Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is a real-time tactical computer game designed by Sid Meier, the co-founder of Firaxis Games, that was released in 1997 by Electronic Arts. In 1998, Gettysburg won the Origins Award for…
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Firaxis Games, released 14 October 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 1997. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is a real-time tactical computer game designed by Sid Meier, the co-founder of Firaxis Games, that was released in 1997 by Electronic Arts. In 1998, Gettysburg won the Origins Award for Best Strategy Computer Game of 1997. It was followed by Sid Meier's Antietam! in 1998. The game allows the player to control either the Confederate or Union troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. It can be played as single scenarios, or as a campaign of linked scenarios, either recounting the original history or exploring alternative possibilities. The engine was also used for the Napoleonic game Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle (as was a modified version…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Sid Meier series
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is the third of 41 entries we hold in the Sid Meier series. It arrived 2 years after Sid Meier's Civilization II. The next entry was Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri in 1999.
What it launched against
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! launched on 14 October 1997, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online and Frogger.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online, Frogger.
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