Sid Meier's Gettysburg! cover art

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Sid Meier's Gettysburg!

1997 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Strategy

About this game

Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is a real-time tactical computer game designed by Sid Meier, the co-founder of Firaxis Games, that was released in 1997 by Electronic Arts. In 1998, Gettysburg won the Origins Award for Best Strategy Computer Game of 1997. It was followed by Sid Meier's Antietam! in 1998. The game allows the player to control either the Confederate or Union troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. It can be played as single scenarios, or as a campaign of linked scenarios, either recounting the original history or exploring alternative possibilities. The engine was also used for the Napoleonic game Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle (as was a modified version for Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory), both by BreakAway Games.

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Game facts

Release date

Oct 14, 1997

Developer

Firaxis Games

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Genres

Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy

Themes

Historical, Warfare

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Franchise

Sid Meier

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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