| The General |
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| Aliases | Warfare in the Napoleonic Era |
| Release Date | 1989 |
| Original Publisher | CCS (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Strategy Game: War |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 12.99 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
| Themes | Historical Warfare |
| Average mag. score | 76.00% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 55% (2 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - PRISM Micro-informatique S.A. (France) |
Authors/Contributors
| Ian Williams (UK) | at Willysoft UK | - ? |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #74 - 1990/Mar | page 41 | |
| "The Games Machine Golden Scroll" | at The Games Machine | issue #28 - 1990/Mar | page 85 |
Known Errors
| The game may crash if enemy artillery #3 is destroyed. A fixed version was later released by CCS, and delivered for free to users that complained about the error. |
Remarks
| The inlay is based on the art by Théodore Géricault: The Chasing Chasseur (1812). |
Compilations
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | GeneralThe.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| GeneralThe.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| GeneralThe.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| GeneralThe.gif | 3,672 | Original | Running screen | |||
| GeneralThe_Front.jpg | 875,277 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| GeneralThe(EN).pdf | 1,206,936 | Original | Instructions | English |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #74-1990/Mar | page 41 | - Review: 90% | |
| The Games Machine | issue #28-1990/Mar | page 85 | - Review: 90% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #50-1990/Feb | page 88 | - Review: 48% |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #73-1990/Feb | page 28 | - Preview |
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