''Nectaris'', occasionally released as ''Military Madness'', is a series of sci-fi-themed, hex map

turn-based strategy game A turn-based strategy (TBS) game is a strategy game (usually some type of wargame, especially a strategic-level wargame) where players take turns when playing. This is distinguished from real-time strategy (RTS), in which all players play simu ...

s for a variety of systems. The games were developed by

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. The company was absorbed by Konami in 2012, and as a result Konami owns the rights to the series. Games in the series include: * ''Nectaris'' / ''

Military Madness ''Military Madness'' is a 1989 turn-based strategy video game originally developed and published by Hudson Soft in Japan and NEC in North America for the TurboGrafx-16. It is the first entry in the '' Nectaris'' series. Set in the year 2089, pla ...

'' ( PC-Engine / TurboGrafx-16, 1989) * ''Nectaris'' (PC 9800 & X68000, 1992) * ''Neo Nectaris'' / ''Military Madness 2'' (PC-Engine CD, 1994) * ''Nectaris'' (PC DOS, 1995) * ''Nectaris'' ( Windows 95, 1997) * ''Nectaris GB'' ( Game Boy, February 1998) * ''Nectaris'' (

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, 1998), (

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, 2008) * ''Nectaris Cellular'' (i-mode, 2003) * ''Military Madness'' (US cellphone ( Verizon) v1.1) * '' Military Madness: Nectaris'' ( WiiWare, Xbox Live Arcade,

, 2009) * ''Military Madness: Neo Nectaris'' ( iPhone, 2010)

References

External links

Base Nectaris, a fan site (Military Madness FAQ)

Computer wargames DOS games Hudson Soft games Konami franchises Game Boy games NEC PC-9801 games PlayStation (console) games PlayStation Network games X68000 games Turn-based tactics video games TurboGrafx-CD games TurboGrafx-CD-only games Video games scored by Chris Huelsbeck Video games scored by Jun Chikuma Windows games {{strategy-videogame-stub