Editing Midway (1964 game) (section)

==Publication history==
For a battle where much depended on searching for the opponent, game designers Lindsley Schutz and [[Larry Pinsky]] designed ''Midway'' with a double-blind hidden movement and search system. They used as a technical consultant [[C. Wade McClusky|C. Wade McCluskey, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.)]], who had been [[air group]] commander on the [[USS Enterprise (CV-6)|USS ''Enterprise'']] during the Battle of Midway, and had been credited by [[Chester W. Nimitz|Admiral Nimitz]] with playing a pivotal role in the battle. The game was published by Avalon Hill in 1964. Eight years later, when company director Tom Shaw was looking to eliminate a game from Avalon Hill's line-up, only an intervention by [[Don Greenwood (game designer)|Don Greenwood]] saved ''Midway''. (The axe fell on ''[[1914 (board game)|1914]]'' instead.) ''Midway'' remained part of Avalon Hill's line of games through the 1980s.

In 1980, Avalon Hill released ''[[Midway Campaign]]'', a videogame for various home computer platforms that was based to some extent on the board game. The videogame was a finalist for the [[Charles S. Roberts Award]] for "Best Computer Game of 1980".

In 1991, a [[Midway (1991 game)|revised "Smithsonian" edition]] of the board game was released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]].<ref name="bgg">{{cite web | url = https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2250/midway| title = Midway (1964)| website =boardgamegeek.com | access-date =2022-03-19}}</ref>