- Baldies
"Baldies" was a
real time strategy PC game forDOS andMicrosoft windows which was released Nov 28, 1996 . It was produced byCreative Edge Software & published by Panasonic Interactive Media. It is currently protected, and must be bought; it cannot be freely downloaded.The game was a top view RTS, in the vein of
Command & Conquer &Warcraft . The object of the game was to build a community of characters called "baldies", which appeared as short, plump bald people, and help them against the 'harries', who were bearded short little hairy people.Reception
Part of Panasonic's marketing campaign for the game was a tour of bald-haired promoters distributing free demos of the game in New York after its release [Citation
title=BALDIES TAKE MANHATTAN
author=Peter Binazeski
date=10-12-1996
publisher=Business Wire
url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BALDIES+TAKE+MANHATTAN-a018931316] . However, critics of the game did not always like it, for example the reviewer ofGameSpot called the game "the single weirdest game I have ever played", criticizing the concept as well as the execution of the game [Citation
title=From initial concept to practical execution, Baldies is sick and wrong.
author=Chris Hudak
date=06-02-1997
publisher=GameSpot
url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/baldies/review.html?sid=2538128] .In the Game
The aim of the game is to completely kill every baldy of the opposing team; usually the hairies. This is achieved by constructing houses which in turn breed baldies. After this, you may construct a barracks and/or a scientist lab. A barracks builds bullets for the first stage of the house, then grenades. Soldiers outside equip these items.
Scientist labs research and create inventions, which can burn, blow up, drown etc. other baldies and harries. These inventions can be very handy.
After constructing 3 big houses, you may give your baldies wings, which in turn allows you to fly your soldiers into enemy houses or just to particular spots.
References
External links
* [http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/baldies/ Gamespy.com Baldies archive]
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