<s>
Invasion	B-Application
Orion	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1979	O
science	O
fiction	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
written	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Automated	O
Simulations	O
(	O
which	O
would	O
become	O
Epyx	O
in	O
1983	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
player	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
two-player	O
Starfleet	B-Application
Orion	I-Application
which	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
late	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
BASIC	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
and	O
TRS-80	B-Device
and	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Starfleet	B-Application
Orion	I-Application
had	O
been	O
completed	O
,	O
the	O
authors	O
,	O
Jon	O
Freeman	O
and	O
Jim	O
Connelly	O
,	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
original	O
placed	O
too	O
many	O
demands	O
on	O
the	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finding	O
two	O
players	O
willing	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
longish	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
was	O
always	O
difficult	O
the	O
final	O
pre-rolled	O
mission	O
had	O
a	O
suggested	O
playing	O
time	O
of	O
six	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
the	O
limited	O
resources	O
of	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
the	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
on	O
,	O
any	O
sort	O
of	O
strategy	B-Application
on	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
part	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
simple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
useful	O
strategy	B-Application
to	O
use	O
the	O
tractor	O
beam	O
to	O
push	O
fighters	O
quickly	O
into	O
range	O
of	O
their	O
targets	O
,	O
at	O
"	O
speeds	O
"	O
their	O
own	O
engines	O
could	O
not	O
achieve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Todd	O
Zervas	O
reviewed	O
Invasion	B-Application
Orion	I-Application
in	O
The	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zervas	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
Invasion	B-Application
Orion	I-Application
is	O
great	O
for	O
the	O
solo	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
have	O
live	O
opponents	O
available	O
,	O
then	O
leave	O
this	O
one	O
on	O
the	O
shelf	O
and	O
buy	O
Starfleet	B-Application
Orion	I-Application
instead.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
he	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
computer	O
opponent	O
in	O
Invasion	B-Application
Orion	I-Application
played	O
slowly	O
,	O
sometimes	O
requiring	O
several	O
minutes	O
per	O
move	O
,	O
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
praised	O
the	O
Orion	O
games	O
 '	O
realism	O
:	O
"	O
Classical	O
principles	O
of	O
fleet	O
warfare	O
work	O
,	O
and	O
strategy	B-Application
and	O
tactics	O
are	O
more	O
important	O
than	O
luck	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1983	O
Invasion	B-Application
Orion	I-Application
won	O
tenth	O
place	O
in	O
Softlines	O
Dog	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
awards	O
"	O
for	O
badness	O
in	O
computer	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
Atari	O
division	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
reader	O
submissions	O
.	O
</s>
