Command HQ

Command HQ

PC

Release Date: January 1, 1990

Strategy, World War I, World War II, RTS, Cold War, war strategy, alternative history, grand strategy, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet, LAN

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One of the first representatives of the real-time strategy genre. Ozark Softscape's masterpiece allows us to assume the role of commander-in-chief of a global superpower, under whose command we find infantry armies, mechanized divisions, groups of aircraft carriers, and even spy satellites and nuclear bombs. We control the warfare using the world map, on which the positions of all the forces of our faction and detected enemy troops are marked.

Command HQ is one of the first real-time strategy games developed. The team at Ozark Softscape, led by Dan Bunten, a renowned game developer, is responsible for its development. In addition to this work, the company was also involved in games such as M.U.L.E. (1983) and The Seven Cities of Gold (1984). The original publisher of Command HQ was MicroPlay Software (MicroProse), but in 2013 rights to the title were acquired by Tommo Inc. and from November 6, 2014, the game is available on Steam under the aegis of Nightdive Studios and Retroism.

Command HQ was honored by the American monthly Computer Gaming World as a war game of 1991. The game is credited with the first use of the mechanic of collecting resources and production of units, which later were reproduced in such iconic RTS as Dune II and the first part of the Command & Conquer series and permanently enshrined in the canon of the genre.

Story

The game offers five scenarios, of which the first two are based on historical events (World War I and World War II), and the remaining three represent more or less hypothetical conflicts (World War III with its roots in the Cold War, a global conflict in the near future and a war in distant, post-nuclear times). All parties involved in conflicts are unified in each scenario to two opposing sides (blue and red), and a third, neutral faction.

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Last updated on March 12, 2020

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Command HQ Summary

Platforms:

PC Windows

PC Windows

Developer: Ozark Softscape

Publisher: Microplay

Age restrictions: none