North & South (video game)
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| Developers | Infogrames Kemco (NES) |
| Publishers | Infogrames Kemco (NES) |
| Programmers | NES Tomoharu Aihara Fumio Tono Koichi Shindo Minori Shinagawa Hiroyuki Masuno Shinobu Michiura |
| Artists | NES Y. Shintaku Kiminari Sueda |
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| Composers | Amiga Charles Callet Commodore 64 Jeroen Tel NES Hiroyuki Masuno, Y. Kawakami |
| Platforms | Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC |
| Release | September 1989: Amiga, Atari ST 1990: NES 1991: Other ports |
| Genres | Strategy, action |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
North & South is a strategy action game released in 1989 for the Amiga, and Atari ST and ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC, MSX, MS-DOS, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It was developed and published by Infogrames.
North & South is an offshoot of the Belgian comic series Les Tuniques Bleues (by Raoul Cauvin and Louis Salverius/Willy Lambillotte, from Dupuis) which is based on the American Civil War. The player acts out the Civil War, choosing to play as either the North or the South. The player may choose to start the game year from 1861 (the year the Civil War erupted) to 1864. Each year has a different array of armies and states that each side starts with.
North & South contains humorous elements, such as parodies of national anthems, which are accessible when the player selects one of the different languages supported by the game (English, French, Spanish, German or Italian).