1980 · Avalon Hill · Strategy · Tactical

Midway Campaign

A simulation of the Battle of Midway in 1942.

Released: 1980
Platforms: Apple II Apple IIGS Atari 8-bit Commodore 64 Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore PET Commodore VIC-20 FM-7 MS-DOS TRS-80 TRS-80 Color Computer
Genres: Strategy Tactical
Developers: Avalon Hill
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Text
Themes: Historical Warfare
Country: United States
Languages: English

About

Midway Campaign is a computer wargame released by Avalon Hill in 1980. It is a text-based game written in BASIC.

Keywords

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game reenacts the events between June 4 and June 7, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, which was the turning point for Allied Forces in the Pacific Theater.

Gameplay is turn-based with each turn representing one hour of the battle. Players control Task Force 16, comprising the Enterprise and Hornet aircraft carriers, and Task Force 17 comprising Yorktown, and Midway Island.

Reception

Glenn Mai reviewed Midway Campaign in The Space Gamer No. 45. Mai commented that "Overall this is a very good game, and I highly recommend it for anyone who likes matching wits with the computer."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Atari 8-bit	31 December 1980	North America
Commodore PET	31 December 1980	North America
TRS-80	31 December 1980	North America
FM-7	31 December 1982	Japan
Apple II	31 December 1983	North America
Commodore C64/128/MAX	31 December 1983	North America
Commodore VIC-20	31 December 1983	North America
MS-DOS	31 December 1983	North America
TRS-80 Color Computer	31 December 1983	North America