<s>
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Brigade	I-Application
Command	I-Application
1939	I-Application
–	I-Application
1999	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1997	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
series	O
,	O
following	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
and	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
a	O
wargame	B-Application
that	O
simulates	O
combat	O
scenarios	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
between	O
1939	O
and	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
and	O
Keith	O
Brors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
reuses	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
from	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
developed	O
exclusively	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
"	O
probably	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
DOS-only	O
games	O
we	O
'll	O
see	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T	O
.	O
Liam	O
McDonald	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
enjoyed	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
III	I-Application
but	O
considered	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
missed	O
opportunity	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
significantly	O
build	O
on	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
1997	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
awards	O
,	O
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
nominated	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
III	I-Application
in	O
its	O
"	O
Strategy/War	O
"	O
category	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
prize	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
's	O
editors	O
called	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
III	I-Application
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
war	O
games	O
running	O
on	O
any	O
operating	O
system.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
and	O
Keith	O
Brors	O
entered	O
a	O
contract	O
to	O
create	O
several	O
new	O
projects	O
for	O
the	O
wargame	B-Application
company	O
TalonSoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
GameSpots	O
Alan	O
Dunkin	O
reported	O
in	O
January	O
1998	O
that	O
the	O
two	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
new	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
titles	O
for	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
,	O
beginning	O
with	O
an	O
add-on	O
for	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fourth	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
game	O
,	O
programmed	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
was	O
also	O
in	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
add-on	O
was	O
soon	O
announced	O
as	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	O
Brigade	O
Command	O
Campaign	O
Disk	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
