Rank and Play ID: RNP-IGDB-41473

Land Battle

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Release

Jan 31, 1999

Genres

Strategy

Overview

[Unreleased 1982] Land Battle is a two player war game which utilizes both strategic and tactical modes of play. Each player controls an array of forces with the objective of capturing or destroying his opponent's "flag." PRODUCTION HISTORY This wargame simulation took a long time in programming (officially 391 days, compared to 170 days for Night Stalker, begun at about the same time); when completed in mid-1982, Marketing was concerned that its design already looked dated. A second concern was that, due to the complexity of the game, it required more memory than an Intellivision contained; the cartridge would have to include 256 bytes of…

Storyline

The game can be played on any of thousands of different countryside maps -- the first thousand of which are selectable at the beginning of the game. All of these maps show roads, towns, hills, lakes, forests, orchards, and fields, and these geographic features impose restrictions and necessitate clever planning on the part of the player. At the beginning of the game each player has control of the following military resources: 12 infantry 3 armored personnel carriers 2 tanks 1 artillery piece 2 bazookas 2 mortars 1 flag You can capture opposing forces which subsequently become yours. In order to wage an effective war, you must allocate you…