Perfect General
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The Perfect General is a turn-based tactics
game designed by Mark Baldwin and published in 1991 by Quantum Quality Productions
for the Amiga
and DOS
. A sequel, The Perfect General II, was released in 1994. A refurbished version of the original is available for Windows
since 2003.
The game is a turn-based map-oriented military simulation game. Along with Modem Wars
and Populous
, it was one of the early successful commercial games ever offering an online mode to be used for real-time-matches via telecommunication networks. The original online-game was played via modem or null modem serial connection.
The rights for the original version were purchased by Mark Kinkead in 2002, and later released in 2003 as "The Perfect General Internet Edition" by Killer Bee Software. As the name suggests, this version can be played via Internet.
Turn-based tactics
Turn-based tactics , or tactical turn-based , is a computer and video game genre of strategy video games that through stop-action simulates the considerations and circumstances of operational warfare and military tactics in generally small-scale confrontations as opposed to more strategic...
game designed by Mark Baldwin and published in 1991 by Quantum Quality Productions
Quantum Quality Productions
Quantum Quality Productions was a computer games company specializing in strategy games and war games.Run by Bruce Williams Zaccagnino and Mark Baldwin it produced a number of games that achieved "cult status", most prominently The Perfect General.In 1994, due to financial difficulties, QQP...
for the Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
and DOS
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
. A sequel, The Perfect General II, was released in 1994. A refurbished version of the original is available for Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
since 2003.
The game is a turn-based map-oriented military simulation game. Along with Modem Wars
Modem Wars
Modem Wars is a 1988 Real-Time Tactics game developed by Ozark Softscape and published by Electronic Arts for the IBM PC and Commodore 64 platforms.-Summary:The first multi-computer online game...
and Populous
Populous
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, it was one of the early successful commercial games ever offering an online mode to be used for real-time-matches via telecommunication networks. The original online-game was played via modem or null modem serial connection.
The rights for the original version were purchased by Mark Kinkead in 2002, and later released in 2003 as "The Perfect General Internet Edition" by Killer Bee Software. As the name suggests, this version can be played via Internet.