Strategic Simulations
Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) was a computer game developer and publisher with over 100 titles to its credit since its founding in 1979. It was especially notable for its numerous wargames, and for the groundbreaking Panzer General series.
The company was founded by Joel Billings, a wargame enthusiast. He hired programmers John Lyon, who wrote Computer Bismarck, and Ed Williger, who wrote Computer Ambush. Both games were written in BASIC as were many of SSI's early games. Computer Bismarck was released for the Apple II in January 1980 and for the TRS-80 later in the year. Chuck Kroegel, the co-author with David Landry of many of the early SSI wargames, joined the company as an employee in 1983 and led product development for over ten years.
SSI also expanded into role-playing games in 1984 with titles such as Wizard's Crown, Questron and the Phantasie series.
In 1987, SSI acquired the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) license from TSR and published 30 AD&D titles over the following years, starting with Pool of Radiance in 1988. The TSR products formed the core of games released using the Gold Box engine.
SSI was acquired by Mindscape in 1994, spent time as part of Mattel, and finally became part of Ubisoft (in March 2001), who have since retired the brand name.
Release List (by Date)
- Cartel$ & Cutthroat$
- Computer Ambush
- Colonial Conquest
- Mech Brigade
- Norway 1985
- Operation Market Garden
- Phantasie
- Rebel Charge at Chickamauga
- Shiloh: Grant's Trial in The West
- Demon's Winter
- Gettysburg: The Turning Point
- Phantasie II
- Roadwar 2000
- Wargame Construction Set
- Warship
- Wizard's Crown
- B-24 Combat Simulator
- Battle of Antietam
- Colonial Conquest
- Kampfgruppe
- Phantasie III: Wrath of Nikademus
- Rings of Zilfin
- Roadwar 2000
- Roadwar Europa
- Shard of Spring, The
- War of The Lance
- Dungeon Master's Assistant Volume I
- Heroes of the Lance
- Operation Market Garden
- Pool of Radiance
- President Elect
- Questron 2
- Sons of Liberty
- Star Command
- Stellar Crusade
- Typhoon of Steel
- Battles of Napoleon
- Curse of the Azure Bonds
- Dragons of Flame
- Dungeon Master's Assistant Volume II
- First Over Germany
- Hillsfar
- Red Lightning
- Storm Across Europe
- Sword of Aragon
- Champions of Krynn
- Countdown to Doomsday
- Dragonstrike
- Renegade: Legion Interceptor
- Second Front
- Secret of the Silver Blades
- Shadow Sorcerer
- Waterloo
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- Death Knights of Krynn
- Eye of the Beholder
- Pools of Darkness
- Gateway to the Savage Frontier
- Medieval Lords
- Neverwinter Nights for AOL, first Graphical MMO
- No Greater Glory
- Tony La Russa Baseball (1991-1993)
- Western Front
- A Line in The Sand
- Carrier Strike: South Pacific
- Treasures of the Savage Frontier
- The Dark Queen of Krynn
- Matrix Cubed
- Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace
- Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures
- Clash of Steel
- Stronghold, first 3D style RTS