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Wargame Construction Set

DOS - 1988
Also available on: Atari 8-bit - Atari ST - Commodore 64

A design-your-own simulation covering warfare from a tactical level throughout history. Marred by a system more attuned to World War II tactics than to a generic battle system, it was quite popular in its day.

Basically the user-modifiable source code of Roger Damon's previous works, the game's potential to design-your-own scenarios was limited by the failings of the system's mechanics. It was most applicable to the World War II era; a novice may well find its flexibility interesting, although the graphics are dated. [excerpt from M. Evan Brooks' Homepage]

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

OB 09 Dec. 2023

@DAVE:
"Wargame Construction Set is available for a small price on GOG.com, and is no longer abandonware.
GOG.com provides the best release and does not include DRM, please buy from them!"

0
dave 28 Oct. 2023

no downloads available?!?

0
KC 20 Dec. 2019

I also had (have) this game on the C-64. The thought of making my own games intrigued me. However, even way back then I thought this "game" did not live up to my expectations. I thought it lame. I ended up making my own games on the C-64, without this editor.

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fdisk 10 Nov. 2015

manual & amiga key ref. card:
EDIT: Thx fdisk!

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A Wise Old Man 19 Feb. 2013

The C64 version was well done. The PC port sucked donkey balls because it was very s-l-o-w, even when played on a 486. The game apparently wasn't CPU clock-based, but Real-Time, which only made the slowness that much worse. Not sure if DOSbox or D-Fend will allow this to be sped up any.

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Khabir 06 May. 2009

This was a fun game when I played it on my C-64. I made an urban gang war game with it. I'm not sure it holds up all that well these days, though.

2

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Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
DOS 6 MB English English
RefCard RefCard 1
Extra file
DOS 2 MB English English

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