Global Conquest
1992 video game
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::summary 1992 video game ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Global Conquest |
| image | GlobalConquestMSDOSCoverArt.jpg |
| developer | Ozark Softscape |
| publisher | Microplay Software |
| released | |
| designer | Danielle Bunten Berry |
| composer | David Warhol |
| genre | Strategy |
| modes | Multiplayer |
| platforms | DOS |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the computer strategy game ::
|title = Global Conquest |image = GlobalConquestMSDOSCoverArt.jpg |caption = |developer = Ozark Softscape |publisher = Microplay Software |released = |designer = Danielle Bunten Berry |composer = David Warhol |genre = Strategy |modes = Multiplayer |platforms = DOS
Global Conquest is a video game published by Microplay Software in 1992 for IBM PC compatibles. It is a version of Command HQ with numerous gameplay upgrades and a multi-player mode supported via modems.
Plot
Global Conquest is a strategy video game in which the player finds territories and then tries to take over the world through strategy and management of military and economic resources.
The game always involves four opponents, which can be controlled by the computer or human players, using play via modem. The world is generated completely for every game, with the environment composed of features including oceans, plains, forests, swamps, and mountains, to which the players add units such as infantry, armor, submarines, airplanes, battleships, and aircraft carriers. Players begin with a spy unit, and can create more, which has the ability to steal secrets from opponent and view the world at wide range. A player uses a powerful Comcen and will be eliminated from the game upon losing the Comcen. A player collects cities, also known as burbs, which create units and financially support these units with money generated into the treasury every turn.
As with Bunten's earlier game M.U.L.E., Global Conquest is designed to balance gameplay between players. Random events are adjusted so that the player in first place is never lucky and the last-place player is never unlucky.
Reception
In 1992 and 1994 surveys of science fiction games, Computer Gaming World gave Global Conquest four-plus stars out of five, stating that its "main strength is modem play coupled with detailed military operations".{{Cite magazine |last=Brooks |first=M. Evan |author= |last2= |first2= |date=May 1994 |title=Never Trust A Gazfluvian Flingschnogger! |department= |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=118 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=42–58 |access-date=2017-11-11 |archive-date=2014-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703000430/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=118 |url-status=live
References
References
- (August 1992). "Designing People...".
- Brooks, M. Evan. (November 1992). "Strategy & Wargames: The Future (2000-....)".
- (November 1992). "CGW Salutes The Games of the Year".
- (January 1993). "The Role of Computers". Dragon.
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