# Final Assault > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Final_Assault > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Final_Assault.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Assault > Source revision: 1319470391 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Infogrames) | publisher = Infogrames | series = | engine = | released = {{Video game release|NA|1987}} | genre = Simulation, sports | modes = [Single-player](/source/Single-player_video_game) | platforms = [Amiga](/source/Amiga), [Amstrad CPC](/source/Amstrad_CPC), [Apple IIGS](/source/Apple_IIGS), [Atari ST](/source/Atari_ST), [Commodore 64](/source/Commodore_64), [MS-DOS](/source/MS-DOS), [Thomson MO6](/source/Thomson_MO6), [Thomson TO8](/source/Thomson_TO8), [ZX Spectrum](/source/ZX_Spectrum) | designer = Alain Vialon
Emile Nguyen
Van Huong
Harold Ovsec | artist = Didier Chanfray | composer = Charles Callet }} '''''Final Assault''''', known as '''''Chamonix Challenge''''' in Europe, originally '''''Bivouac''''' in French, is a [mountaineering](/source/mountaineering) simulation developed by [Infogrames](/source/Infogrames) in 1987 and distributed by Infogrames in Europe and [Epyx](/source/Epyx) in the American continent, for the [Amiga](/source/Amiga), [Amstrad CPC](/source/Amstrad_CPC), [Apple IIGS](/source/Apple_IIGS), [Atari ST](/source/Atari_ST), [Commodore 64](/source/Commodore_64), [MS-DOS](/source/MS-DOS), [Thomson MO6](/source/Thomson_MO6), [Thomson TO8](/source/Thomson_TO8) and [ZX Spectrum](/source/ZX_Spectrum).{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/final_assault|title=Final Assault Instruction Manual|publisher=[Epyx](/source/Epyx)|year=1987}} The original release of the game was [copy protected](/source/copy_protected). ==Gameplay== Gameplay in ''Final Assault'' takes place in the [Alps](/source/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 [crevasse](/source/crevasse)s, 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. ==Reception== The MS-DOS version of the game was given 4 out of 5 stars by ''[Dragon](/source/Dragon_(magazine))'', who called it "innovating", "exciting", and "intriguing".{{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](/source/Dragon_(magazine))|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}} The PC version of the game was given a 68% by ''[The Games Machine](/source/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".{{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](/source/The_Games_Machine)|issue=5|page=68}} Likewise, the Atari ST and Amstrad CPC versions were given a 75% and 72% by the same magazine, respectively.{{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](/source/The_Games_Machine)|issue=3|page=29}} ''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.{{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}} A more modern review from [Jeuxvideo.com](/source/Jeuxvideo.com) of the Amiga and Atari ST versions gave the game a 17/20, calling it extremely difficult and "particularly addictive".{{Cite web|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00016048-bivouac-test.htm|title=Test: Bivouac|date=4 November 2011|website=[Jeuxvideo.com](/source/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}} ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.mobygames.com/game/final-assault ''Final Assault''] at [MobyGames](/source/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 {{simulation-videogame-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Final Assault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Assault) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Assault?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.