Over the Reich

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Over the Reich
Macintosh
ReleaseNovember 26, 1996[1]
Genre(s)Computer wargame
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Over the Reich is a 1996 computer wargame for personal computers operating the Microsoft Windows operating system. The game was released in North America and Europe. A prequel, Achtung Spitfire!, was released in 1997.

Gameplay

The player's squadron of fighter planes are taking on threats from land and from air in this World War II mission.

Players can play as

dogfighting
with strategic manoeuvers as the player must position airplanes to destroy enemies. Authentic clips from World War II help to improve the realism of this video game.

A mostly classical music

attitude
have to be manually controlled).

Creating results that are worse than expected will result in somber music. However, achieving results that are better expected will result in swing music being played. Music played during combat is the "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner.

Development

Over the Reich was designed by Charles Moylan of

Big Time Software. It is an adaptation of the board wargame Over the Reich. Moylan had previously developed Flight Commander 2 for the publisher.[2]

Reception

Over the Reich sold fewer than 50,000 units globally. This was part of a trend for Avalon Hill games during the period; Terry Coleman of Computer Gaming World wrote in late 1998 that "no AH game in the past five years" had reached the mark.[5]

Over the Reich was a runner-up for Computer Gaming World's 1996 "Wargame of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Battleground: Shiloh. The editors wrote of Over the Reich, "Dogfights are fun, particularly over the Internet, but the real appeal of this game lies in the campaigns, where developing your individual pilots is almost a role-playing game in itself."[6]

References

  1. ^ "Online Gaming Review". 1997-02-27. Archived from the original on 1997-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  2. ^
    PC Gamer US. Archived from the original
    on March 7, 2000.
  3. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original
    on October 7, 1997.
  4. CNET Gamecenter. Archived from the original
    on August 16, 2000.
  5. ^ Coleman, Terry (November 1998). "The Buying Game". Computer Gaming World. No. 172. pp. 54, 55, 370.
  6. ^ Staff (May 1997). "The Computer Gaming World 1997 Premier Awards". Computer Gaming World. No. 154. pp. 68–70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80.

External links

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