<s>
MegaTraveller	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Ancients	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1991	B-Application
space	O
science	O
fiction	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
Game	O
Designers	O
 '	O
Workshop	O
licensee	O
Paragon	O
Software	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
and	O
Empire	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
MegaTraveller	B-Application
1	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Zhodani	I-Application
Conspiracy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
characters	O
retire	O
or	O
"	O
muster	O
out	O
"	O
from	O
their	O
career	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
pool	O
of	O
available	O
members	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
party	O
of	O
adventurers	O
is	O
selected	O
by	O
the	O
player.Scorpia	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
p	O
.	O
42.Lennon	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
p	O
.	O
4-17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
may	O
override	O
the	O
automated	O
selections	O
made	O
by	O
this	O
"	O
PAL	O
system	O
"	O
and	O
choose	O
another	O
member	O
instead	O
to	O
perform	O
the	O
assigned	O
task.Lennon	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
p	O
.	O
37.Scorpia	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
p	O
.	O
44	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travel	O
to	O
other	O
planets	O
is	O
accomplished	O
by	O
either	O
purchasing	O
a	O
ticket	O
aboard	O
an	O
interstellar	O
passenger	O
liner	O
or	O
by	O
boarding	O
a	O
private	O
spaceship	O
(	O
if	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
party	O
happens	O
to	O
own	O
one	O
)	O
.Lennon	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
p	O
.	O
29-30	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
classes	O
of	O
spaceship	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
party	O
to	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
derelict	O
,	O
but	O
repairable	O
,	O
vessel	O
constructed	O
by	O
the	O
Ancients.Scorpia	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
p	O
.	O
44	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
all	O
cities	O
feature	O
the	O
same	O
basic	O
layout	O
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
accessible	O
buildings	O
varies	O
from	O
one	O
city	O
to	O
another.Scorpia	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
p	O
.	O
44	O
,	O
46	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
some	O
planets	O
,	O
the	O
party	O
has	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
explore	O
a	O
ruin	O
built	O
by	O
the	O
Ancients	O
for	O
items	O
that	O
may	O
mitigate	O
the	O
crisis	O
on	O
Rhylanor.Scorpia	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
p	O
.	O
48	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Paragon	O
developed	O
a	O
game	O
around	O
this	O
scenario	O
,	O
Miller	O
continued	O
to	O
offer	O
his	O
co-operation	O
and	O
provided	O
Paragon	O
's	O
staff	O
with	O
numerous	O
design	O
guidelines	O
which	O
were	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
finished	O
product.Lennon	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
p	O
.	O
iv-v	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Scorpia	O
in	O
1992Scorpia	O
1992	O
,	O
p	O
.	O
42-48	O
.	O
commended	O
MegaTraveller	O
2s	O
intuitive	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
the	O
nonlinear	O
plot	O
structure	O
,	O
and	O
general	O
improvements	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
over	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
MegaTraveller	O
2	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
magazines	O
focused	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewer	O
Khalid	O
Howlader	O
lamented	O
the	O
poor	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
its	O
long	O
disk	B-Device
access	O
times	O
in	O
a	O
review	O
published	O
in	O
The	O
One	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
in	O
a	O
review	O
published	O
in	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
,	O
reviewer	O
Stevie	O
Kennedy	O
praised	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
this	O
lengthy	O
and	O
"	O
addictive	O
"	O
role-playing	O
game	O
will	O
keep	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
"	O
going	O
for	O
months	O
"	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
85%	O
.Kennedy	O
1992	O
,	O
p.18-19	O
.	O
</s>
