ''Computer Games'' wrote that the game "balances detail against flexibility; in our minds, it does this better than most."<ref name=cgmawards1998 /> Those of ''Computer Gaming World'' argued, "With its innovative combination of time, movement, and combat action, ''The Operational Art of War'' shows that there is still plenty of life left in serious wargames."<ref name=cgwpremier1998 />

In 1998, ''PC Gamer US'' declared ''The Operational Art of War'' the 50th-best computer game ever released, and the editors called it "nothing less than a masterpiece."<ref name=pcgtop50>{{cite journal | author=The ''PC Gamer'' Editors | title=The 50 Best Games Ever | date=October 1998 | volume=5 | number=10 | journal=PC Gamer US | pages=86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 98, 101, 102, 109, 110, 113, 114, 117, 118, 125, 126, 129, 130 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/norm-kogers-the-operational-art-of-war-vol-1-1939-1955 Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939–1955]

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