Decision in the Desert
- Developer
- Microprose
- Publisher
- Atari
- Genres
- Simulation, Strategy
- Rating
- 3.0 of 5, 5 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 11 minutes
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A precise, tense historical wargame where you methodically deploy units against an advancing enemy in real time.
real-timetacticalhistoricalsimulationtensestrategicminimalistmethodical
What players say
Players say the Steam version is barely playable out of the box: it lacks mouse and keyboard controls, and a bug halts the first attack unless you manually edit the dosbox config. Those who get it running find it a shallow, repetitive wargame with only five scenarios, and many recommend the Atari or Commodore 64 original instead.
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