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Global Commander cover art.

Status: Lost

Global Commander (also known as The Armageddon Man in Europe) is a real-time single-player strategy developed by Martech in 1987^[1] for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and DOS.

Availability

Computer Gaming World wrote a review about the game and referenced the IBM PC in its magazine in the year 1988.^[2] Thelegacy.de also references the MS-DOS port of the game, however, they state this game was not published.^[3]

All that is on the internet for the MS-DOS port of the game is assorted screenshots taken from in-game.

Gallery

Game Screenshots

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Amstrad CPC
A 1578 1169215192 arma 2.png

Amstrad CPC
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Amiga 500/600 (OCS/ECS)
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Atari ST
152732-global-commander-atari-st-screenshot-fly-and-run-till-it-hurts.png

Atari ST
Commodore 64
Commodore 64
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ZX Spectrum
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ZX Spectrum

References to DOS Port

Reference in Computer Gaming World. No. 51. p. 23.
Reference on thelegacy.de

Misc.

Printed map of the game

External Links

The Wikipedia page for Computer Gaming World. Retrieved 24 Nov '13.
The Wikipedia page for Global Commander. Retrieved 20 Jun '17

References

↑ The CGWmuseum section on "Modern Games" from 1950-2000 that includes Global Commander. Retrieved 20 Jun '17
↑ "Global Commander" A PDF File containing images from GLobal Commander that references the DOS port. Retrieved 23 Apr '16.
↑ Thelegacy.de page on The Armageddon Man, which contains information about the MS-DOS port. Retrieved 20 Jun '17

[1] The CGWmuseum section on "Modern Games" from 1950-2000 that includes Global Commander. Retrieved 20 Jun '17

[2] "Global Commander" A PDF File containing images from GLobal Commander that references the DOS port. Retrieved 23 Apr '16.

[3] Thelegacy.de page on The Armageddon Man, which contains information about the MS-DOS port. Retrieved 20 Jun '17

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+'''Global Commander''' (also known as '''The Armageddon Man''' in Europe) is a real-time single-player strategy developed by Martech in 1987<ref>[http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1992&pub=2&id=95 The CGWmuseum section on "Modern Games" from 1950-2000 that includes ''Global Commander''.] Retrieved 20 Jun '17</ref> for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and DOS.
-'''Global Commander''' (also known as '''The Armageddon Man''' in Europe) is a real-time single-player strategy developed by Martech in 1987<ref> Brooks, M. Evan (June 1992). [http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1992&pub=2&id=95 "The Modern Games: 1950 - 2000"]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World ''Computer Gaming World.''] p. 120, 122. Retrieved 24 November 2013.</ref> for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and DOS.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Commander Global Commander @ English Wikipedia] Retrieved 20 June 2017</ref>
+==Availability==
+Computer Gaming World wrote a review about the game and referenced the IBM PC in its magazine in the year 1988.<ref>[http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_51.pdf "Global Commander" A PDF File containing images from ''GLobal Commander'' that references the DOS port.] Retrieved 23 Apr '16.</ref> [http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/1578/ Thelegacy.de] also references the MS-DOS port of the game, however, they state this game was not published.<ref>[http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/1578/ Thelegacy.de page on ''The Armageddon Man, which contains information about the MS-DOS port.] Retrieved 20 Jun '17</ref>
-== Availability ==
+All that is on the internet for the MS-DOS port of the game is assorted screenshots taken from in-game.
-Computer Gaming World write a review about this game and referenced the IBM PC in its magazine in year 1988.<ref> Brooks, M. Evan (September 1988). [http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_51.pdf "Global Commander"] (PDF). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World ''Computer Gaming World'']. No. 51. p. 23. Retrieved 23 April 2016.</ref> [http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/1578/ Thelegacy.de] also references the MS-DOS port of the game, however, they state this game was not published.<ref>''(DE)'' [http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/1578/ The Armageddon Man @ thelegacy.de] Retrieved 20 June 2017</ref>
+==Gallery==
+===Game Screenshots===
-All the images featuring references to the DOS port of the game are uploaded & preserved on LMW.
+<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
-== Gallery ==
-'''Game screenshots''':
-<gallery>
 A_1578_1169215190_arma_1.png|Amstrad CPC
 A_1578_1169215192_arma_2.png|Amstrad CPC
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 -global-commander-zx-spectrum-screenshot-control-option.png|ZX Spectrum
 </gallery>
+===References to DOS Port===
-'''References to DOS port''':
+<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
-<gallery>
 Global_commander_IBM_ref_in_mag.PNG|Reference in ''Computer Gaming World''. No. 51. p. 23.
 Global-Commander-thelegacy.de-Museum-1578.png|Reference on ''thelegacy.de''
 </gallery>
+===Misc.===
-'''Misc''':
+<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
-<gallery>
 ArmageddonManThe_Map.jpg|Printed map of the game
 </gallery>
+==External Links==
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World The Wikipedia page for ''Computer Gaming World.''] Retrieved 24 Nov '13.
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Commander The Wikipedia page for ''Global Commander''.] Retrieved 20 Jun '17
-== References ==
+==References==
-<references/>
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Lost video games]]