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From: RLWALD@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Robert Wald)
Newsgroups: rec.games.empire,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Empire
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Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 20:31:05 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 27 20:31:05 1987
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In article <4083@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU>, za56@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU (Brian McNeill) writes:
 
>In article <2731@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> saponara@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (John Saponara) writes:
>>The classic mainframe game 'Empire' is now available on the Atari ST.  I
>>have before me the newest TEVEX catalog, which lists it as being available
>>from Interstel, with the writeup:
>>
>>
>
>I have played it for the Mac...from what I saw it is VERY much more difficult
>than the same mainframe game, which I used to play often.  (I played 5 games
>vs. the computer, at the easiest difficulty setting, and lost every one...
>I only came close ONCE...normally I win about 75% of the games (on the mainframe
>version)
>
 
Are you talking about Strategic Conquest? I didn't think that it was from
that company but you describe it just like it.
 
Strategic Conquest is a fantastic game, but with a strange version
of copy-protection: If it thinks its a bogus copy, it plays impossibly
hard. Now, I , and most people who have tried it, quickly master the
game at lower levels. There is only one reason why you can't win at
level 1, where it plays very badly. Say no more.
 
It is impossible (at least for me) to beat at level 14-15, though.
 
  I highly recommend it for the Mac ( like I said, I'm not sure that
what is advertised for the ST is the same). It is a very addictive and fun
game. The new release had great sound and is faster and plays better and
lets you play another person.
 
  Now, if someone would only respond to one of my requests on info
for Empire (ANY VERSION)!
 
I'll be kind and say that its just that
the mail or postings aren't getting through.
 
 
 
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