<s>
V	B-Application
for	I-Application
Victory	I-Application
:	I-Application
D-Day	I-Application
Utah	I-Application
Beach	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1991	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Atomic	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Three-Sixty	O
Pacific	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
widely	O
lauded	O
and	O
repeatedly	O
reviewed	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
wargame	B-Application
of	O
its	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
success	O
led	O
to	O
three	O
further	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
V	B-Application
for	I-Application
Victory	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
similar	O
World	O
at	O
War	O
series	O
published	O
by	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
used	O
small	O
icons	O
of	O
men	O
or	O
tanks	O
to	O
indicate	O
unit	O
types	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
opaque	O
NATO	O
unit	O
markers	O
that	O
are	O
commonly	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
wargame	B-Application
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platform	O
,	O
existing	O
UI	O
guidelines	O
were	O
used	O
for	O
all	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
V	B-Application
for	I-Application
Victory	I-Application
:	I-Application
D-Day	I-Application
Utah	I-Application
Beach	I-Application
is	O
a	O
battle	O
simulation	O
war	O
game	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Normandy	O
invasion	O
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
V	B-Application
for	I-Application
Victory	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Cherbourg	O
:	O
The	O
Battle	O
of	O
Utah	O
Beach	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Interstel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Three-Sixty	O
Pacific	O
and	O
renamed	O
V	B-Application
for	I-Application
Victory	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cover	O
art	O
for	O
the	O
Utah	O
Beach	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
V	B-Application
for	I-Application
Victory	I-Application
series	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Marc	O
Ericksen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1992	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#180	O
by	O
Hartley	O
,	O
Patricia	O
,	O
and	O
Kirk	O
Lesser	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1992	O
similarly	O
praised	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
Three-Sixty	O
Pacific	O
"	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
come	O
closest	O
to	O
a	O
perfect	O
synthesis	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
and	O
computer	O
formats	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
among	O
the	O
"	O
 '	O
must-haves	O
'	O
...	O
a	O
wargame	B-Application
designed	O
by	O
wargamers	O
for	O
wargamers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
year	O
the	O
magazine	O
named	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
1992	O
's	O
best	O
wargames	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1993	O
survey	O
of	O
wargames	B-Application
gave	O
by	O
a	O
second	O
reviewer	O
the	O
game	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
perhaps	O
the	O
smoothest	O
conversion	O
of	O
a	O
boardgame-style	O
wargame	B-Application
to	O
computer	O
format	O
ever	O
done	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
won	O
the	O
best	O
wargame	B-Application
for	O
1992	O
in	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
overall	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
's	O
Brian	O
Walker	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
achieved	O
what	O
many	O
computer	B-Application
wargames	I-Application
have	O
been	O
trying	O
to	O
do	O
for	O
years	O
:	O
successfully	O
convert	O
a	O
board	O
wargame	B-Application
onto	O
computer.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
V	B-Application
for	I-Application
Victory	I-Application
won	O
the	O
1992	O
Origins	O
Award	O
for	O
Military	O
or	O
Strategy	O
Computer	O
Game	O
of	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
V	B-Application
for	I-Application
Victory	I-Application
series	O
is	O
quite	O
simply	O
the	O
most	O
playable	O
war	O
games	O
available	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
easy-to-master	O
interface	O
and	O
admirable	O
depth	O
of	O
game	O
play.	O
"	O
</s>
