Video game · 1984
The Ancient Art of War
Released 1984 on Apple II, NEC PC-8800 series, Apple IIGS, MS-DOS, Mac and 5 more
- Developer
- Evryware
- Publisher
- Broderbund
- Made in
- Olympia, United States
- Genre
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
- Themes
- Historical, Warfare
About The Ancient Art of War
The Ancient Art of War is a computer game developed by Evryware and published by Broderbund in 1984. In retrospect, it is generally recognized as one of the first real-time strategy or real-time tactics games. A battlefield simulation, the game's title comes from the classic strategy text The Art of War written by Sun Tzu around 400 B.C. The objective of the game is to win a series of battles using four types of troops: Knights, Archers, Barbarians, and Spies. All four types are unmounted. It uses the simple "Rock-Paper-Scissors" type of unit balance typical of the genre.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| Apple II | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Apple IIGS | 1984 |
| NEC PC-8800 series | 1984 |
| MS-DOS | 1984 |
| Mac | 1985 |
| NEC PC-8801 | 1 December 1986 |
| PC-98 | 1987 |
| Atari ST | 1990 |
| Amiga | 1990 |
| Amstrad CPC | 1990 |
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