Red Lightning Returns! (Strategic Simulations Inc., 1989)

Trailer for my remastered version of SSI's "Red Lightning", programmed by wargaming legend Norm Koger in 1989. Coming soon to pixelwings.org. Music from "Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles" (1996). Longplay to follow.
Red Lightning (S.S.I. 1989) was an operational level game covering a hypothetical Soviet invasion of western Europe sometime in the early '90's. There were a number of interesting features in this game:
News reports of events, including updates on the political climate as the campaign progressed.
Special operations and an off-map North Atlantic campaign. You could redeploy some of your light forces to the Iceland and Norway campaigns. Send too little and the naval war might not go your way. Send too much and say good bye to Denmark.
Weather forecasts. Accurate for a day or two, not so accurate beyond that. Bad weather interfered with air operations and orbital recce capability. Temperature and Humidity modified chemical weapons effects.
640x200 16 color EGA graphics. This was rather advanced for the time.
ST and Amiga versions had mouse support. The DOS version missed out on mouse support due to the requirement that it run on a 384K Tandy.
Scale: Operational, 25km per hex/12 hours per turn.
Topic: Soviets vs. NATO, 1990's.
Systems: Atari ST, Amiga, DOS.

[@camberiu]

I wanted to play this game so badly back then. But at the time my command of English just wasn't enough. Thank you so much for the remaster. Look forward to it.

[@pixelwings821]

Glad you like the trailer! I'll have the mod up as soon as I can make the web page for the game. ;)