Close Combat (video game)

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Close Combat
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Developer(s) Atomic Games
Publisher(s) Microsoft
Platform(s) Windows, Macintosh
Release date January 1, 1996 (MAC)
June 30, 1996 (PC)
Genre(s) RTT
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: Kid to Adult (K-A)
Media CD-ROM (1)
Input methods Keyboard, mouse

Close Combat, is a World War II real-time tactics game, developed by Atomic Games, and released on January 1, 1996 for the MAC[1] and June 30, 1996 for the PC[2]. The first installment of the Close Combat series, the game is played on a two-dimensional map, between two players.[3]

Close Combat is based on the fighting of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division and the German defenders from Omaha Beach to St. Lo during Operation Overlord; all the units in the game are based on those used in 1944. The game may be played as either the Germans, or the Americans.The game received mainly positive reviews.[4]

[edit] Gameplay

Combat takes place on a two-dimensional map with three-dimensional terrain elements. Depending on the map, terrain features can include a variety of features providing concealment and cover, such as hills, hedges, foxholes, trenches, streams and buildings. Units have limited fields of vision (particularly vehicles), suffer from fatigue, have limited ammunition, can be suppressed, will break and flee if their morale drops too low, and generally behave in a manner similar to real life (although there are options to make units always visible, always obey orders, and/or fearless).

The units used in the game vary, and range form basic infantry teams like, rifle teams, snipers, scouts, and assault troops, to more advance support units including tanks, halftracks, tank destroyers, assault guns, anti-tank guns, mortars, and machine guns.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Close Combat for MAC - Close Combat Macintosh - Close Combat MAC Game
  2. ^ Close Combat for PC - Close Combat PC Game - Close Combat Computer Game
  3. ^ Close Combat II: A Bridge Too Far for PC Review - PC Close Combat II: A Bridge Too Far Review
  4. ^ Close Combat Reviews

[edit] External links

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Close Combat series of computer games

Close Combat · Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far · Close Combat III: The Russian Front · Close Combat IV: The Battle of the Bulge · Close Combat: Invasion - Normandy · Close Combat: Marines · Close Combat: Modern Tactics ·