Cases Computer Simulations (known as CCS) was a

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developer and publisher which specialized in strategy and war games for the

ZX Spectrum The ZX Spectrum () is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer that was developed by Sinclair Research. It was released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982, and became Britain's best-selling microcomputer. Referred to during development as t ...

, a number of which were ported to the

BBC Micro The British Broadcasting Corporation Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of microcomputers and associated peripherals designed and built by Acorn Computers in the 1980s for the BBC Computer Literacy Project. Designed with an emphas ...

Acorn Electron The Acorn Electron (nicknamed the Elk inside Acorn and beyond) was a lower-cost alternative to the BBC Micro educational/ home computer, also developed by Acorn Computers Ltd, to provide many of the features of that more expensive machine at a ...

Amstrad CPC The Amstrad CPC (short for ''Colour Personal Computer'') is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sin ...

, and

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. Their cassette inlays often featured quite stylized pictures and they were renowned for producing a succession of high quality games. Many of their later releases were written by well-known wargamers R T Smith & Ken Wright and received excellent reviews in the mid and late 1980s. They were based at 14, Langton Way, London. SE3 7TL.

Games

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Battle 1917 ''Battle 1917'' is a 1983 video game published by Cases Computer Simulations Ltd. Gameplay ''Battle 1917'' is a game in which players oppose each other using armies, and must kill the other player's king to win. Reception Russell Clarke reviewed ...

'' (1983) *''

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'' (1984) *''

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'' (1985) *'' Desert Rats: The North Africa Campaign'' (1985) *''Stalingrad'' (1988) *'' Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles'' (1988)

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