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Strategy / tactics

The Great Battles of Hannibal

1997
PCWindows

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In the second title of The Great Battles Series, the player is in charge of the Carthaginian army, led by the great general Hannibal, against the Roman army during the Second Punic Wars, featured as the Campaign mode. 11 Battles are included - Bagradas, Trebbia, Lake Trasimene, Cannae (one of the biggest battles in ancient history), Baecula, Metaurus, Ilipa, Great Plains, Zama, Cynoscephalae and Magnesia.

The game is based on a board wargame, and so, plays as such. Each turn alternates between a number of generals, which can give a variable number of orders depending on his level. The battlefield is composed by several hexagons which can be occupied by a military unit composed by several soldiers. The winner is the first to reduce the rout points to 0 by forcing units to flee after taking heavy casualties or obliterating them completely.

Included in

Great Battles Collector's Edition

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

CD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Multiplayer Options

Hot Seat, Internet, LAN, Modem, Null-modem cable

Number of Offline Players

1-2 Players

Number of Online Players

2 Players

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

16 MB

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

2X (300 KB/s)

Video Modes Supported

Full screen

Video Resolutions Supported

640×480

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Also known as

Hannibal: Die großen Schlachten der AntikeGerman Title

Les Grandes Batailles d'HannibalFrench release

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Facts

Released

1997

Platforms

PCWindows

Age ratings

USK16ELSPA3+

Tags

3rd-person (Other)Top-downTurn-basedClassical antiquityHistorical eventsWar