<s>
Empire	B-Application
:	I-Application
Wargame	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Century	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
Empire	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Walter	O
Bright	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interstel	O
Corporation	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walter	O
Bright	O
recoded	O
the	O
game	O
Empire	B-Application
in	O
C	B-Language
on	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
around	O
1987	O
,	O
Empire	B-Application
:	I-Application
Wargame	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Century	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
DOS	B-Device
was	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
noted	O
the	O
improved	O
UI	B-Application
,	O
saying	O
"	O
the	O
playability	O
of	O
an	O
already	O
successful	O
system	O
has	O
been	O
significantly	O
enhanced	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
would	O
later	O
receive	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
"	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
for	O
1988	O
;	O
in	O
1989	O
the	O
magazine	O
named	O
Empire	B-Application
to	O
its	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
for	O
games	O
readers	O
rated	O
highly	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
final	O
score	O
of	O
9.71	O
out	O
of	O
12	O
,	O
in	O
1990	O
readers	O
voted	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
their	O
"	O
All-Time	O
Favorite	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
1991	O
magazine	O
survey	O
of	O
strategy	O
and	O
war	O
games	O
gave	O
it	O
four	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
1993	O
survey	O
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
UI	B-Application
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
"	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
superb	O
,	O
addictive	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
UI	B-Application
could	O
be	O
improved	O
,	O
he	O
noted	O
that	O
Empire	B-Application
avoided	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
micromanage	O
units	O
that	O
made	O
games	O
like	O
Anacreon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Reconstruction	I-Application
4021	I-Application
tedious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pournelle	O
concluded	O
that	O
Empire	B-Application
"	O
tempts	O
you	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
little	O
longer	O
and	O
find	O
out	O
what	O
's	O
going	O
to	O
happen	O
next	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1988	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#131	O
by	O
Hartley	O
,	O
Patricia	O
,	O
and	O
Kirk	O
Lesser	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lessers	O
reviewed	O
the	O
MS-DOS	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
1989	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#142	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
