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Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) was a computer game developer and publisher with over 100 titles to its credit since its founding in 1979. It was especially notable for its numerous wargames, and for the groundbreaking Panzer General series. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...
A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ...
Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Wargaming can be one of number of ways of exploring the effects of warfare without actual combat. ...
Panzer General is a computer wargame published by Strategic Simulations in 1994. ...
The company was founded by Joel Billings, a wargame enthusiast. He hired programmers John Lyon, who wrote Computer Bismarck, and Ed Williger, who wrote Computer Ambush. Both games were written in BASIC as were many of SSI's early games. Computer Bismarck was released for the Apple II in January 1980 and for the TRS-80 later in the year. Chuck Kroegel, the co-author with David Landry of many of the early SSI wargames, joined the company as an employee in 1983 and led product development for over ten years. Joel Billings is an American computer game designer. ...
Wargaming can be one of number of ways of exploring the effects of warfare without actual combat. ...
John Carmack is one of the most widely recognized and influential game programmers. ...
John Lyon was an educated man who lived at Harrow on the Hill in North West London. ...
Computer Bismarck was the first game by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of high-level programming languages. ...
The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
TRS-80 Model I. TRS-80 (also affectionately or derisively known as the Trash-80) was the designation for several lines of desktop microcomputer systems produced by the Tandy Corporation and sold through its RadioShack stores in the late-1970s and 1980s. ...
Chuck Kroegel is an American computer game designer. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
SSI also expanded into role-playing games in 1984 with titles such as Wizard's Crown, Questron and the Phantasie series. A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Wizards Crown is a top-down adventure role-playing game published in 1985 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
Exploring the Swamp Cathedral in the Apple II version of Questron Questron is a fantasy RPG computer game series published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
Phantasie is a fantasy computer role-playing game series published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
In 1987, SSI acquired the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) license from TSR and published 30 AD&D titles over the following years, starting with Pool of Radiance in 1988. The TSR products formed the core of games released using the Gold Box engine. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ...
TSR was a company formed as Tactical Studies Rules in 1972 by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye (and others later) to publish the rule set for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
TSR has a number of meanings. ...
Gold Box is the name for a series of computer role-playing games produced by SSI. The company won a license to produce games based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game system from TSR, Inc. ...
SSI was acquired by Mindscape in 1994, spent time as part of Mattel, and finally became part of Ubisoft (in March 2001), who have since retired the brand name. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...
Mattel Inc. ...
Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil, France. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
Gameography
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
Computer Bismarck was the first game by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
- Southern Command
- Tiger in The Snow
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
- Germany 1985
- Warp Factor, The
- Cosmic Balance, The
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
- Battle for Normandy
- Epidemic!
- Knights of The Desert
- RDF 1985
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
- Baltic 1985: Corridor to Berlin
- Field of Fire
- Fifty Mission Crush
- Galactic Gladiators
- Questron
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Exploring the Swamp Cathedral in the Apple II version of Questron Questron is a fantasy RPG computer game series published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
- Cartel$ & Cutthroat$
- Computer Ambush
- Colonial Conquest
- Mech Brigade
- Norway 1985
- Operation Market Garden
- Phantasie
- Rebel Charge at Chickamauga
- Shiloh: Grant's Trial in The West
This article is about the year. ...
Combatants XXX Corps First Allied Airborne Army II SS Panzer Corps Army Group B First Parachute Army Commanders Montgomery von Rundstedt Strength 35,000 airborne, XXX Corps 20,000 (start of the battle) Casualties 18,000 casualties 13,000 casualties Operation Market Garden (September 17-September 25, 1944) was an...
Phantasie is a fantasy computer role-playing game series published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Roadwar 2000, sometimes referred to as Roadwar 2K, is a 1986 computer game published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
Diagrams of first and third rate warships, England, 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...
Wizards Crown is a top-down adventure role-playing game published in 1985 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders George B. McClellan Robert E. Lee Strength 87,000 45,000 Casualties 12,401 (2,108 killed, 9,540 wounded, 753 captured/missing) 10,316 (1,546 killed, 7,752 wounded, 1,018 captured/missing) The Battle of Antietam (also...
The Kampfgruppe was a common combat formation used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War. ...
Roadwar 2000, sometimes referred to as Roadwar 2K, is a 1986 computer game published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Appearing in Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 1 Tanis Half-Elven Flint Fireforge Sturm Brightblade Tasslehoff Burrfoot Caramon Majere Raistlin Majere Goldmoon Riverwind Appearing in Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 2 Tika Waylan Laurana Kanan Berem Categories: Dragonlance characters | Dragonlance ...
Combatants XXX Corps First Allied Airborne Army II SS Panzer Corps Army Group B First Parachute Army Commanders Montgomery von Rundstedt Strength 35,000 airborne, XXX Corps 20,000 (start of the battle) Casualties 18,000 casualties 13,000 casualties Operation Market Garden (September 17-September 25, 1944) was an...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance. ...
A President-elect is a candidate who has officially been elected President, but who has not yet acceded to his office, as it is still occupied by the Outgoing president. ...
