<s>
Axis	B-Application
&	I-Application
Allies	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1998	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
closely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Axis	B-Application
and	I-Application
Allies	I-Application
:	I-Application
Classic	I-Application
board	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
is	O
the	O
research	O
phase	O
,	O
where	O
IPCs	O
(	O
a	O
representation	O
of	O
industrial	O
power	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
gambled	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
develop	O
advanced	O
technology	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
jet	O
engines	O
or	O
rockets	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
titled	O
Axis	B-Application
&	I-Application
Allies	I-Application
:	I-Application
Iron	I-Application
Blitz	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Axis	B-Application
&	I-Application
Allies	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
roughly	O
300,000	O
copies	O
by	O
February	O
1999	O
,	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
September	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
editors	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
Panzer	O
Generals	O
record	O
as	O
the	O
best-selling	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
is	O
in	O
jeopardy	O
"	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Axis	O
&	O
Allies.Axis	O
&	O
Allies	O
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Pluss	O
1998	O
"	O
Wargame	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Operational	I-Application
Art	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
in	O
the	O
February	O
2000	O
issue	O
of	O
InQuest	O
Gamer	O
,	O
Tom	O
Slizewski	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
Axis	B-Application
&	I-Application
Allies	I-Application
:	I-Application
Iron	I-Application
Blitz	I-Application
''	O
had	O
decent	O
graphics	O
and	O
interface	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
"	O
not	O
much	O
good	O
to	O
report	O
"	O
for	O
all	O
other	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
very	O
critical	O
of	O
the	B-Application
artificial	I-Application
intelligence	I-Application
system	O
that	O
he	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
stupid	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
slow	O
"	O
that	O
made	O
poor	O
tactical	O
decisions	O
and	O
at	O
times	O
failed	O
to	O
detect	O
defeated	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
