The Civil War (DOS)

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Description

The Civil War covers the American Civil War from the years 1861 to 1865. You can play as the North or South, and the object is to take over a certain amount of cities of the opposing side before the war ends. It features both strategic and tactical parts in a turn-based format.

This game has about 45 difficulty levels (9 different "strategy factors" like supply, unit types, fatigue, etc. x 5 realism levels each). However, even with all 9 set to the highest difficulty, the game can be won in a few hours.

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Alternate Titles

• "Amerika 1861-1865" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Historical conflict: American Civil War
• White Label releases

User Reviews

This poor game tries to do too many things, and doesn't do a good job at many of them.

Raphael (1261)

Critic Reviews

Joystick (French)	Jun, 1995	90 out of 100	90
PC Games (Germany)	Jun, 1995	82 out of 100	82
Play Time	Jun, 1995	80 out of 100	80
PC Player (Germany)	Jun, 1995	67 out of 100	67
Gameplay (Benelux)	Oct, 1995	62 out of 100	62
Power Play	Jun, 1995	58 out of 100	58
PC Joker	Aug, 1995	44 out of 100	44
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Sep, 1995		20

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Trivia

Expanded re-release

The game was re-released a year later in USA as the Master Player's Edition with new graphics from Strategy First and a rewritten AI.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #10 Worst Game of All Time

Related Web Sites

• CivilWar on sourceforge (Open Sourced version of Civil War and links to patches of published version.)
• Civil War Updates (You can get the latest patch for The Civil War here, but I think one of the files is corrupted. Never fear, there are uncorrupted versions out there...)
• Greenius Civil War page. (Steven Green's web site, contains upgrade to version 2.0.3)