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From: CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET (Christopher Tate)
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Subject: Re: Strategic Conquest
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Date: 10 Dec 89 18:02:26 GMT
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Strategic Conquest Plus 2.0 is now available, and it _not_ copy-protected.
It is also licensed by a different company.  The correct address is:

                    Premier Technology, Inc.
                    P.O. Box 11138
                    San Francisco, CA  94101
                        (415) 882-7766

Now, something you should watch out for is the version number.  I bought my
copy from MacConnection, and it shipped as version 2.05, according to the
Finder info.  There were some cosmetic bugs in the program at that point, and
it seemed to have some difficulty running under certain circumstances.  I
wrote a bug report to Premier Technology Inc., and they sent me a disk which
contained Strategic Conquest 2.055.  (Note the additional digit).

Something to look out for:  the AppleTalk protocols have evidently been changed
between versions.  As I recall, if one player was using 2.05 and the other was
using 2.055, then both machines would hang.  The problem was solved by updating
to 2.055 for both people.

I seem to recall also that the file handling is a little messed up (I'll have
to double-check this).  If you put the saved game on a different volume from
the program, or perhaps even just in a different directory tree, then the
program dies.  As I said, this is just conjecture; it may not be true, or it
may have been fixed in 2.055.

The cosmetic bug that I wrote them about was not fixed in 2.055, but may well
be fixed in any subsequent versions.  I don't know.

Review:  I find Strategic Conquest to be a very dangerous game, in that I tend
to play it rather than doing Important Stuff like term papers.  It's a strongly
addictive game (if you're into strategic war-gaming), and is quite fun.  I have
no connection with Premier Technology Inc. or with PBI Software Inc., other
than as a satisfied customer.

Oh yeah:  the 2.x versions play slightly differently against the computer than
the 1.x versions did.  It's just a little difference in style, mostly.

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