Steel Panthers (DOS)

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Description

Steel Panthers is a wargame (turn-based strategy game) by Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI). The game is set in World War II, where the player fights battles by controling tanks, infantry, and other war marchines on a battlefield divided into hexgonal units (hexes). The game was designed by Gary Grigsby, who is considered by many as one of the preminent wargame designers.

Steel Panthers has spawned a whole trilogy, of which the last release was Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Commands. There are many types of games that can be played, including campaigns that span the war, stand alone historical battles, what-if scenarios, random battles, and play by email (PBEM) battles. However, there is also a scenario editor that lets you create your own battles, designation the type and number of units present, creating the landscape, and choosing the game parameters for the player. There are tens of countries to choose from, each with accurate represenation of their arms. In addition, there are different units for the US Army and the US Marine Corps. Information about each country's arms can be found in the Encyclopedia, in addition to a picture of the real thing.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Game feature: Hexagonal map
• Steel Panthers series

User Reviews

My First 'Real' Computer Game

Peter Robinett (12)

Critic Reviews

Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Dec, 1995		100
PC Player (Denmark)	1996	95 out of 100	95
Coming Soon Magazine	Jan 13, 1996	88 out of 100	88
Electronic Entertainment	Dec, 1995		88
PC Games (Germany)	Nov, 1995	86 out of 100	86
Gameplay (Benelux)	Dec, 1995	86 out of 100	86
GameSpot	May 01, 1996	8.4 out of 10	84
Power Play	Nov, 1995	79 out of 100	79
Joystick (French)	Dec, 1995	78 out of 100	78
PC Player (Germany)	Nov, 1995	63 out of 100	63

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Trivia

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • June 1996 (Issue #143) – Wargame of the Year
  • June 1996 (Issue #143) – Wargame of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • November 1996 (15th anniversary issue)) – #53 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list

Related Web Sites

• The Wargamer's Steel Panthers Central (Download scenarios, whole campaigns, new arms settings, whole conversions by other gamers, player registry, fan-made mods and much more.)