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Breach was released in 1987 by Omnitrend Software for the Amiga, Atari ST, DOS and Macintosh. It is a science fiction turn-based tactical squad combat game. Ten missions are included but a scenario builder is also included with which you can add more missions. There are also some RPG like elements in that your squad leader progresses to each new mission. The missions you are able to do are based on your past performance and if your squad leader dies, he is deleted and you have to start over.
Turn-based strategy games in one form or another have been my favorite for a long time whether that takes the form of an RPG or something like this. This particular game has some issues like the inability to move diagonally and the whole permadeath thing. However, there really weren't a whole lot of games like this so if you like this genre it is worth playing.
Later iterations of the game would come along in the form of Breach 2 and Breach 3. Breach 2 was basically an improved version of Breach. Breach 3 was only available on DOS. These games have mixed reviews so your mileage may very, particularly with the 3rd one. If you want to give the first one a try, the Amiga version is probably the best followed closely by the Atari ST version. You'll have to find an original or try it via emulation as I don't think there are any re-releases of this game or any of the others in the series.
Screen shots above are from the Amiga version and the ad is from the January 1989 issue of Computer Play.
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Sounds like a game right up my street, as it appears to be similar in a sense to the classic X-Com game, or rather Laser Squad, so it sounds like something I need to look into!
Apparently, the game and its sequel are quite rare as well, so no surprise I've not heard of them, especially as I've only relatively recently gotten into the Amiga!
PC version I probably wouldn't've heard about either, as at the time it was released, I didn't know much about PCs, and I was more into the C64 till around 1993-1994, so it sounds like I missed out at the time!
I had a Commodore 64 from 1986 up until the fall of 1993 when I got my first PC (a 486-DX2/66). There were a lot of PC games I missed out on in the late 1980s/early 1990s that didn't make it to the C64. By the time I got a PC, the first person shooter craze was just getting started with Doom and Doom II.
I recall playing Rogue back in 1989 (my first official PC game), though I played Wolfenstein 3D in 1992, and then Doom II in 1994, though I eventually got my own PC not long after!
I'm after purchasing Breach 1, 2 & 3 as a result of this post xD
1 & 2 on the Amiga and 3 on the PC, all fully boxed and 3 is even brand new!
If you play 3 I'll be curious what you think about it compared to the others. It seemed to get worse reviews. I haven't played it though...
I've had to import it from the USA (via Amazon, was slightly cheaper than eBay all-in), but I'll definitely want to do a video on the series... I have a PC old enough to play it on if it acts up on Windows 10, though I need to bring in my Amiga 500 to play the first two!
3 is probably due here sometime next month, as a conservative estimate, whereas I'll be getting 1 & 2 (along with a special edition of The Chaos Engine) around the end of the week, as I got those closer to home!
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