When was Sid Meier's Antietam! released?
Sid Meier's Antietam! arrived in December 1999 as a real-time computer wargame. The title placed players directly into the American Civil War conflict known as the Battle of Antietam.
Sid Meier's Antietam! arrived in December 1999 as a real-time computer wargame. The title placed players directly into the American Civil War conflict known as the Battle of Antietam.
Firaxis Games released the title without using traditional retail store channels. No copies appeared in brick-and-mortar shops when the product launched and users had to seek out the game through internet connections.
Editors at Computer Gaming World declared Antietam! the best wargame of that same year. They described the experience as the epitome of a Sid Meier design philosophy.
Sid Meier designed the project as a prequel to his earlier work titled Gettysburg!. That earlier work established a foundation which this sequel built upon directly.
Staff members at Computer Gaming World described the release strategy as a grand experiment. They believed Firaxis wanted to test the popularity of online-only distribution for commercial video games.