Software:D-Day: America Invades

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D-Day: America Invades
D-Day America Invades (Cover).jpg
Developer(s)Atomic Games
Publisher(s)Avalon Hill
SeriesWorld at War
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release1995
Genre(s)Computer wargame

D-Day: America Invades is a 1995 computer wargame developed by Atomic Games and published by Avalon Hill for IBM PC compatibles. It is the third game in the World at War series, following Operation Crusader and World at War.

Gameplay

Set in World War II, D-Day: America Invades is a computer wargame that simulates D-Day and the following fight for territorial advantages.[1]

Development

As a consequence of Atomic Games' split with Avalon Hill in September 1995,[2] D-Day: America Invades was the two companies' last game together. According to Alan Emrich of Computer Gaming World, Atomic's Keith Zabalaoui called this "purely a business decision" and clarified that there was no ill will between the companies.[3]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGW2/5 stars[4]
Next Generation4/5 stars[1]
Computer Game Review70/90/77[5]

D-Day: America Invades sold fewer than 50,000 units globally. This was part of a trend for Avalon Hill games during the period; Terry Coleman of Computer Gaming World wrote in late 1998 that "no AH game in the past five years" had reached the mark.[6]

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "Atomic Games manages to take much of the tedium out of this tile-based wargame, enabling you to concentrate on strategy as you try to duplicate history, or if you're playing as the Nazis, change it."[1] William R. Trotter wrote for PC Gamer US, "Hats off, ladies and gents: a classic is born. Wargames just don’t get any better than this."[7]

Reviews

  • Imperium Gier (Sep 01, 1999)[8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Finals". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (11): 179. November 1995. 
  2. Staff (September 1–16, 1995). "Beyond Squad Leader Seeks New Home". Computer Game Review. http://www.nuke.com:80/cgr/news/1995/sep1.htm. 
  3. Emrich, Alan (November 1995). "Turning the Telescope Around; G-2". Computer Gaming World (136): 253, 254, 256. 
  4. Mayer, Robert (January 1996). "Bloody Omaha Revisited". Computer Gaming World (138): 322, 323. 
  5. "Storm the Beaches". Computer Game Review. December 1995. http://www.nuke.com:80/cgr/reviews/1295/dday/dday.htm. 
  6. Coleman, Terry (November 1998). "The Buying Game". Computer Gaming World (172): 54, 55, 370. 
  7. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named pcgamerus
  8. "WP Gry - Wiadomości ze świata eSportu, recenzje gier i sprzętu - WP.PL". https://gry.wp.pl/recenzja/d-day-america-invades,1699,1.html. 

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