Eastern Front (1941)

Personal Computing Today Issue 2
Eastern Front successfully overcomes the usual lack of quality graphical representation and painful screen size restrictions that most computer wargames suffer from.

Atari computer graphics facilities transform it into a taxing and attractive strategy game.

The screen display is produced with multi-coloured hi-resolution graphics so that the board covers roughly 10 screen areas over which you can move the cursor while scrolling the screen in any direction.

My two criticisms of the game are the lack of information given when the computer carries out the moves and the inability to save the game on tape.

This game should appeal to dedicated wargamers because of its intricacy and depth, but it would be a useful extension to your machine's game capabilities even if wargames have never appealed to you before.