Players have the option to play set pieces of the campaign or the entire campaign as a theatre commander. For example, players can play as either the Axis or Allies in 1941 when Rommel bypassed Tobruk or again in 1942 when he had captured it or on the eve of El Alamein.
Limited in scope and playability (the map only stretched from western Libya to Alexandria), the game did not involve the forces of Operation Torch (United States and allied French) in 1943.
Receptionedit
Softline in 1983 called Knights of the Desert "a very fluid and exciting game ... not a simple nor a simplistic program".[1]Computer Gaming World in 1983 complimented it for being both easy to play and offering realistic units and combat, and concluded that Knights of the Desert "is another solid step toward the ideal computer wargame".[2] A 1987 overview of World War II simulations in the magazine was harsher, rating it two out of five points and calling the game "slow and ponderous ... does not deliver its potential".[3] A 1993 survey in the magazine of wargames gave the game one-plus stars out of five for similar reasons.[4]
Knights of the Desert was awarded the Charles S. Roberts Award for "Best Adventure Game for Home Computer of 1983".[5]
^Lynch, Donald (Nov–Dec 1983). "Knights of the Desert". Softline. p. 23. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^Gleason, John; Curtis, Ed (July–August 1983). "Knights of the Desert: Review". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 3, no. 4. pp. 18, 47. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
^Brooks, M. Evan (May 1987). "Kilobyte Was Here!". Computer Gaming World. No. 37. p. 7. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
^Brooks, M. Evan (September 1993). "Brooks' Book of Wargames: 1900-1950, A-P". Computer Gaming World. p. 118. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
knights, desert, film, film, 1983, computer, wargame, developed, tactical, design, group, published, strategic, simulations, apple, atari, family, commodore, based, 1940, north, african, campaign, commodore, cover, artdeveloper, tactical, design, grouppublishe. For the film see Knights of the Desert film Knights of the Desert is a 1983 computer wargame developed by Tactical Design Group and published by Strategic Simulations for the Apple II Atari 8 bit family Commodore 64 MS DOS and TRS 80 It is based on the 1940 43 North African campaign Knights of the DesertCommodore 64 cover artDeveloper s Tactical Design GroupPublisher s Strategic SimulationsDesigner s Chuck KroegelPlatform s Apple II Atari 8 bit Commodore 64 MS DOS TRS 80Release1983Genre s Turn based strategyMode s Single player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Reception 3 Reviews 4 References 5 External linksGameplay edit nbsp Gameplay screenshot Atari 8 bit Players have the option to play set pieces of the campaign or the entire campaign as a theatre commander For example players can play as either the Axis or Allies in 1941 when Rommel bypassed Tobruk or again in 1942 when he had captured it or on the eve of El Alamein Limited in scope and playability the map only stretched from western Libya to Alexandria the game did not involve the forces of Operation Torch United States and allied French in 1943 Reception editSoftline in 1983 called Knights of the Desert a very fluid and exciting game not a simple nor a simplistic program 1 Computer Gaming World in 1983 complimented it for being both easy to play and offering realistic units and combat and concluded that Knights of the Desert is another solid step toward the ideal computer wargame 2 A 1987 overview of World War II simulations in the magazine was harsher rating it two out of five points and calling the game slow and ponderous does not deliver its potential 3 A 1993 survey in the magazine of wargames gave the game one plus stars out of five for similar reasons 4 Knights of the Desert was awarded the Charles S Roberts Award for Best Adventure Game for Home Computer of 1983 5 Reviews editJeux amp Strategie HS 3 6 References edit Lynch Donald Nov Dec 1983 Knights of the Desert Softline p 23 Retrieved 29 July 2014 Gleason John Curtis Ed July August 1983 Knights of the Desert Review Computer Gaming World Vol 3 no 4 pp 18 47 Retrieved 24 April 2016 Brooks M Evan May 1987 Kilobyte Was Here Computer Gaming World No 37 p 7 Retrieved 24 April 2016 Brooks M Evan September 1993 Brooks Book of Wargames 1900 1950 A P Computer Gaming World p 118 Retrieved 30 July 2014 The 1983 Origins Awards The Game Manufacturers Association Archived from the original on 2012 12 16 Retrieved 2020 02 18 Jeux amp strategie HS 3 1986 External links editKnights of the Desert at Atari Mania Knights of the Desert at Lemon 64 Knights of the Desert can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive nbsp This strategy video game related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This wargame related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Knights of the Desert amp oldid 1163352770, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
