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A push into computer role-playing games in the mid-'80s, especially the StrategyRPG ''VideoGame/WizardsCrown'', led to them getting the license to make official ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' games. The ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games followed, making SSI known as much for role-playing as wargames.
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A push into computer role-playing games in the mid-'80s, especially the StrategyRPG ''VideoGame/WizardsCrown'', led to them getting the license to make official ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' games. The ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games followed, making that resulted made SSI known as much for role-playing as wargames.
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'''Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI)''' was a video-game publisher founded in 1979. It began as a wargame company, with its first game being ''Computer Bismarck'', considered to be the first computer-based wargame.
By the early 1980s, SSI was well-known as the premiere publisher of computer wargames, with titles such as ''Computer Ambush'', a squad-level combat game set in France during WWII, and ''The Battle of Shiloh'', covering the Civil War battle. They also had branched out to science fiction games such as ''The Cosmic Balance'' and ''Cytron Masters'' (an early RTS), along with strategic sports simulations such as ''Computer Baseball'' and ''Computer Quarterback''.
A push into computer role-playing games in the mid-'80s, especially the StrategyRPG ''VideoGame/WizardsCrown'', led to them getting the license to make official ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' games. The ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games followed, making SSI known as much for role-playing as wargames.
They never stopped making wargames, however, and 1994's ''VideoGame/PanzerGeneral'' was the first in a popular series known as "Five Star General". Meanwhile, the expiration of the AD&D license led them to start their own fantasy RPG series, ''Franchise/{{Thunderscape}}'', but it didn't get very far.
SSI was purchased by Mindscape in 1994, and through various transactions ended up owned by Creator/{{Ubisoft}}, which eventually retired the brand name. The last game published under the SSI brand was ''[[VideoGame/SilentHunterSeries Silent Hunter II]]'' in 2001.
Several of their games are available on Website/GOGDotCom and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, particularly the AD&D licensed games, Thunderscape, and some items in the Five Star General series.
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!! Games with their own pages include:
* AD&D licensed games:
** ''VideoGame/AlQadimTheGeniesCurse''
** ''VideoGame/EyeOfTheBeholder''
** ''VideoGame/DarkSun''
** ''VideoGame/DragonStrike''
** ''VideoGame/GoldBox''
*** ''VideoGame/UnlimitedAdventures''
** ''VideoGame/{{Menzoberranzan}}''
** ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNightsAOL''
** ''VideoGame/RavenloftStrahdsPossession''
*** ''VideoGame/RavenloftStoneProphet''
* Five Star General games:
** ''VideoGame/PanzerGeneral''
** ''VideoGame/FantasyGeneral''
* ''VideoGame/CyClones''
* ''VideoGame/DarkColony''
* ''VideoGame/NoGreaterGlory''
* ''Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star'', based on ''TabletopGame/RenegadeLegion''
* ''VideoGame/Roadwar2000''
* ''VideoGame/SilentHunterSeries'' (original and II)
* ''VideoGame/SteelPanthers''
* ''Franchise/{{Thunderscape}}''
* ''VideoGame/WizardsCrown''
* ''VideoGame/WarWind''
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%% [[caption-width-right:396:some caption text]]
'''Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI)''' was a video-game publisher founded in 1979. It began as a wargame company, with its first game being ''Computer Bismarck'', considered to be the first computer-based wargame.
By the early 1980s, SSI was well-known as the premiere publisher of computer wargames, with titles such as ''Computer Ambush'', a squad-level combat game set in France during WWII, and ''The Battle of Shiloh'', covering the Civil War battle. They also had branched out to science fiction games such as ''The Cosmic Balance'' and ''Cytron Masters'' (an early RTS), along with strategic sports simulations such as ''Computer Baseball'' and ''Computer Quarterback''.
A push into computer role-playing games in the mid-'80s, especially the StrategyRPG ''VideoGame/WizardsCrown'', led to them getting the license to make official ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' games. The ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games followed, making SSI known as much for role-playing as wargames.
They never stopped making wargames, however, and 1994's ''VideoGame/PanzerGeneral'' was the first in a popular series known as "Five Star General". Meanwhile, the expiration of the AD&D license led them to start their own fantasy RPG series, ''Franchise/{{Thunderscape}}'', but it didn't get very far.
SSI was purchased by Mindscape in 1994, and through various transactions ended up owned by Creator/{{Ubisoft}}, which eventually retired the brand name. The last game published under the SSI brand was ''[[VideoGame/SilentHunterSeries Silent Hunter II]]'' in 2001.
Several of their games are available on Website/GOGDotCom and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, particularly the AD&D licensed games, Thunderscape, and some items in the Five Star General series.
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!! Games with their own pages include:
* AD&D licensed games:
** ''VideoGame/AlQadimTheGeniesCurse''
** ''VideoGame/EyeOfTheBeholder''
** ''VideoGame/DarkSun''
** ''VideoGame/DragonStrike''
** ''VideoGame/GoldBox''
*** ''VideoGame/UnlimitedAdventures''
** ''VideoGame/{{Menzoberranzan}}''
** ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNightsAOL''
** ''VideoGame/RavenloftStrahdsPossession''
*** ''VideoGame/RavenloftStoneProphet''
* Five Star General games:
** ''VideoGame/PanzerGeneral''
** ''VideoGame/FantasyGeneral''
* ''VideoGame/CyClones''
* ''VideoGame/DarkColony''
* ''VideoGame/NoGreaterGlory''
* ''Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star'', based on ''TabletopGame/RenegadeLegion''
* ''VideoGame/Roadwar2000''
* ''VideoGame/SilentHunterSeries'' (original and II)
* ''VideoGame/SteelPanthers''
* ''Franchise/{{Thunderscape}}''
* ''VideoGame/WizardsCrown''
* ''VideoGame/WarWind''
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