as Rommel was wounded in 1944 and later forced to commit suicide (due to his association with the anti-Hitler conspirators of the July 20 plot), before Patton had command in large-scale land operations. The game's AI, however, worked to be true to the strategies of each of the two generals. Reception Computer Gaming World described the game as "very playable", admiring its in-game advisors and simple movement scheme, even allowing units to queue actions that are remembered turn-to-turn. A 1991 survey of strategy and war games, however, gave it two and a half stars out of five, and a 1993 survey of wargames gave the game two stars. Crawford himself did not believe that the game would be popular, describing it in a 1987 interview as "not a great game. It is a good game, it is fun, but I don't feel it has greatness in its bowels ... Balance of Power I did for me [while] Patton Vs. Rommel is a game for the public". The game was very well received by war game enthusiasts but never became popular in a wider marketplace. References External links ''Patton Versus Rommel at Gamebase 64 1986 video games Commodore 64 games Electronic Arts games Classic Mac OS games DOS games World War II video games Chris Crawford (game designer) games Video games developed in the United States