The Sons of Liberty was a label adopted by Patriots in the British North American colonies before the American Revolution. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Curse of the Azure Bonds is the second in a four-part series of Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons adventure games. ...
Red Lightning is a Los Angeles-based band comprised of English guitarist Alain Whyte(of Morrisseys band) on lead vocals and guitar, John DiMambro on bass guitar and Milo Todesco on drums. ...
Storm Across Europe is a grand strategy computer game released in 1989 by Strategic Simulations Inc. ...
This article is about the year. ...
Champions of Krynn is the first in a three-part series of Dragonlance Dungeons & Dragons gold box adventure computer games. ...
Countdown to Doomsday is a video game made by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
DragonStrike was the name of two games based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game: DragonStrike was a computer game in which the player flew a dragon. ...
Secret of the Silver Blades title screen. ...
Many things bear the name Waterloo. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Death Knights of Krynn is the second in a three-part series of Dragonlance Dungeons & Dragons Gold Box computer role-playing games, published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
Eye of the Beholder refers to the saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For the 1999 film, see Eye of the Beholder (movie). ...
Pools of Darkness is the fourth in a four-part series of Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons gold box adventure computer games. ...
Gateway to the Savage Frontier (1991) is a Gold Box Dungeons and Dragons computer game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by SSI for the Commodore 64, PC and Amiga personal computers. ...
Tony La Russa Baseball is a baseball computer and video game console simulation game (1991-1997), designed by Don Daglow, Mark Buchignani, David Bunnett, Clay Dreslough and Hudson Piehl and developed by Stormfront Studios. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Screenshot Flashback (Sega Genesis) Flashback: The Quest for Identity, often just called Flashback, is a computer platform game produced by Delphine Software, which has since went bankrupt and no longer exists. ...
A stronghold is a strongly fortified defensive structure. ...
Treasures of the Savage Frontier (1992) is a Gold Box Dungeons and Dragons computer game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by SSI for the PC and Amiga personal computers. ...
The Dark Queen of Krynn is the third in a three-part series of Dragonlance Dungeons & Dragons Gold Box computer role-playing games. ...
The Summoning is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
Fantasy Empires is a strategic PVP text-based war game. ...
The Settlers is a slow-paced Real Time Strategy computer game by German developer Blue Byte Software, first released in 1993 for Commodore Amiga and PC. It was the first game to involve construction of a settlement and allocation of resources, which it did through a mouse operated point and...
Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures, also known as Unlimited Adventures, or by the acronyms FRUA or UA, is a computer game originally released on March 17, 1993 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
Stronghold is a Dungeons and Dragons real time strategy game from 1993 published by SSI and developed by Stormfront Studios. ...
Age of Empires (1997), Invasion of an enemy Real-time strategy (RTS) is a genre of computer games characterised by being a real-time wargame (strategic) in which one exerts direct control over individual units, resource gathering, base building and technology development. ...
- Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
- Archon Ultra
- Cyclones
- Dark Legions
- Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
- Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager
- Great Naval Battles 3
- Menzoberranzan
- Panzer General
- Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
- Skyrealms of Jorune: Alien Logic
- Thuderscape
- Veild of Darkness
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...
Archon is a computer game developed by Free Fall Associates and distributed by Electronic Arts. ...
This article is about the meteorological phenomenon. ...
Menzoberranzan is a fictional city in the world of Forgotten Realms, a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. ...
Panzer General is a computer wargame published by Strategic Simulations in 1994. ...
- Clash of Steel: Future Edition
- Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall
- Ravenloft 2: The Stone Prophet
- Renegade: The battle for Jacob's Star
- Steel Panthers
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Steel Panthers is a complex, tactical-level turn-based computerized wargame series for the PC with World War II and modern warfare settings. ...
- Allied General
- Anvil of Dawn
- Fantasy General
- Great Naval Battles 5
- Necrodome
- Silent Hunter
- Star General
- Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles
- Su-27 Flanker
- War Wind
- Wargame Construction Set III: Age of Rifles
- World of Aden: Thunderscape
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
A World War II submarine combat simulation for DOS, developed by Aeon Electronic Entertainment and published by Strategic Simulations in 1996. ...
Su-27 Flanker is a realistic flight simulator released for the PC in 1996 on CD. Developed in Russia by Eagle Dynamics and published by SSI, Su-27 Flanker contained a realistic and detailed flight model in a less competitive graphics shell, allowing the simulation to run on relatively minimal...
War Wind is a real-time strategy game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by SSI in the vein of Warcraft II. It runs on the Windows 95 platform. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Imperialism is a turn-based strategy game for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computers, developed by Frog City Software and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
Pacific General is a computer wargame depicting the famous battles of World War 2. ...
Panzer General II is the sequel to the computer simulation Panzer General. ...
- Panzer Commander
- People's General (a.k.a. Dynasty General)
- Soldiers at War
- War Wind II: Human Onslaught
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
- Flanker 2.0
- Imperialism II: The Age of Exploration
- Panzer General III: Scorched Earth
- Warlords Battlecry
- Warhammer 40000: Rites Of War
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
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