<s>
Austerlitz	B-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Personal	O
Software	O
Services	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mirrorsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
and	O
Germany	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
home	O
computers	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
re-released	O
in	O
France	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
home	O
computers	O
by	O
Mirror	O
Image	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
during	O
the	O
Battle	O
of	O
Austerlitz	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Napoleonic	O
Wars	O
and	O
revolves	O
around	O
Napoleon	B-Device
's	O
forces	O
defending	O
the	O
Austrian	O
village	O
of	O
Austerlitz	B-Application
from	O
the	O
invading	O
army	O
of	O
Alexander	O
I	O
of	O
Russia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Austerlitz	B-Application
is	O
presented	O
in	O
a	O
3D	O
perspective	O
over	O
a	O
battlefield	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
features	O
no	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
and	O
revolves	O
around	O
Battle	O
of	O
Austerlitz	B-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
forces	O
under	O
the	O
command	O
of	O
Napoleon	B-Device
must	O
defend	O
the	O
Austrian	O
village	O
of	O
Austerlitz	B-Application
from	O
the	O
invading	O
Austro-Russian	O
army	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Tsar	O
Alexander	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
known	O
for	O
creating	O
games	O
that	O
revolved	O
around	O
historic	O
war	O
battles	O
and	O
conflicts	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Theatre	B-Application
Europe	I-Application
,	O
Bismarck	B-Application
and	O
Falklands	B-Application
'	I-Application
82	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
were	O
met	O
with	O
controversy	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Theatre	B-Application
Europe	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Austerlitz	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Peter	O
Turcan	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
developed	O
similar	O
turn-based	O
strategies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Waterloo	O
and	O
Borodino	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
,	O
Cockayne	O
took	O
a	O
decision	O
to	O
alter	O
their	O
products	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
16-bit	O
consoles	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
found	O
that	O
smaller	O
8-bit	O
consoles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
lacked	O
the	O
processing	O
power	O
for	O
larger	O
strategy	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Higham	O
considered	O
Austerlitz	B-Application
superior	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
it	O
offered	O
a	O
higher	O
state	O
of	O
realism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucinda	O
Orr	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
were	O
"	O
wonderful	O
"	O
and	O
opinionated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
best	O
Napoleon	B-Device
warfare	O
simulation	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
3D	O
graphics	O
were	O
"	O
great	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
declared	O
that	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
sound	O
was	O
the	O
"	O
last	O
thing	O
"	O
a	O
player	O
would	O
need	O
in	O
a	O
serious	O
wargame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Davies	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
"	O
plus	O
side	O
"	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
however	O
he	O
criticised	O
the	O
slow	O
pace	O
of	O
gameplay	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
take	O
hours	O
and	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
patience	O
to	O
type	O
out	O
orders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
of	O
Australian	O
Commodore	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
review	O
asserted	O
that	O
Austerlitz	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
for	O
serious	O
gamers	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
make	O
"	O
seasoned	O
wargamers	O
happy	O
as	O
pigs	O
in	O
mud	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
