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From: dove@jessica.stanford.edu (Emperor of Ice Cream)
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Subject: Re: Balance of the Planet
Keywords: ecological games, SimEarth, Balance of the Planet
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Date: 28 Nov 90 08:01:00 GMT
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In article <159@jim.UUCP> jwh@wgate.UUCP (Joe Hughes) writes:
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>	I heard a rumor that Chris Crawford, author of 'Balance of Power', was
>writing a program called 'Balance of the Earth'.  Can anyone substantiate this
>rumor?  Also, having purchased 'SimEarth', if this rumor is true can you do a
>comparison between the two.  Thank-you.
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The game I think you are thinking of is called 'Guns or Butter.'  Set
in a fictional world remarkably looking like Earth with a few land
bridges thrown in, this game is not environmentally based but
socio-econmically based.  The player controls whether to spend money,
energy time on either military power - guns - or social solutions
-butter.

I haven't played it, but it sounds like it may be good.

The Only Emperor