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The Perfect General

DOS - 1991
Also available on: Amiga

The Perfect General 1 rocketed QQP to fame when it was released in 1990. The game offers a complete player history, an elaborate scoring system, and good AI.

The Perfect General 2 ups the ante with VGA graphics, modem play, excellent phased action, and better AI. Arguably the best game QQP ever produced, PG2 sadly didn't garner much acclaim, perhaps due to the release of SSI's ground-breaking Panzer General in the same year (1994). Two abstract wargames at its best!

Note: In 2002, Killer Bee Software announced the acquisition of the copyrights and source code to both Empire Deluxe and The Perfect General from Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakosky, formerly of White Wolf Productions.

Review By HOTUD

Add-On Disks

The complete version contains the two add-ons: World War II Battle Set and Greatest Battles of the 20th Century.

First scenario disk World War II Battle Set contains :

  • 1943 - Kursk (battle of all time)
  • 1967 - Suez Conflict
  • 1973 - Suez Conflict
  • 1942 - Malta
  • 1968 - Long Binh Inferno
  • 1968 - Saigon
  • 1982 - Falklands Victory
  • 1945 - Shenyang
  • 1942 - Stalingrad (battle over a dead town)
  • 1940 - Guderian Forward
  • 1950 - Inchan
  • 1940 - Operation Sea Lion
  • 1993 - Line of the Kill
  • 1942 - The Hollywood Dream
  • 1941 - The Moscow Push
  • what if? - Fulda Gap
  • 1941 - Bataan
  • 1950 - Pusan Perimeter
  • 1941 - Crete
  • 1943 - Dnepr Br.

It covers World War II, Vietnam War, the Korean War battles, the Cold War conflict and others. The base game needs to be installed to play these new scenarios.

The second disk, Greatest Battles of the 20th Century , contains :

  • 1943 - Kursk (battle of all time)
  • 1967 - Suez Conflict
  • 1973 - Suez Conflict
  • 1942 - Malta
  • 1968 - Long Binh Inferno
  • 1968 - Saigon
  • 1982 - Falklands Victory
  • 1945 - Shenyang
  • 1942 - Stalingrad (battle over a dead town)
  • 1940 - Guderian Forward
  • 1950 - Inchan
  • 1940 - Operation Sea Lion
  • 1993 - Line of the Kill
  • 1942 - The Hollywood Dream
  • 1941 - The Moscow Push
  • what if? - Fulda Gap
  • 1941 - Bataan
  • 1950 - Pusan Perimeter
  • 1941 - Crete
  • 1943 - Dnepr Br.

It covers World War II, Vietnam War, the Korean War battles, the Cold War conflict and others. The base game needs to be installed to play these new scenarios.

Comments and reviews

Kevin Kitanski 30 Dec. 2025

In about 1992 it gave me an happy childhood, I describe the game only with White Wolf and someone told me the name

0
mobilehead 08 Oct. 2023

As much as I don't like that type strategy games this one really grabbed my attention. It is easily apprehensive and not complexed as many other titles.

0
mau 26 Apr. 2022

What ? And this would be a wargame? But seriously ? At the time of this game, I played war games worthy of the name!

-3
perfectgeneral 25 Feb. 2022

This game has been my username on every forum and website! I loved playing it and once I sort out a Dos-box/emulator I shall love playing it again. Thank you so much.

1
Markham 23 May. 2021

Manual is now available below these comments.

-2
Kilrathisly 05 Sep. 2020

Great game,. i played a lot when i was young. Still have the original game and box with manuals and card maps

0
KC 07 Nov. 2019

You can not play this game without the manual, not supplied here, as it is copy protected and you need the manual for the key word.

0
marzacco 17 Feb. 2019

PG & PG II player. Great to see it come back.

-1
Muhammad 08 Dec. 2014

I'm pretty sure the file R-TPG.COM in the archive exists to crack the game, that's what it says when I run it after all. The reason I'm not entirely sure is because, when I run the game, the screen doesn't repaint properly. I'm not sure whether I'm getting to the stage where the word from the manual is elicited.

0
tacoman 24 Nov. 2014

@mymoon what are the words?

-1
Jorgusson 07 Jan. 2013

Good game..

0
mymoon 31 Jan. 2012

I had a copy of the game and it was a *copy*, not an original. It was asking a word from the manual and we were trying to guess it to start the game. :) then we realized that we could check the files with norton commander and found all the words that the game was asking. At least out guesses were now among some 20ish(?) words.

3

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
577 KB
Disk Image
United Kingdom English
666 KB
Complete, patched, with 2 scenario disks:

The Perfect General Scenario Disk: World War II Battle Set and The Perfect General: Greatest Battles of the 20th Century

United Kingdom English
2 MB
Amiga version
Game file
United Kingdom English
3 MB

Extras

Manual Manual 4
Text Manual
DOS 157 KB English English
PDF Manual
DOS 21 MB English English
World War II Battle Set Add-On Manual
DOS 32 KB English English
Greatest Battles of the 20th Century Add-On Manual
DOS 30 KB English English
Map Map 1
Extra file
DOS 8 MB English English
Misc Misc 2
Technical Supplement
DOS 492 KB English English
Map Editor
DOS 425 KB English English
Mod Mod 1
Additional Scenarios
DOS 648 KB English English

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