Mech Brigade

Mech Brigade is a computer wargame published by Strategic Simulations in 1985. It was designed by Gary Grigsby, and is a follow-up to his earlier Kampfgruppe.

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Mech Brigade

Developer(s)	Strategic Simulations
Publisher(s)	Strategic Simulations
Designer(s)	Gary Grigsby
Platform(s)	Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release	1985
Genre(s)	Computer wargame
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Development

Mech Brigade was designed by Gary Grigsby.^[2] It serves as a follow-up to his title Kampfgruppe, a World War II simulation. Mech Brigade was designed to bring the system into a modern warfare context.^[3]^[2] He launched both games in 1985, the same year he debuted U.S.A.A.F. - United States Army Air Force.^[4]

Reception

Review score
Publication	Score
Computer Play	7.2/10^[3]

Author Rusel DeMaria later reported that Mech Brigade was "superior in design but inferior in sales" to Kampfgruppe.^[2]

Jay Selover reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "The addition of anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM's), combat helicopters, and all the other trappings of modern combat make Mech Brigade a much more dangerous place to take a Sunday stroll."^[1] In Antic, Dr. John Stanoch opined that Mech Brigade is "certainly not a game for beginners".^[5]

In his 1989 computer wargame survey, J. L. Miller of Computer Play offered Mech Brigade a generally positive score but found that the "weapons systems seem to lack the lethality that they in fact possess".^[3]

As it had with Kampfgruppe, Computer Gaming World inducted Mech Brigade into its Hall of Fame.^[6] The magazine's Alan Emrich later said that Mech Brigade was "the pre-eminent tank game until the arrival of M-1 Tank Platoon."^[4]

Gameplay

Development

Reception

Reviews

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