The Ancient Art of War

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Published by

Brøderbund Software, Inc.

Developed by

Evryware

Released

1984

Platforms

Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh

Genre

Strategy

Perspective

Top-Down

Non-Sport

Historical Battle (specific/exact), Real-Time

Misc

Editor / Construction Set

	MobyRank	MobyScore
DOS	...	3.6

Apple II	...	3.8

Amstrad CPC	...	...

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DOSAbandonia

I really enjoyed this game, but was disappointed with the technical aspects and flaws mentioned above. This game really is a 5/5 for some people, and a 1/5 for others. You will find this game really boring if you like action, and intriguing if you like strategy.

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Our Users Say

Platform	Votes	Score
Amstrad CPC	Awaiting 1 votes...
Apple II	2	3.8
Atari ST	Awaiting 1 votes...
DOS	34	3.6
Macintosh	Awaiting 1 votes...
Combined MobyScore	36	3.6

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User Reviews

Barbarians kill Archers, Archers kill Knights, Knights kill Barbarians. The forefather of all war-based strategy games!	DOS	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (13163)
AAOW was way ahead of its time.	DOS	Trixter (8866)
Take Sun Tzu out for Chop Suey	DOS	Yeah Right (61)
It inspired my RTS game	DOS	Tony Van (2707)
The FIRST Real Time Strategy Game ... in 1984!	DOS	Trent Simms (2)
One of the finest strategy games ever	DOS	JubalHarshaw (287)
Simplistic, yet Universal...a real tribute to the original.	DOS	Menschenfresser (2)
Ancient Art of War was my FIRST love in computer games.	DOS	Rogue Agent (1)