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Falklands 82

Falklands '82 (released as Malvinas '82 in Spanish markets) is a 1986 turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Personal Software Services for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. It is the fifth…

31 December 1986

Falklands 82 is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Personal Software Services, released 31 December 1986 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Falklands 82 is

Falklands 82 is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Personal Software Services and released in 1986. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Falklands '82 (released as Malvinas '82 in Spanish markets) is a 1986 turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Personal Software Services for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. It is the fifth instalment of the Strategic Wargames series. The game is set during the 1982 Falklands War and revolves around the Argentine occupation and subsequent British re-capture of the Falkland Islands. The player controls the British Task Force as they must either defeat all Argentine forces on the archipelago or re-capture every settlement.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Falklands 82 launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Falklands 82 come out?
Falklands 82 was released on 31 December 1986 for ZX Spectrum.

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