# Command Series engine: playing Atari strategy games from disk images

> Command Series engine recreates play for MicroProse's Crusade in Europe, Decision in the Desert and Conflict in Vietnam using the user's Atari ATR disk image. Its Go code includes game rules and interface modules, plus tools for disk reading, map and image extraction and disassembly. Music, sound, intros, endings and some visual effects are listed as missing.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/pwiecz/command_series>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/pwiecz/command_series/blob/b46450580e3827018e55065c41c47b0ef93083a9/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/command-series-engine-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/command-series-engine-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/command-series-engine-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An Atari ATR disk image of one of the supported games.
- **Prerequisites:** Go 1.26.0 for the current module.
- **Limits:** Music, sound, intros, endings and some visual effects are missing.
- **License:** GPL-2.0 licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/pwiecz/command_series/blob/b46450580e3827018e55065c41c47b0ef93083a9/README.md>

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