<s>
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1982	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	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>
It	O
was	O
Grigsby	O
's	O
first	O
released	O
game	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
cited	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
monster	O
wargame	B-Application
made	O
for	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
and	O
critical	O
success	O
that	O
helped	O
to	O
establish	O
Grigsby	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grigsby	O
followed	O
it	O
with	O
Bomb	B-Device
Alley	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuing	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
SSI	O
,	O
he	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
prominent	O
name	O
in	O
the	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
field	O
,	O
releasing	O
23	O
games	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
by	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
that	O
simulates	O
the	O
Solomon	O
Islands	O
campaign	O
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
designer	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1982	O
,	O
while	O
phoning	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
 '	O
hotline	O
about	O
its	O
game	O
Torpedo	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
,	O
he	O
got	O
into	O
a	O
conversation	O
with	O
company	O
head	O
Joel	O
Billings	O
that	O
led	O
to	O
an	O
offer	O
to	O
publish	O
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
later	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
made	O
"	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
little	O
fragments	O
of	O
games	O
"	O
before	O
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
,	O
but	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
full	O
project	O
he	O
had	O
undertaken	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
after	O
roughly	O
8	O
months	O
of	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Charles	O
Karr	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
is	O
this	O
writer	O
's	O
opinion	O
that	O
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
is	O
the	O
best	O
historical	O
simulation	O
(	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
best	O
games	O
)	O
from	O
SSI	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guadalcanal	B-Application
Campaign	I-Application
has	O
been	O
cited	O
by	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
and	O
author	O
Rusel	O
DeMaria	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
monster	O
wargame	B-Application
released	O
for	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
,	O
it	O
"	O
set	O
the	O
standard	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
line	O
of	O
award-winning	O
wargames	B-Application
to	O
come.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
helped	O
to	O
establish	O
both	O
Grigsby	O
and	O
SSI	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
industry	O
;	O
Grigsby	O
himself	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
genre	O
's	O
most	O
respected	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
he	O
co-founded	O
the	O
studio	O
2	O
by	O
3	O
Games	O
with	O
SSI	O
's	O
Joel	O
Billings	O
and	O
Keith	O
Brors	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
continued	O
to	O
work	O
together	O
on	O
wargames	B-Application
such	O
as	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
and	O
Gary	B-Application
Grigsby	I-Application
's	I-Application
World	I-Application
at	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
