Final Assault

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Developer(s)| Infogrames
Publisher(s)| Infogrames
Designer(s)| Alain Vialon
Emile Nguyen
Van Huong
Harold Ovsec
Artist(s)| Didier Chanfray
Composer(s)| Charles Callet
Platform(s)| Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
Release|

* NA: 1987

Genre(s)| Simulation, Sports
Mode(s)| Single-player

Final Assault, known as Chamonix Challenge in Europe, originally Bivouac in French, is a mountaineering simulation distributed by Infogrames and Epyx in 1987 for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Thomson and ZX Spectrum.[1] The original release of the game was copy protected.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Reception
* 3 Reviews
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Gameplay

Gameplay in Final Assault takes place in the Alps. The player selects a trail to take, then packs a rucksack for the climb and sets the departure time and season. On the trail, the player will need to overcome crevasses, ice cliffs, and rock faces – as well as complications such as hunger, exhaustion, thirst, and the cold – through caution, dexterity, and packing and using supplies efficiently. The game allows players to save their progress by packing a Save Game Disk in their rucksack.[1]

## Reception

The MS-DOS version of the game was given 4 out of 5 stars by Dragon, who called it "innovating, exciting, and intriguing."[2] The PC version of the game was given a 68% by The Games Machine, who criticized it for being tedious, but felt that "there is a great deal of satisfaction to be gained from conquering a peak."[3] Likewise, the Atari ST and Amstrad CPC versions were given a 75% and 72% by the same magazine, respectively.[4] Happy Magazine gave the Commodore 64 version a Happy Rating of 65, praising the amount of strategy present in the gameplay, but criticizing the limited use of music and sound effects.[5] A more modern review from Jeuxvideo.com of the Amiga and Atari ST versions gave the game a 17/20, calling it extremely difficult and "particularly addictive".[6]

## Reviews

* Atari ST User \- Mar, 1988
* Your Sinclair \- Feb, 1989
* The One \- Oct, 1988
* Computer and Video Games \- Dec, 1988
* ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) \- Dec, 1988
* ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) \- Feb, 1988
* Jeux & Stratégie #48 (as "Bivouac")[7]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Final Assault Instruction Manual. Epyx. 1987. https://archive.org/details/final_assault.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (February 1989). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (142): 42–51. https://www.annarchive.com/files/Drmg142.pdf#page=50.
3. ↑ "A fit of peak". The Games Machine (5): 68. April 1988. https://archive.org/stream/thegamesmachine-magazine-05/TheGamesMachine_05#page/n67/mode/1up.
4. ↑ "Ford Every Stream". The Games Machine (3): 29. February 1988. https://archive.org/stream/thegamesmachine-magazine-03/TheGamesMachine_03#page/n29/mode/1up.
5. ↑ "Chamonix Challenge" (in de). Happy Computer (53): 83. March 1988. https://archive.org/details/Happy.Computer.N53.1988.03.SSt-KCz/page/n9.
6. ↑ "Test: Bivouac" (in fr). 4 November 2011. http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00016048-bivouac-test.htm.
7. ↑ "Jeux & stratégie 48". December 1987. https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-48/page/82/mode/2up.

## External links

* Final Assault at MobyGames
* Final Assault can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive
* Review in Compute!
* Review in Antic
* Review in Info

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