<s>
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
:	I-Application
South	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
1942-44	O
is	O
a	O
1992	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
designed	O
by	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Grigsby	O
's	O
earlier	O
title	O
Carrier	B-Application
Force	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
,	O
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
that	O
simulates	O
battles	O
in	O
the	O
Pacific	O
Theater	O
between	O
the	O
Allies	O
and	O
Imperial	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
for	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
SSI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
began	O
development	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
offshoot	O
"	O
of	O
Gary	B-Application
Grigsby	I-Application
's	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
in	O
production	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
;	O
the	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
was	O
made	O
during	O
a	O
week	O
of	O
free	O
time	O
on	O
that	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grigsby	O
explained	O
that	O
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
was	O
his	O
way	O
of	O
revisiting	O
his	O
early	O
game	O
Carrier	B-Application
Force	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
with	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
from	O
Grigsby	O
's	O
games	O
Second	B-Application
Front	I-Application
:	I-Application
Germany	I-Application
Turns	I-Application
East	I-Application
and	O
Western	B-Application
Front	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
,	O
he	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
subject	O
matter	O
made	O
coding	O
relatively	O
simple	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
avoided	O
letting	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
"	O
cheat	O
"	O
in	O
ways	O
that	O
many	O
of	O
his	O
previous	O
games	O
had	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
score	O
for	O
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Donald	O
Griffin	O
of	O
Computer	O
Music	O
Consulting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
prior	O
to	O
Pacific	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grigsby	O
and	O
SSI	O
followed	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
the	O
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
Expansion	O
Disk	O
,	O
which	O
alters	O
Carrier	B-Application
Strikes	I-Application
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
and	O
adds	O
new	O
playable	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
M	O
.	O
Evan	O
Brooks	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
had	O
reached	O
sales	O
of	O
15,000	O
copies	O
by	O
September	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
competition	O
with	O
Carriers	B-Application
at	I-Application
War	I-Application
by	O
Strategic	O
Studies	O
Group	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
whose	O
highly-anticipated	O
status	O
drew	O
more	O
attention	O
toward	O
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Alan	O
Emrich	O
argued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emrich	O
offered	O
Carrier	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
a	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
and	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
nominated	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
alongside	O
Grigsby	O
's	O
Western	B-Application
Front	I-Application
,	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
Wargame	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
prize	O
.	O
</s>
