''Campaign'' is a strategy war game developed and published by

Empire Interactive Empire Interactive was a British video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in London. Founded in 1987 by Ian Higgins and Simon Jeffrey, it was acquired by Silverstar Holdings in 2006 and collapsed in 2009. History Empire ...

. It was released in

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for

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and in 1993 for the Amiga and

Atari ST Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's Atari 8-bit computers, 8-bit computers. The initial model, the Atari 520ST, had limited release in April–June 1985, and was widely available i ...

. The game is set in

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. The player may play out scenarios like the

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and D-Day. Apart from the strategic map, a battle mode will be opened if two hostile forces venture too near each other. The military units are rendered well in this game, and it includes a 170-page-long equipment manual which also serves as the game's copy protection. It also includes a map editor to create scenarios or modify parts of the game. It was followed by a sequel, '' Campaign II''.

Reception

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'' said of ''Campaign'', "the finished product leaves much to be desired". Criticisms included the difficulty of organizing concentrated attacks, the unrealistically high frequency of night combat, the inability to retreat, and the absence of a way to exit the game or even use Ctrl-Alt-Delete. A 1993 survey in the magazine of wargames gave the game two-plus stars out of five, stating that "it is adequate on the trategiclevel and almost an arcade rendition of the actical.

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