<s>
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
strategy	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Sensible	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1991	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Tyrants	B-Application
:	I-Application
Fight	I-Application
Through	I-Application
Time	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
:	O
Jikū	O
Daisenryaku	O
( メガロマニア時空大戦略	O
)	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
is	O
an	O
early	O
real-time	B-Application
strategy	I-Application
game	O
that	O
predates	O
Dune	B-Application
II	I-Application
by	O
a	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
,	O
as	O
developed	O
by	O
Sensible	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Image	O
Works	O
,	O
began	O
development	O
in	O
November	O
1989	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
Spring	O
of	O
1991	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
;	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
was	O
n't	O
planned	O
at	O
this	O
stage	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
January	O
1991	O
issue	O
of	O
British	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
The	O
One	O
,	O
The	O
One	O
interviewed	O
team	O
members	O
from	O
Sensible	O
Software	O
for	O
information	O
regarding	O
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
'	O
s	O
development	O
in	O
a	O
pre-release	O
interview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Alien	O
Empire	O
and	O
later	O
My	O
Little	O
Warhead	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
names	O
were	O
scrapped	O
in	O
lieu	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
title	O
of	O
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
this	O
original	O
design	O
concept	O
was	O
to	O
combine	O
scrolling	O
arcade	O
action	O
gameplay	O
with	O
real-time	B-Application
strategy	I-Application
;	O
this	O
concept	O
is	O
vastly	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
final	O
product	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
publisher	O
interest	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
'	O
not	O
fit	O
into	O
any	O
specific	O
category	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Hare	O
,	O
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
'	O
s	O
graphic	O
artist	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
designers	O
,	O
expressed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
its	O
original	O
concept	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
more	O
marketable	O
to	O
publishers	O
;	O
he	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
ultimatum	O
became	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
needed	O
to	O
"	O
drop	O
the	O
scrolling	O
or	O
drop	O
the	O
strategy	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
team	O
deciding	O
to	O
scrap	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
arcade	O
scrolling	O
aspect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
being	O
asked	O
about	O
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
'	O
s	O
similarity	O
to	O
Populous	B-Application
,	O
Hare	O
expressed	O
that	O
while	O
it	O
looks	O
"	O
a	O
little	O
"	O
similar	O
,	O
it	O
differs	O
significantly	O
in	O
its	O
gameplay	O
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
its	O
combat	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
he	O
thinks	O
that	O
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
does	O
n't	O
play	O
"	O
like	O
Populous	B-Application
at	O
all	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
expressing	O
his	O
belief	O
in	O
how	O
the	O
game	O
differs	O
from	O
Populous	B-Application
,	O
Hare	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
concept	O
of	O
human	O
evolution	O
is	O
n't	O
unique	O
to	O
Populous	B-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
earth	O
thought	O
of	O
it	O
first	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Joseph	O
,	O
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
'	O
s	O
composer	O
and	O
sound	O
designer	O
,	O
hired	O
radio	O
voice	O
actors	O
to	O
perform	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sampled	O
speech	O
;	O
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
has	O
over	O
50	O
speech	O
samples	O
,	O
and	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
size	O
,	O
the	O
sounds	O
are	O
on	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
of	O
their	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
bug	B-Error_Name
that	O
caused	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
freeze	B-General_Concept
when	O
sounds	O
were	O
loaded	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
fixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega-Lo-Mania	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
real	O
time	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
to	O
also	O
incorporate	O
a	O
technology	O
tree	O
and	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
on	O
its	O
original	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
was	O
impressed	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
another	O
game	O
to	O
add	O
to	O
that	O
list	O
of	O
all-time	O
greats.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	O
placed	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
#34	O
in	O
their	O
Top	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
cited	O
many	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
and	O
flaws	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
even	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
fixed	O
"	O
not	O
enough	O
attention	O
has	O
been	O
paid	O
to	O
gameplay	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1994	O
survey	O
of	O
strategic	O
space	O
games	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
and	O
later	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
two-plus	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
Populous	B-Application
"	O
clone	O
...	O
offers	O
a	O
short	O
diversion	O
into	O
strategic	O
whimsy	O
before	O
degenerating	O
into	O
an	O
also-ran	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Gamesradar	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
46th	O
on	O
its	O
"	O
Best	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis/Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
games	O
of	O
all	O
time.	O
"	O
</s>
