Sid Meier's Antietam!

Moby ID: 2657

Released

December 10, 1999 on Windows

Credits

22 people

Publishers

Firaxis Games East, Inc.

Developers

Moby Score

7.9

#2,749 of 25.6K

Critics

83% (11)

Players

(2)

Review Ranking

#1,059 on Windows

Collected By

9 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Visual: Free camera
Pacing: Real-time
Interface: Multiple units/characters control
Point and select
Setting: Historical events
North America
Narrative: War

ESRB Rating: Everyone

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: CD-ROM
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Mouse
Multiplayer Options: Internet, LAN, Null-modem cable

Included in

Sid Meier's Civil War Collection (2000)

Description official description

Antietam! is the sequel to Gettysburg!, the first real-time Civil War wargame. Command either the Union or the Confederate side, and fight the different engagements. Includes theoretical engagements, random scenario generators, and more. Can you carry the day?

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Credits (Windows version)

22 People (14 developers, 8 thanks)

Lead Design	Sid Meier
Design	Joseph Balkoski Douglas Kaufman Jeffery L. Briggs
Production	Michael Ely Jeff Morris
Programming	Andy House
Art	Dwight Eppinger Bob Rickert
Marketing	Lindsay Riehl
Thanks to	Scott Hartwig (of Gettysburg National Military Park) Joseph L Marsh (credited as Professor Joseph L Marsh of George Mason University) Ted Alexander (of Antietnam National Battlefield Park) Paul Chiles for their invaluable assistance in this project.
In particular	Scott Hartwig (whose detailes Antietnam order of battle was of enormous help in scenario design for Sid Meir's Antietnam!)
Thanks too to	Don Troiani (for the use of his beautiful paintings) The Heritage Americana Brass Band[for its period Civil War music.] George Carroll (for his authentic fife and drum field music)
Firaxis's own	Jerome J. Atherholt (introduces scenarios for the Confererate side) Del Driver (introduces scenarios for the Northern side)
Finally, Breakaway's	Dwight Eppinger (is responsible for the photographs of the modern-day Antietnam battlefield you see on each scenario's 'Into' screen)
In game description of Sid Meier's Antietam! by	Joseph Balkoski (Breakaway Games)
The Battle of Antietnam was one of the most significant events in American history, but without	Ezra A Carman (we would know very little about it)
Much thanks to	Joseph L Marsh (credited as Professor Joseph L Marsh of George Mason University for kindly providing us with his transcription of the Carman manuscript)

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 83% (based on 11 ratings)

Players

Average score: 4.3 out of 5 (based on 2 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Distribution

Sid Meier's Antietam! originally was only available from Firaxis' website.

Awards

Computer Gaming World
- March 2000 (Issue #188) – Wargame of the Year

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Game added November 30, 2000. Last modified January 18, 2024.