<s>
Patton	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Rommel	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Chris	O
Crawford	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Sculptured	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patton	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Rommel	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
and	O
around	O
the	O
Normandy	O
beachhead	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
D-Day	B-Application
invasion	O
of	O
June	O
,	O
1944	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
real	O
history	O
the	O
Allies	O
eventually	O
broke	O
through	O
and	O
surrounded	O
several	O
German	O
panzer	B-Application
and	O
infantry	B-Protocol
divisions	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
decimated	O
as	O
they	O
attempted	O
to	O
escape	O
through	O
the	O
Falaise	O
Gap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Crawford	O
's	O
game	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
,	O
EA	O
wanted	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
him	O
,	O
but	O
could	O
not	O
acquire	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
sequel	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
its	O
publisher	O
,	O
Mindscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
they	O
suggested	O
he	O
build	O
on	O
the	O
tradition	O
of	O
his	O
seminal	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
game	O
Eastern	B-Application
Front	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
worked	O
to	O
be	O
true	O
to	O
the	O
strategies	O
of	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
generals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1991	O
survey	O
of	O
strategy	O
and	O
war	O
games	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
gave	O
it	O
two	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
1993	O
survey	O
of	O
wargames	B-Application
gave	O
the	O
game	O
two	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
fun	O
,	O
but	O
I	O
do	O
n't	O
feel	O
it	O
has	O
greatness	O
in	O
its	O
bowels	O
...	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
I	O
did	O
for	O
me	O
 [ while ] 	O
Patton	B-Application
Vs.	I-Application
Rommel	I-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
public	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
