Gary Grigsby's War In Russia
''Gary Grigsby's War in Russia'' is a 1993 computer wargame developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. Designed by ''Gary Grigsby'', it is adapted from the 1990 title '' Second Front: Germany Turns East'', itself adapted from Grigsby's 1984 ''War in Russia''. Gameplay ''Gary Grigsby's War in Russia'' is a computer wargame that simulates the Eastern Front conflict during World War II, in the war between Germany and Soviet Russia. It features a map editor that allows players to create custom scenarios. Development ''War in Russia'' was based on designer Gary Grigsby's earlier title '' Second Front: Germany Turns East'', itself based on his game ''War in Russia''. According to Ed Dille of ''Electronic Games'', an important part of the new game was to address concerns in ''Second Front'' that "units retained too much mobility". The game also added a mouse-based interface, new battles and VGA graphics. Reception ''Computer Gaming World''s M. Evan Brooks wrote, "A wor ...
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Strategic Simulations
Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) was a video game developer and video game publisher, publisher with over 100 titles to its credit from its founding in 1979 to its dissolution in 1994. The company was especially noted for its numerous wargames, its official computer game adaptations of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and for the groundbreaking ''Panzer General'' series. History The company was founded by Joel Billings, a wargame enthusiast, who in the summer of 1979 saw the possibility of using the new home computers such as the TRS-80 for wargames. While unsuccessfully approaching Avalon Hill and Automated Simulations to publish wargames, he hired video game programmer, programmers John Lyons (game programmer), John Lyons, who wrote ''Computer Bismarck''—later claimed to have been the first "serious wargame" published for a microcomputer"Titans of the Computer Gaming World"''Computer Gaming World'', March 1988 p.36.—and Ed Williger, who wrote ''Computer Ambush''. Both games were w ...
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