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Capture the Flag

MS-DOS game released in 1992 by Richard Carr. First game to use the principle of "Capture The Flag." It is a strategy game, where two teams try to capture the other's flag before the other team captures…

31 December 1992

Capture the Flag is a strategy developed by Carr Software, released 31 December 1992 on DOS.

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What Capture the Flag is

Capture the Flag is a strategy game developed by Carr Software and released in 1992. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

MS-DOS game released in 1992 by Richard Carr. First game to use the principle of "Capture The Flag." It is a strategy game, where two teams try to capture the other's flag before the other team captures theirs. The game takes place on a large field, with various types of terrain. You control one of the teams; the other team can be either controlled by the computer, or by another human player.
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What it launched against

Capture the Flag launched on 31 December 1992, within three weeks of Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Moto Roader MC.

Released around the same time: Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Moto Roader MC.

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When did Capture the Flag come out?
Capture the Flag was released on 31 December 1992 for DOS.

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