7.2 /10 1 Votes
Designer(s) Norm Koger Publisher Strategic Simulations Mode Single-player video game | 3.6/5 My Abandonware Initial release date 1989 Genre Wargaming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Developer(s) Strategic Simulations, Inc. Platforms Amiga, DOS, Atari ST, AmigaOS, MS-DOS Similar Strategic Simulations games, Strategy video games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Red Lightning is a wargame created by Norm Koger and published by Strategic Simulations for the Atari ST and MS-DOS in 1989. An Amiga conversion followed a year later. The game is set in Europe and hypothesizes a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.
The Box Art for Red Lightning was created by illustrator Marc Ericksen, and features Soviet T-80 tanks, with Mig-29s flying air cover, advancing under heavy weather.
Reception
Computer Gaming World gave the game two stars out of five, stating that Red Lightning's user interface had "serious flaws". While the Atari ST version's mouse-driven user interface was not as flawed, the magazine concluded that "the overall ease of use is sorely lacking in what is supposed to be computer entertainment".
References
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