<s>
NATO	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
is	O
a	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
designed	O
by	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
published	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
were	O
released	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
game	O
engine	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
Conflict	O
in	O
Vietnam	O
,	O
Crusade	B-Application
in	I-Application
Europe	I-Application
and	O
Decision	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Desert	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scenario	O
involves	O
a	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
Soviet	O
invasion	O
of	O
West	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
interface	O
has	O
strong	O
similarities	O
to	O
the	O
seminal	O
Eastern	B-Application
Front	I-Application
in	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
map	O
is	O
displayed	O
and	O
various	O
orders	O
are	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
NATO	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
real-time	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
second	O
of	O
time	O
representing	O
5	O
minutes	O
passing	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1984	O
criticized	O
NATO	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
for	O
being	O
imbalanced	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
Warsaw	O
Pact	O
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
combat	O
games	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
computer	O
power	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
superb	O
strategic	O
simulation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
