Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo

Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo
Developer(s)	TalonSoft
Publisher(s)	TalonSoft
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	September 1997[1]
Genre(s)	Computer wargame
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo is a 1997 computer wargame developed and published by TalonSoft. It is the eighth entry in the Battleground series.

Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo is a computer wargame that simulates military conflict during the Napoleonic Wars.^[2]

Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo is the eighth game in the Battleground series.^[3] It was developed and published by TalonSoft,^[4] and was originally planned as an expansion pack for Battleground 3: Waterloo. Scott Udell of Computer Games Strategy Plus reported that "the popularity of that game and the demand for more Napoleonic coverage [led] TalonSoft ... to flush it out into a full release." It was announced in November 1996 as one of the next two titles in the Battleground series, alongside Battleground 7: Bull Run.^[5] Prelude to Waterloo shipped to retailers on September 15, 1997. At the time, TalonSoft announced it as the final game in the Battleground series.^[3]

Mark McIntosh of Computer Games Strategy Plus gave Prelude to Waterloo a rave review, calling it "without a doubt the best game TalonSoft has produced" in the Battleground series.^[2] Computer Gaming World's Bob Proctor was also positive: he dubbed it "a very good game" despite the presence of "more than a few" small flaws.^[4]

Although Prelude to Waterloo was announced as the final game in the Battleground series, it received a sequel in 1999, under the title Battleground 9: Chickamauga.