<s>
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
1990	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
computer	B-Application
strategy	I-Application
game	I-Application
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
1990	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
Chris	O
Crawford	O
who	O
created	O
both	O
the	O
original	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
and	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
1990	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
does	O
not	O
consider	O
the	O
latter	O
as	O
a	O
proper	O
sequel	O
,	O
saying	O
he	O
was	O
simply	O
"	O
tidying	O
up	O
,	O
adding	O
some	O
bells	O
and	O
whistles.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
1990	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
adds	O
more	O
countries	O
,	O
advisors	O
to	O
help	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
multi-polar	O
"	O
level	O
that	O
allows	O
countries	O
to	O
generate	O
events	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
declaring	O
war	O
on	O
other	O
countries	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
2-player	O
hotseat	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	O
Whitta	O
for	O
The	O
One	O
said	O
"	O
An	O
outstanding	O
piece	O
of	O
strategy	B-Application
gaming	O
–	O
especially	O
in	O
two-player	O
mode	O
(	O
even	O
without	O
a	O
modem	O
option	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Williams	O
for	O
Family	O
Computing	O
said	O
"	O
For	O
the	O
new	O
multipolar	O
level	O
alone	O
,	O
I	O
would	O
consider	O
The	O
1990	O
Edition	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
major	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
advised	O
players	O
to	O
pretend	O
that	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
was	O
set	O
on	O
an	O
alien	O
planet	O
"	O
astonishingly	O
similar	O
"	O
to	O
Earth	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
play	O
solely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
assumptions	O
about	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chuck	O
Moss	O
disagreed	O
with	O
Card	O
's	O
revised	O
view	O
,	O
describing	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
in	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1992	O
as	O
"reflect[ing]	O
extreme	O
bias	O
on	O
the	O
part	O
of	O
 [ its ] 	O
designers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
