<s>
Conqueror	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Zarch	B-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Virus	O
)	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
landscape	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
with	O
strategy	B-Application
elements	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
fleet	O
of	O
tanks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
in	O
1988	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
home	O
computers	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Arts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
well	O
received	O
,	O
particularly	O
for	O
its	O
blend	O
of	O
strategy	B-Application
and	O
arcade	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Second	O
World	O
War	O
era	O
and	O
in	O
a	O
3D	O
polygonal	B-General_Concept
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
an	O
individual	O
tank	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
with	O
computer	O
AI	B-Application
controlling	O
the	O
other	O
friendly	O
tanks	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
enemy	O
tanks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
game	O
;	O
'	O
Arcade	O
 '	O
,	O
'	O
Attrition	O
 '	O
and	O
'	O
Strategy	B-Application
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
'	O
strategy	B-Application
 '	O
version	O
is	O
the	O
full	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
extra	O
features	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
include	O
artillery	B-Application
bombardment	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
ordered	O
to	O
strike	O
at	O
a	O
specific	O
point	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
and	O
spotter	O
planes	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
find	O
out	O
where	O
the	O
enemy	O
tanks	O
are	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conqueror	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
and	O
coded	O
by	O
Jonathan	O
Griffiths	O
using	O
the	O
Zarch	B-Application
game	O
engine	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
David	O
Braben	O
(	O
co-author	O
of	O
Elite	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Zarch	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
32-bit	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1988	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Virus	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
given	O
to	O
Zarch	B-Application
for	O
its	O
multi-format	O
release	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
Conqueror	B-Application
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
ST	O
ports	O
were	O
carried	O
out	O
by	O
Griffiths	O
(	O
with	O
graphics	O
by	O
Torsten	O
Zimmerman	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
was	O
ported	O
by	O
Chris	O
Sawyer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Arts	I-Application
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
,	O
generally	O
comparable	O
to	O
Zarch/Virus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Archimedes	B-Device
version	O
was	O
given	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
931	O
(	O
out	O
of	O
1000	O
)	O
by	O
ACE	O
magazine	O
and	O
87%	O
by	O
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
who	O
viewed	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
improvement	O
over	O
Zarch	B-Application
;	O
"	O
With	O
more	O
depth	O
than	O
Superior	B-Device
's	O
previous	O
Archimedes	B-Device
game	O
,	O
Conqueror	B-Application
is	O
a	O
change	O
towards	O
the	O
more	O
strategic	O
style	O
of	O
game	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
is	O
a	O
change	O
for	O
the	O
better	O
-	O
a	O
product	O
that	O
is	O
addictive	O
and	O
challenging	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
arcade	O
and	O
strategy	B-Application
sense	O
of	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
later	O
versions	O
generally	O
scored	O
slightly	O
lower	O
in	O
the	O
multi-format	O
magazines	O
with	O
ACE	O
giving	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
ST	O
versions	O
925	O
and	O
920	O
respectively	O
,	O
while	O
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
gave	O
both	O
the	O
ST	O
and	O
DOS	B-Device
versions	O
80%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
first-class	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
it	O
"	O
will	O
appeal	O
to	O
everyone	O
who	O
likes	O
a	O
good	O
blast	O
but	O
also	O
likes	O
to	O
think	O
they	O
can	O
master	O
a	O
situation	O
by	O
good	O
tactical	O
planning	O
"	O
,	O
awarding	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
93%	O
.	O
</s>
