<s>
Ares	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
space	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Nathan	O
Lamont	O
of	O
Bigger	O
Planet	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
first	O
released	O
by	O
Changeling	O
Software	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
by	O
Ambrosia	O
Software	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
undertaking	O
their	O
new	O
mission	O
,	O
the	O
ship	O
is	O
renamed	O
the	O
Ares	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameplayAres	O
offers	O
combat	O
situations	O
and	O
strategic	O
planning	O
combined	O
by	O
allowing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
directly	O
control	O
a	O
single	O
spaceship	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
building	O
and	O
commanding	O
others.Ares	O
is	O
a	O
saga	O
between	O
six	O
main	O
alien	O
species	O
,	O
with	O
humans	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
less	O
advanced	O
races	O
in	O
the	O
universe	O
:	O
the	O
Audemedons	O
,	O
the	O
Salrilians	O
,	O
the	O
Ishimans	O
,	O
the	O
Cantharan	O
,	O
the	O
Gaitori	O
and	O
the	O
Humans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
game	O
,	O
Ares	B-Operating_System
came	O
with	O
limited	O
functionality	O
and	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
six	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
game	O
has	O
with	O
it	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
absolute	O
strategies	O
to	O
use.Ares	O
had	O
its	O
own	O
page	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
Gaming	O
League	O
,	O
organized	O
by	O
Ares	B-Operating_System
supporters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clans	O
were	O
also	O
found	O
around	O
Ares	B-Operating_System
briefly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
Ares	B-Operating_System
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Nathan	O
Lamont	O
for	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
runs	O
natively	O
in	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Classic	O
environment	O
,	O
available	O
for	O
non-Intel-based	O
Macs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
by	O
Ambrosia	O
Software.Ares	O
on	O
amrosiasw.com	O
Ambrosia	O
allowed	O
those	O
who	O
had	O
purchased	O
the	O
original	O
Changeling	O
release	O
to	O
"	O
upgrade	O
"	O
to	O
their	O
version	O
by	O
mailing	O
in	O
$10	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
revision	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
added	O
a	O
level	O
editor	O
named	O
"	O
Hera	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
Ares	B-Operating_System
levels	O
to	O
be	O
edited	O
and	O
plugins	B-Application
to	O
be	O
made	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
plugins	B-Application
available	O
for	O
Ambrosia	O
software	O
's	O
hit	O
game	O
Escape	O
Velocity''	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
the	O
Ares	B-Operating_System
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPLv2	O
software	B-License
license	I-License
and	O
most	O
assets	O
under	O
a	O
CC	O
BY-NC	O
Creative	O
commons	O
license	O
by	O
Nathan	O
Lamont	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
a	O
LGPLv3	B-Application
license	O
option	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
