War in the East

War in the East is a table top wargame, which places you in charge of the Axis armies in World War II as they try to take Russia and hold it through the Russian Winter against the onslaught of the Russian forces.

War in the East was originally programmed by Mark Stueber of Sharps Inc in SuperBASIC (and sold as three independent modules). RWAP Software then released an updated version of the program, as an upgrade to the original, which, due to failure to reach agreement with the original author over a sale price, was never released in its own right.

The RWAP Software version (War in the East MKII) has the following additional features:

• Correction to bugs in the game
• Correction to routine used for display of fonts, so that it worked on all QLs
• Improvements to speed of play (including compiling the game with Turbo and custom scrolling routines)
• Addition of 2 player and postal games
• Changed to work from disk
• Ability to continue playing the next module from the end point of the previous module - making for longer term strategic planning.
• Improved computer intelligence

Can the well-trained Axis armies defeat the badly organised, but much larger Russian Armies?

The Axis have to deal with changing morale of their troops as time marches on and the Winter sets in (without much winter supplies) as well as the Technological advances made by the Russians who are defending their Motherland.

Title: War in the East
Language: Originally written in SuperBASIC - compiled with Turbo and some 68000 machine code
Author: Mark Stueber and Rich Mellor
Publisher: Sharps Inc and RWAP Software
Year of Publication: 1986
Platforms Suitable for: All Sinclair QLs and emulators, although not SMSQ/e compatible
Commercial Status: Commercial
Price as at June 1986: $49.95 per module
Reviews: Unknown
Sources Available from: n/a
Latest Version available from: RWAP Software website