Editing Turn-based tactics video games (section)

==History==
{{See also|Chronology of turn-based tactics video games|Chronology of tactical role-playing video games}}

During the 1980s, as microcomputers and [[personal computer]]s became more powerful and more common, game developers turned their attention to designing tactical wargames for them. Some early tactical wargames for the computer included NCS's ''[[Langrisser|Elthlead]]'' series (1987 onwards) and ''Lightning Bacchus'' (1989), [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Nintendo Wars series|Wars]]'' series (1988 onwards), [[Hudson Soft]]'s [[Nectaris (series)|''Nectaris'' series]] series (1989 onwards),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Military Madness: Nectaris Explodes into Action on Xbox LIVE Arcade|date=September 30, 2009|publisher=[[GameZone]]|url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/item/military_madness_nectaris_explodes_into_action_on_xbox_live_arcade|accessdate=2011-05-19}}</ref> and [[Gary Grigsby]]'s series of games for the [[Commodore 64]] and [[Apple II]]: ''[[Panzer Strike]]'' (1987) and ''[[Typhoon of Steel]]'' (1988).