Sands of Fire

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Description

Sands of Fire takes you to the scorching deserts of Northern Africa, where you drive one of the available Allied tanks against the German forces of Erwin Rommel during the events of World War II.

The scenarios include:

1. Training Course
2. Two for U.S. tanks (Stuart, Sherman): Kasserine Pass, Tunis & Bizerte
3. Four for British Tanks (Matilda, Crusader): Taking of Tobruk, Operation Crusader, The Fall of Tobruk, El Alamein

Before the simulation starts, you examine the map of the battle area and your current orders for the scenario and adjust your formation and supplies. During the simulation, you take control of the lead tank in a battalion of up to five tanks. You control your own tank via three first person views (Driver, Commander, and Gunner), and also dictate the formation and tactics of your team mates.

Statistics and points achieved will be shown at the end of each scenario and will be saved for progress of your career.

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Part of the Following Group

• Setting: African

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Critic Reviews

PC Joker	DOS	Oct, 1991	51 out of 100	51
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Macintosh	Dec, 1991		40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Dec, 1991		40
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	DOS	Oct, 1991	4 out of 12	33
Power Play	DOS	Sep, 1990	30 out of 100	30
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Macintosh	Sep, 1990	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

Origins

Sands of Fire was originally in development for Epyx, under the name Tank Battle Simulator, intended as a semi-sequel to Sub Battle Simulator

Sound

This was one of the first MS-DOS games with true digitized sound - recording actual shell casings, for example.