page_title: The Great Battles of Caesar
section_title: Development
hierarchical_section_title: The Great Battles of Caesar / Development
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context_page_description: The Great Battles of Caesar is video game released in 1998, and is part of The Great Battles video game series.
context_section_description: The Great Battles of Caesar was announced by publisher Interactive Magic and developer Erudite Software in early 1997, alongside its direct predecessor, Hannibal. Erudite had signed with the company in mid-1996 to publish both games' forebearer, The Great Battles of Alexander, after that title's long and troubled development cycle. The publisher declared its intent to release all three games as the Great Battles series in January 1997, and assigned S. Craig Taylor to be their producer. GMT Games assisted in the creation of the series, and each entry was based on one of its board titles. Alexander launched in June, while Hannibal appeared on November 7. By mid-1997, Interactive Magic had scheduled Caesar for release in spring of the following year.
  Erudite based Caesar on GMT's board wargame The Great Battles of Julius Caesar, but built it with a modified form of the mechanical game system it had previously used in Alexander and Hannibal. To simulate the Marian tactical reforms that occurred after Hannibal's defeat, the team altered the series' mechanics to change the basic unit from the manipular legion, with its three lines (hastati, principes and triarii) of infantry, to the more homogeneous Marian legion. However, Erudite sought "only slightly" to represent the many tactical changes during this era, such as by mimicking the expansion of Rome's chain of command via the inclusion of section commanders. Caesar shares its predecessors' game engine, which the team updated for the project. Visual upgrades were included as well.
  In early January 1998, Interactive Magic confirmed the spring release date for Caesar, and announced that it would cease publishing Great Battles titles thereafter. Computer Gaming World wargame columnist Terry Coleman lamented this decision, which he called "a real shame for fans of [GMT Games'] Samurai in particular". Later in January, the publisher gave Caesar a firmer release date of March. Erudite completed the game on March 11, and it launch on the 26th.
caption: The Great Battles of Caesar depicts Roman infantry tactics after the emergence of the legionary, thanks to the Marian reforms.
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