3-490: Golan Front is a 1985 video game published by Simulations Canada . Golan Front is a computer wargame in which the battle fought by Israel against Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan in the Golan Heights is simulated. It features elements of board wargaming , such as counters and a physical map, in addition to computer play. William H. Harrington reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that " GF
6-652: Is a first rate military simulation." Commodore Microcomputers named it one of the top computer wargames of 1986. Simulations Canada Simulations Canada is the name of a Canadian board wargame publisher established in Nova Scotia in 1977, before moving to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The company was founded by Stephen Newberg as a one-man operation and was one of only a handful of companies devoted to publishing wargames at that time. Other companies such as Avalon Hill and Simulations Publications , Inc. did not accept unsolicited submissions, resulting in
9-494: The creation of the company. As the wargames industry grew, Simulations Canada made a number of text-only computer wargames that included a traditional board-game map and counters. The company decided to focus entirely on computer games by 1986. In 2001, Simulations Canada entered into a partnership with Matrix Games to publish some of Simulations Canada's computer titles, resulting in the release of Flashpoint Germany in 2005. In 2004, another partnership with Omega Games saw
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