Battle of Agincourt CD-ROMs
Multimedia CD-ROMs have multiplied greatly in number the last few years. Encyclopedias are now familiar but other titles are related to the battle. There's even a computer game of interest.
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Military History
A recent Compton's Home Library multimedia title is Battles of the World: The Interactive History of War. The CD-ROM portrays ten battles from history, one of which is Agincourt. The animation of the action is rather well done. The disc contains software for both the Macintosh and Windows.
Encyclopedias
Any good CD-ROM encyclopedia will have an article about the Battle of Agincourt. For example, the Grolier 1997 Multimedia Encyclopedia (available for both Mac and Windows) has an article with two sentences of text and a bibliography with three entries. Other encyclopedias such as Comptons and Infopedia should be similar.
Computer Wargames
Empire II: the Art of War
While the original Empire game was about building empires, this DOS game concentrates on tactical warfare. The game engine is intended to cover a wide range of battles from various times, using different scales, and with varying technology. The map uses a square grid for movement and combat. One of the scenarios included with Empire II is Agincourt. In fact, the one scenario included with the demo of Empire II is the one for Agincourt! Computer Gaming World has a review of Empire II.
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