<s>
Bomb	B-Device
Alley	I-Device
is	O
a	O
1983	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
designed	O
by	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
SSI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Covering	O
the	O
Mediterranean	O
Theatre	O
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
,	O
it	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
the	O
distinction	O
of	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
true	O
land-sea-air	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
,	O
where	O
ground	O
troops	O
could	O
advance	O
and	O
retreat	O
across	O
land	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
main	O
scenario	O
is	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1942	O
when	O
Rommel	O
's	O
forces	O
threatened	O
to	O
capture	O
Cairo	B-Language
and	O
Alexandria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomb	B-Device
Alley	I-Device
was	O
Grigsby	O
's	O
second	O
game	O
,	O
following	O
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reuses	O
that	O
title	O
's	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
coded	O
and	O
distributed	O
as	O
uncompiled	B-Language
Applesoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grigsby	O
and	O
SSI	O
followed	O
Bomb	B-Device
Alley	I-Device
with	O
North	B-Application
Atlantic	I-Application
'	I-Application
86	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
made	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grigsby	O
expanded	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
with	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
transport	O
aircraft	O
,	O
torpedo	O
boats	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
paratroops	O
once	O
per	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
sides	O
faced	O
the	O
problem	O
of	O
how	O
to	O
keep	O
their	O
forces	O
supplied	O
,	O
primarily	O
with	O
ship	O
convoys	B-Application
,	O
and	O
how	O
best	O
to	O
disrupt	O
the	O
other	O
side	O
's	O
convoys	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Where	O
to	O
base	O
the	O
fighters	O
and	O
bombers	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
obvious	O
in	O
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
,	O
was	O
now	O
a	O
challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomb	B-Device
Alley	I-Device
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
,	O
following	O
his	O
debut	O
title	O
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
his	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
he	O
developed	O
Bomb	B-Device
Alley	I-Device
in	O
his	O
spare	O
time	O
while	O
working	O
in	O
a	O
civil	O
service	O
position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Malta	O
and	O
Tobruk	B-Application
were	O
worth	O
500	O
points	O
each	O
if	O
the	O
Allies	O
held	O
them	O
,	O
the	O
Axis	O
received	O
only	O
200	O
points	O
each	O
for	O
capturing	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
high-value	O
target	O
for	O
the	O
Axis	O
was	O
capturing	O
Alexandria	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1983	O
review	O
in	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
complained	O
about	O
this	O
lack	O
of	O
detail	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
have	O
contributed	O
to	O
Bomb	B-Device
Alley	I-Device
selling	O
less	O
well	O
than	O
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1993	O
survey	O
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
of	O
wargames	B-Application
gave	O
the	O
game	O
one-plus	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
line	O
of	O
code	O
accidentally	O
carried	O
over	O
from	O
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
halved	O
the	O
accuracy	O
of	O
the	O
British	O
torpedo	O
bombers	O
from	O
what	O
the	O
manual	O
said	O
.	O
</s>
