Carrier Force
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| Developer(s) | Gary Grigsby |
| Publisher(s) | Strategic Simulations |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 |
| Release | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Computer wargame |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Carrier Force is a 1983 computer wargame published by Strategic Simulations for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers,[1] and Commodore 64.
Carrier Force was Grigsby's fourth game. While he had started developing games part-time while working for the United States Department of Defense, he left to become a full-time game developer halfway through his third title, North Atlantic '86.
Gameplay
[edit]Carrier Force is a computer wargame that simulates aircraft carrier warfare.[2]
Development
[edit]Carrier Force was the fourth game by designer Gary Grigsby. It was released in 1983,[3] the same year he debuted North Atlantic '86.[4]
Reception
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Tom Cheche reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "CF has been exhaustively researched, and beautifully produced. In many ways it is the kind of game that we had in mind several years ago when we were daydreaming about where the wargaming hobby was headed now that the computer had arrived."[2]
In a 1985 survey of computer wargames for Current Notes, M. Evan Brooks called Carrier Force "worth the effort for anyone desirous of learning about the period", but considered it "extremely slow in execution" and saw it as having historical errors.[6] In his similar 1989 survey, J. L. Miller of Computer Play found that the game was "hampered by very slow execution" and offered it a middling score.[5]
Reviews
[edit]- Casus Belli #23 (Dec 1984)[7]
- Fire & Movement #76[8]
Legacy
[edit]Grigsby decided to build on Carrier Force in his later game Carrier Strike. He told Electronic Games, "I liked the subject matter and, given the evolution in computer capability and my programming skills, I wanted to refine it."[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Carrier Force". Atari Mania.
- ^ a b Cheche, Tom (April 1984). "Carrier Force: The Fog of War at its Foggiest". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 15. pp. 22, 47.
- ^ a b Dille, Ed (December 1992). "War in the Pacific". Electronic Games. 1 (3): 54–56, 58.
- ^ Emrich, Alan (September 1995). "The Pioneering Spirit of a Wargame Guru". Computer Gaming World. No. 134. pp. 201, 202, 204.
- ^ a b Miller, J. L. (January 1989). "The Wargamer's Desk Reference". Computer Play: 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42.
- ^ a b Brooks, M. Evan (November 1985). "Battle Bytes: An Overview of Wargames". Current Notes. 5 (9): 14–16.
- ^ "Ludotique | Article | RPGGeek".
- ^ https://spotlightongames.com/list/reviews.html
External links
[edit]- Carrier Force at MobyGames
- Article in Tilt (French)
- 1983 video games
- Apple II games
- Atari 8-bit computer games
- Commodore 64 games
- Computer wargames
- Fiction about aircraft carriers
- Japan in non-Japanese culture
- Naval video games
- Pacific War video games
- Single-player video games
- Strategic Simulations games
- Turn-based strategy video games
- Video games developed in the United States