Final Assault

{{Short description|1987 video game}} {{More footnotes needed|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox video game | title = Final Assault | image = Final assault box art.jpg | developer = Infogrames | publisher = Infogrames | series = | engine = | released = {{Video game release|NA|1987}} | genre = Simulation, sports | modes = Single-player | platforms = Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Thomson MO6, Thomson TO8, ZX Spectrum | designer = Alain Vialon <br> Emile Nguyen <br> Van Huong <br> Harold Ovsec | artist = Didier Chanfray | composer = Charles Callet }}

'''''Final Assault''''', known as '''''Chamonix Challenge''''' in Europe, originally '''''Bivouac''''' in French, is a mountaineering simulation developed by Infogrames in 1987 and distributed by Infogrames in Europe and Epyx in the American continent, for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Thomson MO6, Thomson TO8 and ZX Spectrum.<ref name="Manual">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/final_assault|title=Final Assault Instruction Manual|publisher=Epyx|year=1987}}</ref> The original release of the game was copy protected.<ref name="Dragon142"/>

==Gameplay== Gameplay in ''Final Assault'' takes place in the Alps. The player selects which trail to take, then packs climbing gear in a rucksack and chooses 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 making effective use of supplies. The game allows players to save their progress by packing a Save Game Disk in their rucksack.<ref name="Manual" />

==Reception== The MS-DOS version of the game was given 4 out of 5 stars by ''Dragon'', who called it "innovating", "exciting", and "intriguing".<ref name="Dragon142">{{cite magazine|last1=Lesser|first1=Hartley|last2=Lesser|first2=Patricia|last3=Lesser|first3=Kirk|date=February 1989|title=The Role of Computers|url=https://www.annarchive.com/files/Drmg142.pdf#page=50|magazine=Dragon|issue=142|pages=42–51|access-date=2019-03-22|archive-date=2016-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909211923/http://annarchive.com/files/Drmg142.pdf#page=50|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=April 1988|title=A fit of peak|url=https://archive.org/stream/thegamesmachine-magazine-05/TheGamesMachine_05#page/n67/mode/1up|magazine=The Games Machine|issue=5|page=68}}</ref> Likewise, the Atari ST and Amstrad CPC versions were given a 75% and 72% by the same magazine, respectively.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=February 1988|title=Ford Every Stream|url=https://archive.org/stream/thegamesmachine-magazine-03/TheGamesMachine_03#page/n29/mode/1up|magazine=The Games Machine|issue=3|page=29}}</ref> ''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.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=March 1988|title=Chamonix Challenge|url=https://archive.org/details/Happy.Computer.N53.1988.03.SSt-KCz/page/n9|magazine=Happy Computer|language=de|issue=53|page=83}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00016048-bivouac-test.htm|title=Test: Bivouac|date=4 November 2011|website=Jeuxvideo.com|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512041835/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00016048-bivouac-test.htm|archive-date=12 May 2017|url-status=live|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://www.mobygames.com/game/final-assault ''Final Assault''] at MobyGames * {{IAg|msdos_Final_Assault_1988}}

Category:1987 video games Category:Amiga games Category:Amstrad CPC games Category:Apple IIGS games Category:Atari ST games Category:Climbing and mountaineering video games Category:Commodore 64 games Category:DOS games Category:Epyx games Category:Infogrames games Category:Single-player video games Category:U.S. Gold games Category:Video games developed in France Category:ZX Spectrum games