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Spellcross: The Last Battle (1997)

by Cauldron HQ, JRC Czech, SCi Games

Platforms:

DOS

Genres:Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical

Themes:Warfare, Science fiction

Game modes:Single player

Story:

A turn-based tactical wargame. In the game, you take the role of John Alexander, leader of the contemporary Earth military force – The Alliance, fighting for survival against an extra dimensional invasion of orcs, undead, harpies and other fantastical creatures – the Other Side.

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@Algardus@Algardus

July 09, 2025

It was the first PC game I ever played. You could say it started my love affair with strategy games, which continues to this day. I still remember the opening cutscene, which began with the words " Witaj komandorze " ( Greetings, Commander ).

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@jeksel@jeksel

July 10, 2025

Gra młodości w którą chętnie pograłbym i dzisiaj. Pamiętam mroczny, ciężki klimat gry. Depresyjna muzyka w tle i dźwięk wiatru podczas walki budowały niesamowicie klimat. No i rozgrywka turowa, prosta ale dawała sporo satysfakcji.

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@michelllin@michelllin

September 10, 2025

OnI of the best CZ strategy games created, which could be far more popular then Xcom if had better marketing globally. Shame there is no similar games. It was tough and sophisticated. Todays games too easy and simplistic.

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@iraeq3@iraeq3

October 09, 2025

Spellcross to dla mnie jedna z tych gier, które udowadniają, że grafika wcale nie jest najważniejsza. Przechodziłem ją już cztery razy i za każdym razem wciąga tak samo. Połączenie taktyki, klimatu i świetnie napisanej historii sprawia, że mimo upływu lat to wciąż tytuł z grywalnością na najwyższym poziomie – klasyk, do którego zawsze chce się wracać.

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@fortheMAKARON@fortheMAKARON

October 16, 2025

I bought the game in 1998 and the box is still on my shelve, sadly I never finished it, back then it seemed too hard though I got far, when I tried it again as an adult there were so many bugs and problems getting it to run on win7 and later. I found a version where you can play in a browser but that runs even worse with laggs and corrupted save files. I would love to see not even a remake or a remaster but to have it work right would be great, thank you.

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@Pajda-CZ@Pajda-CZ

November 04, 2025

This was one of the first tactical strategy games I have ever played. It was insanely difficult, but the story was so well written that I kept on trying and trying. The fact it was in Czech language also contributed to tens of hours trying, dying and trying again . The graphics, as I see it now, seems it has not lost anything in time and it kind of fits the theme and looks good!

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@michalszew@michalszew

December 19, 2025

First game that I was playing for 12h without breaks. Only breakes were for toilet and some snacs. Great atmosphere. It was one of my first PC games that I bought in store not pirate version.

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@habrilen@habrilen

January 11, 2026

Very interesting setting where human technology is pited against fantasy units with magic. I love the story and attention to details. Insane unit variety, handcrafted levels and one of the best turn based strategies I every played. There is also very important resource management on the strategic map. I already finished it twice and would love to play it one more time in the future. What I loved is that there is always a challenge as new archetypes of enemies keep coming and all of them require different approach.

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@DedkovCZ@DedkovCZ

January 23, 2026

I bought this game with Excalibur pc mag during my Holidays in High Tatras Slovakia around 2k and fell in love with this game. It was so funny ripping apart these orcs and skelleton knights with Leopards 2 and so on. I loved turn based games these days.

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@Maxify@Maxify

January 26, 2026

На этой игре я в своё время научился делать невозможное, а затем патчить баги. Впервые играл на криво взломанной версии, которая не позволяла пользоваться улучшением юнитов. Поэтому пришлось проходить игру без этого. По сложности примерно как разница в Doom 1, 2 между nightmare и i can win. Потом пришло в голову, что можно этот баг исправить. Оказывается, не знающий программирования подросток может из исправной лицензионной и взломанной с багами игры сделать компромисс, который при определённых условиях позволяет вручную сделать то, что не позволяют баги в ходе игры.

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