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Game #2401
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  North & South    View all Top Dogs in this genre
War   Miniature or squad

Rating: 9.05 (632 votes)

North & South box cover

North & South screenshot
North & South is a competent PC translation of Infogrames' most famous Amiga game. In simplest terms, it's a tongue-in-cheek American Civil War strategy-cum-arcade game, with characters from a popular French comic strip called Les Tuniques Bleues. The name of the comic strip means 'Blue Tunics', which refer to the Union side (North).

The game is played on a US map where you make strategic-level decisions such as where to move your army, recruit more soldiers, and link up the towns with railways to transport the ever-important gold. Armies are represented by single soldiers, with flags indicating which territories are held by which army.

When you move into a state occupied by the opposite side or vice versa, a battle occurs, and the game zooms into the action. This is undoubtedly the best part of the game. You will be looking down across either a canyon or a field, seeing your units (artillery, cavalry and infantry) shown as little groups. Fighting is a simple matter of choosing which unit to move where, and watching your battle represented with amusing, well-animated soldiers. Although the EGA graphics and PC speaker sounds in the PC version do no justice to the amazing Amiga original, they still manage to convey the fun. When you see your cavalry charge over the bridges, you can't help but feel the excitement. And it doesn't stop there. The game is full of many fun arcade minigames, such as when you try to break up the opposition's railway line by taking over a state between two towns. To do that, you will sprint across the top of a train, trying to get to the driver's seat (this bears an uncanny similarity to one level in Back to The Future III). When you try to wrestle control of a town from the enemy, you will infiltrate the enemy fort in side-scrolling platformer fashion, throwing knives and punches at enemy soldiers on your way to raising your standard on their flagpole.

With a near-perfect balance between action and strategy, smooth animations, and humorous gameplay, North & South is an addictive, original classic, especially when you play against a friend. Anyone expecting a realistic wargame should look elsewhere, but anyone out for a fun (especially in multiplayer) strategy game with a historical motif will find North & South a fun game that doesn't take itself too seriously. Two thumbs up!

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Unknown
Developer: Infogrames
Publisher: Infogrames
Year: 1989
Software Copyright: Infogrames
Theme: Historical, Humorous, Cartoon
Multiplayer:  
System Requirements: DOS
Where to get it:
Related Links: Les Tuniques Bleues comics
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If you like this game, try: Ata: Extracts from the American Civil War, Mega Lo Mania, Powermonger

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