Sniper! (video game)

Sniper!
Platform(s) CompuServe
Release date(s)
    Genre(s) Strategy war-game

    Sniper! is a computer game that appeared on CompuServe. It was an adaptation of the Sniper! board game.

    Plot

    Sniper! is a strategy war-game. A player starts as a recruit in the Sniper Saloon & Salad Bar, where players can pick up local gossip, brag about wins, and explain defeats. There, players can also challenge other players to a Sniper! game, or play the computerized opponent. A drill instructor waits in the Bootcamp to show you new players how the game is played. The Halls of Fame also display players' best scores. In a game of Patrol two opposing squads, Alpha and Bravo, meet in no-man's land between their front lines. In a game of Infiltrate, the Alpha force must cross from one side of the map to the other, exiting the map at Bravo’s Victory Point area before Bravo can stop Alpha. The player has a small squad of soldiers to command, and plays either the Germans or the Americans, somewhere in western Europe during World War II.[1]

    Development

    Steve Estvanik converted TSR's Sniper! board-game series into a multi-player, online computer game for CompuServe.[1]

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Estvanik, Steve (August 1989). "The Game Wizards". Dragon (148): 54–58.