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From: benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (T Cox)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Empire on the Mac
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Date: Tue, 22-Jul-86 12:08:40 EDT
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bates@bison.dec.com (Ken Bates	DTN 522-2039) writes:

>Jason De Mont (ihnp4!mtuxo!jasond) writes:

>> A few years ago I was introduced to a "war-game" called Empire on a VAX
>> running VMS.  My officemate just found a copy of the program to run on his
>> AT&T PC 6300 Plus and it works wonderfully.  Has anybody seen this game
>> for the Mac?  Or does anybody know where the original source code came from?
 
>What you want is the game called "Strategic Conquest" written by Peter Merrill
>and distributed by PBI Software Inc. It's almost an exact copy of Empire [..],
>and if you liked Empire, you'll love this. It makes full use of Mac graphics
>and mouse, and with a few small exceptions such as aircraft range, plays an
>identical game (including the size of the world). It even [...]

One other difference:  pieces can be stacked!  It's an excellent improvement
of the original, and shows a good sense of how to use the Mac interface
with a game

>All in all, if you're an Empire freak, I would highly recommend it.
>
> - Ken Bates

Ditto the recommendation.  There's a free demo-version that's got a limited
size map but is otherwise a full version of the game . . . if you'd like
a copy of it [binhex'd, of course] then write me.  If there's a lot of
response, then I'll think about posting it to net.sources.mac or 
mod.<whateveritis>.  An excellent demo; I used to play it for hours.  


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