Patriot (video game)
Patriot | ||
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Designer(s) Rick Banks | Frank Chadwick | |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS | |
Release | 1993 | |
Genre(s) | Wargame | |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Patriot is a computer wargame about the Gulf War, developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and published by Three-Sixty Pacific. It was released in 1993 for MS-DOS. The player can command either the Iraqi or Coalition forces.
Gameplay
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Reception
Computer Gaming World's April 1993 review began:
QUESTION: What do Patriot and The Satanic Verses have in common? ANSWER: In both cases, the end-users want to kill the author.
The reviewer, who participated in the Gulf War and experienced wargamer and computer wargamer, stated that "Based on the program as released, I could not begin to figure out what to do or how to do it. Clearly, there is something wrong with this picture". He criticized the documentation, user interface, unrealistic unit strength, and lack of options such as
When evaluating version 1.10 of Patriot in December 1993, the same reviewer noted improvements in the documentation, stability, and user interface. He stated that "this was a wargame straight out of
In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Patriot the 45th-worst computer game ever released.[3]
References
- ^ Brooks, M. Evan (April 1993). "A Review of Three-Sixty's Patriot". Computer Gaming World. p. 98. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ Brooks, M. Evan (December 1993). "Let's Do The Gulf War Again". Computer Gaming World. pp. 254, 256. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World. No. 148. pp. 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98.