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Runs on
Windows
Price
US$4.99

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1996 · Science · Strategy

Star General

Based on The Fleet sci-fi anthology series by David Drake, etcetera. Released to coincide with the re-release of the book series.

Released
1996
Platforms
MS-DOSWindows
Genres
ScienceStrategyTurn-based strategy
Developers
—
Publishers
Strategic Simulations
Modes
Single-player
Themes
Science fiction
Engine
Panzer General
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English, German

About

Star General is a computer wargame, last in SSI's series of hexagonal-movement games popularized by Panzer General. Star General bases its story setting on The Fleet, a series of books written by David Drake and Bill Fawcett. The game was developed by Catware and SSI in 1996.

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Gameplay

Star General pits up to seven alien races against one another in a galactic battle of conquest. The seven races include the deceitful Cephalians, the reptilian Dragonians, the feline Hressa, the Humans, the barbarian Khalians, the insectoid Xritra, and fascist human separatists who belong to the Schleinel Hegemony.

There are 90 different types of units, from ground forces to spaceships. Among the space vessels there are a wide variety of specializations—including mine countermeasure vessels, assault vessels, troop transports, reconnaissance, battleships, missile boats, carriers and destroyers. There is also some use of older terms of reference for classifying warships—terms of reference that are not used in the navies of today. One example is that the term monitor is used to specify a kind of space warship.

Reception

Star General sold at least 50,000 units by September 1997 and over 120,000 units by May 1999.

Computer Gaming World's Tim Carter panned the game as "all the flash and little of the gameplay" of what made the original a classic, but praised the clean interface, simple learning curve, and some fun moments in space fleet actions.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows1 December 1996Europe · Worldwide 6 December 1996 · North America 6 December 1996

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