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North & South

Your objective is ensure victory for your side by eliminating all the enemy armies. You will be controlling armies across all the combat zones of the Civil War. You may respect history or not, as you like…

31 December 1989

North & South is a platform developed by Infogrames, released 31 December 1989 on Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga and Amstrad CPC.

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What North & South is

North & South is a platform game developed by Infogrames and released in 1989. It is available on Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Your objective is ensure victory for your side by eliminating all the enemy armies. You will be controlling armies across all the combat zones of the Civil War. You may respect history or not, as you like. North and South does not try to reconstitute history and places playability over realism, it only tries to emulate the atmosphere and overall strategic conditions of the Civil War. Thus, as in reality, the player may choose to advance deep into the South or North, to attack in the center or to attempt a turning movement. This game can be played against computer or between two human opponents. You can also choose between a full strategic mode without the arcade parts or use the arcade mode…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

North & South launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did North & South come out?
North & South was released on 31 December 1989 for Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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