Stonkers is a strategy video game for the ZX Spectrum published by Imagine Software in 1983. It was written by John Gibson with graphics by Paul Lindale. In 2013, TechRadar called it an early example
A real-time strategy game is a subgenre of strategy video games where players manage resources and command units to achieve objectives continuously in real time, rather than taking turns. By contrast,
Armies clashing in the real-time strategy game Cossacks: European Wars
Games in the genre can feature defensive structures, such as these city walls in 0 A.D.