It is June 18 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, on his 100 day spell of liberty after his daring escape from the Island of Elba, is once again installed as Emperor of France.
YOU, Napoleon, must now defeat the Anglo Dutch army under the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army of Blutcher, failure will mean exile on St. Helena.

Waterloo is a 1 player all graphic wargame re-enacting this historic battle. The screen map on which the game is played displays terrain details from the actual battle and the game features the ability to give control of part of your army to the computer which will act as intelligent corps commanders.

There are three levels of play.