DESCRIPTION OF SID MEIERS GETTYSBURG. Sid Meier`s Gettysburg! Is a strategy game released in 1997 by Electronic Arts. The game was released for PC (Windows). The action takes place during the Civil War - exactly in 1863 when the Battle of Gettysburg took place. Sid Meier's Pirates! Sid Meier's Pirates! General Discussions Topic Details. Eelily2.0 Oct 10, 2015 @ 6:47pm Run Game on Windows 10 The game won't start up for me what should I do? It said that I had a problem with the DirectX thing. I am on Windows 10 64 bit. Dec 23, 2016 @ 6:43pm Originally posted by CHE.
Another Sid Meier classic, Gettysburg! Allows you to recreate the famous Civil War battle of the same name, and apply a variety of different strategies and interesting twists to the development of the conflict. Set in semi-real time forces are organized into the type of units of the day, including infantry, cavalry and artillery, and appear on the map as regiments. Regiments are grouped together as brigades and are led by a brigade commander. In addition to controlling and ordering individual units, the player can give an order to the commander unit who in turn directs his forces.