Rorke's Drift

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Type:	Strategy	Publishers (last):
HDInst:	YES	Publishers (orig):	Impressions
Released:	1990	Developers:	Jeffrey Van Brankinton Edward Grabowski
Description:	Re-enact the famous battle for which the most Victoria Crosses were awarded in a single engagement, and on which the film "Zulu" was based. Unfortunately this is more game than a serious strategy affair. For me the game has too many faults to rate it better than mediocre. Heck, even the manual was full of mistakes and typos. For instance in real life the British had to fall back to a smaller perimeter defence position due to effective sniper fire from the Zulus. The fact that this is not evident or used in the game is a major omission. That said the film probably didn't help as it too portrayed the Zulu force as being mainly armed with spears when in truth many were actually armed with rifles (though theirs were old and not as good as the British equipped with Martini-Henry repeating rifles).

A500	YES
A600	YES
A1200	YES - Select OCS/ECS from early startup.
CD32	NO
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Reviewed by	Score	Issue	Date	Page	Remarks
Amiga Computing	80%	3/4	Sep 90	42
Amiga Format	62%	13	Aug 90	52
Amiga Format	73%	62	Aug 94	80
Amiga Power	44%	40	Aug 94	77
CU Amiga	---	---	Apr 90	15	Preview
CU Amiga	84%	---	Jul 90	57
The One	78%	70	Jul 94	84
The One	78%	73	Oct 94	74