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Spartan

By: Matrix Games

Type: Software (boxed)

Product Line: Computer War Games - Ancients (Matrix Games)

PC CD-Rom

Last Stocked on 1/20/2021

Product Info

Title
Spartan
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2005
Dimensions
6x8x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147383200
MFG. Part #
MXG0373
Type
Software (boxed)

Description

Game Genre : Strategic
Complexity : Basic
Game Theatre : Ancients
Play Style : Turn-Based IGOUGO - Isometric

Time Of Gods And Legends…

“Either come back with your shield, or on it.” – A Spartan Mother

Over 2000 years ago there was a city called Sparta. The city had only two purposes – to train for war and to fight the wars she trained for. Over time Sparta became renowned for having the strongest, fastest, bravest and most deadly fighters in the known world. They were the Spartiates and were feared by all. With these warriors Sparta carved out an Empire for itself –‘Lakedaimon’. However, it was soon to find that its reign was not to be unopposed and other great cities were rising to the fore; Athens, Thebes, Corinth, Macedonia and not to forget the threat from the east – the massive Persian Empire.

Spartan is an Empire building turn based strategy game, where the focus is on building an empire through diplomacy, trade, research, and war, but less focus on the battles than you would find in a real-time strategy game. It is designed for people who are interested in the period and those strategy gamers who prefer to have time to think about their decisions.

Can you unite Greece in time to defy the Great King and his mighty Persian Empire?

Designed by wargaming world champion Iain McNeil, Spartan is the prequel to Gates of Troy and part of Slitherine's critically acclaimed series of historically-detailed strategy games.

Spartan comes with three tutorial scenarios as well as a print-ready manual. TCP/IP support is included for multi-player games. Spartan can also be combined with Gates Of Troy scenarios and campaigns, allowing both sets of scenarios and campaigns to be played seamlessly with the Gates Of Troy engine.

Game Features Include:

Engrossing turn based strategy that builds on the success of Legion & Chariots of War
New & beautifully hand-crafted 3D rendered campaign map
Upgraded to fully 3D battles with free zoom and rotatable camera
Optional 2D battles for low spec machines
Innovative "Always Active" 2 player multiplayer over LAN & Internet via Gamespy
Use ships to travel from island to island, fight naval battles & perform naval invasions.
Siege castles and assault them when they are weakened
Build city walls armed with catapults and hurl Greek fire onto your enemies, scorching the earth and killing anyone in their path
Huge battles allowing twice as many squads as before (up to 16 per side) on battlefields 4 times the size
Enhanced diplomacy options, trade agreements, tributes, spying sabotage & more
Over 100 different nations on a huge campaign map that spans Greece and the ancient near east
Loads of great new Greek & Persian units with hundreds of animations
New resources, technologies, nations, leaders, units, structures, events, barbarians & more
Mission objectives, historic events & capital cities
Epic structures such as the Acropolis, Oracle & the Colossus
Compatible with Gates Of Troy, with both games installed, all scenarios and campaigns are available in the Gates Of Troy scenario list.

Game Data:

Complexity: Easy
Field of Play: Campaigns, Wars and Battles
Historical Period: Ancient
Theatre: Greece, Persia
Unit Scale: Companies
Turn Length: One Month Turns
Players: 1 or 2 Players
AI: Yes
TCP/IP: Yes
PBEM: No
Game Editor: No
Resolution: 1024x768
Manual: PDF E-Book only, 122 pages

Requirements:

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
400 MHz Intel or AMD CPU
128 MB RAM
Direct X 8.0+
16 MB Video Card
Sound Card (Direct X 8 compatible)
4x CD-Rom
500 MB free Hard Disk space