Close Combat is a World War II real-time tactics game, developed by Atomic Games, and released on January 1, 1996 for the Mac[1] and June 30, 1996 for the PC.[2] The first installment of the Close Combat series, the game is played on a two-dimensional map, between two players.[3] Close Combat is based on the fighting of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division and the German defenders from Omaha Beach to Saint-Lô during Operation Cobra; all the units in the game are based on those used in 1944. The game may be played as either the Germans, or the Americans.The game received mainly positive reviews.[4]