Можно смело сказать, что на сегодняшний день все самые интересные wargame принадлежат “перу” трех авторов: Sid Meier, Gary Grigsby и Norm Koger. Первых двух я уже как-то упоминал в своих публикациях, а вот с последним хочу сейчас вас заочно познакомить. В течение нескольких лет Norm Koger работал с SSI, и благодаря этому сотрудничеству на свет появились следующие проекты Stellar Crusade, Red Lightning, Conflict: Middle East, Conflict Korea, Wargame Construction Kits I и II: Tanks! и Wargame Con
Наполеон в России: Бородинская битва 1/04/2008 Помните, как у Михаила Юрьевича: “Скажи-ка дядя, ведь недаром Москва, спаленная пожаром, французу отдана?” В связи с этим меня уже давно мучил вопрос, а может, все-таки зря город спалили. Может быть, стоило, как это… встречное сражение наступающим навязать? Русская-то армия в Европе, мягко говоря, не последней была. Вы, вообще, историю читали? Наши орлы, когда Наполеона из родных просторов выдворили, сами вырвались на просторы европейские и там
Acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 2000 and later shut down
Founded
1995
Defunct
Shut down in 2005
Location
Baltimore, Maryland
Industry
Computer and video game industry
Key people
Jim Rose and John Davidson
Former Parent
Take-Two Interactive from 2000
TalonSoft was a Baltimore, Maryland-based computer game developer founded in 1995 by Jim Rose and John Davidson. The company specialized in wargames; many of its releases were acclaimed within the wargaming community.
TalonSoft was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in early 2000, and operated as a brand of Take-Two until it was shut down in 2005. In October 2005, Matrix Games acquired the publication rights to most of the TalonSoft catalog, including the Battleground, Campaign, and Operational Art of War series.
Games published or developed by TalonSoft
Battleground series
Battleground: Bulge-Ardennes (1995)
Battleground 2: Gettysburg (1995)
Battleground 3: Waterloo (1996)
Battleground 4: Shiloh (1996)
Battleground 5: Antietam (1996)
Battleground 6: Napoleon in Russia (1997)
Battleground 7: Bull Run (1997)
Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo (1997)
Battleground 9: Chickamauga (1999)
Battleground 10: Middle East (1997)
Battleground 11: East Front (1997)
Age of Sail series
Age of Sail (1996)
Age of Sail II (2001)
Campaign series
West Front (1998)
East Front II (1999)
Rising Sun (2000)
Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict (2001)
The Operational Art of War series
The Operational Art of War Volume I (1998)
The Operational Art of War II (1999)
Tribal Rage (1998)
12 O’Clock High: Bombing the Reich (1999)
Battle of Britain (1999)
Hidden & Dangerous (1999)
Jagged Alliance 2 (1999)
Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge (2000)
Jetfighter IV (2000)
Martian Gothic: Unification (2000)
Codename Eagle (2000)
Dogs of War (2000)
Metal Fatigue (2000)
Spec Ops: Ranger Elite (2000)
Tzar: The Burden of the Crown (2000)
Merchant Prince II (2001)
StarLeader (2001)
outlive (2001)?
Gettysburg: The American Civil War (2006)
John Tiller's Campaign Series (2007)
Age of Ironclads (1997)
External links
MobyGames' entry on TalonSoft
Interview: Matrix Acquires Talonsoft License at The Wargamer
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