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Stratego

A video game adaptation of the famous strategic board game. Find the opponent's flag, and watch out for that spy. Stratego is a board game adaptation that was originally published by Accolade for various home…

70 24 August 1992

Stratego is a puzzle, released 24 August 1992 on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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What Stratego is

Stratego was released in 1992. It is available on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A video game adaptation of the famous strategic board game. Find the opponent's flag, and watch out for that spy. Stratego is a board game adaptation that was originally published by Accolade for various home computers in 1990. The game was also localized for a Japanese audience with the PC Engine release, which was published by Victor Entertainment in 1992. The game closely follows the rules of the classic Stratego board game as conceived by creators Jumbo, which was later licensed by Milton Bradley for North America. The game also offers various different modes, including a campaign mode which involves consecutive maps, as well as the option to change the visual design for the board and…
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How it was received

Stratego holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1992 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Stratego launched on 24 August 1992, within three weeks of Super Mario Kart, Axelay and Alone in the Dark. It reviewed better than 1 of the 3.

Released around the same time: Super Mario Kart, Axelay, Alone in the Dark.

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When did Stratego come out?
Stratego was released on 24 August 1992 for TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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