Platform: PC
Region: NTSC-U
Developer(s): Atomic Games
Publishers(s): Microsoft Studios
ReleaseDate: 1996-06-30
Players: 1
Co-op: No
Close Combat
Close Combat is a World War II real-time tactics game, developed by Atomic Games, and released on January 1, 1996 for the Mac[1] and June 30, 1996 for the PC.[2] The first installment of the Close Combat series, the game is played on a two-dimensional map, between two players.[3] Close Combat is based on the fighting of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division and the German defenders from Omaha Beach to Saint-Lô during Operation Cobra; all the units in the game are based on those used in 1944. The game may be played as either the Germans, or the Americans.The game received mainly positive reviews.[4]
ESRB Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Strategy