Bruce Geryk: A History of Real-Time Strategy Games. GameSpot, archiviert vom Original am 10. Januar 2004; abgerufen am 31. März 2008 (englisch): „It wasn't until some time after the game was in development that I decided to call it "real-time strategy"--it seems obvious now, but there was a lot of back and forth between calling it a "real-time war game", "real-time war", "wargame", or "strategy game". I was deeply concerned that words like "strategy" and "wargame" would keep many players from even trying this completely new game dynamic. Before 1992, wargames and strategy games were very much niche markets--with the exception of Sid Meier's work--so my fears were justified. But in the end, it was best to call it an "RTS" because that is exactly what it was.“
Bruce Geryk: A History of Real-Time Strategy Games. GameSpot, archiviert vom Original am 10. Januar 2004; abgerufen am 31. März 2008 (englisch): „It wasn't until some time after the game was in development that I decided to call it "real-time strategy"--it seems obvious now, but there was a lot of back and forth between calling it a "real-time war game", "real-time war", "wargame", or "strategy game". I was deeply concerned that words like "strategy" and "wargame" would keep many players from even trying this completely new game dynamic. Before 1992, wargames and strategy games were very much niche markets--with the exception of Sid Meier's work--so my fears were justified. But in the end, it was best to call it an "RTS" because that is exactly what it was.“
