<s>
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
earliest	O
known	O
commercially	O
published	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
4X	B-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Roger	O
Keating	O
and	O
Ian	O
Trout	O
of	O
SSG	O
of	O
Australia	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1983	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
and	O
DOS	B-Device
were	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
was	O
very	O
strongly	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
Stellar	O
Conquest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
's	O
AI	B-Application
also	O
offered	O
a	O
challenging	O
opponent	O
in	O
single-player	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
uncommon	O
for	O
a	O
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
game	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
twelve	O
hours	O
to	O
complete	O
in	O
single-player	O
mode	O
and	O
24	O
hours	O
with	O
multiple	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
bug	O
causes	O
human	O
players	O
that	O
do	O
nothing	O
to	O
become	O
wealthy	O
while	O
computer	B-Application
opponents	I-Application
fight	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designers	O
added	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
causes	O
the	O
computer	B-Application
opponents	I-Application
to	O
attack	O
the	O
human	O
at	O
20,000	O
credits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReceptionComputer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1983	O
found	O
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
quite	O
user-friendly	O
and	O
enjoyable	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
single	O
flaw	O
of	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
notification	O
of	O
natural	O
disasters	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
not	O
fit	O
onto	O
the	O
disk	O
space	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
AI	B-Application
and	O
customization	O
of	O
each	O
game	O
were	O
particular	O
highlights	O
of	O
the	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
concluded	O
that	O
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
was	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
better	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
this	O
year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
inCider	O
in	O
1986	O
gave	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
three	O
stars	O
(	O
"	O
Above	O
average	O
"	O
)	O
out	O
of	O
four	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
exciting	O
"	O
,	O
"[i]t's	O
unromantic	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
matter	O
of	O
juggling	O
numbers	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
's	O
the	O
truth	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
of	O
BYTE	O
wrote	O
in	O
1989	O
that	O
the	O
Mac	O
version	O
of	O
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
was	O
"	O
certainly	O
the	O
best	O
implemented	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
Stellar	O
Conquest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norman	O
Banduch	O
reviewed	O
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
in	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banduch	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
Reach	B-Application
For	I-Application
The	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
most	O
addictive	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bob	O
Ewald	O
reviewed	O
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
in	O
Space	O
Gamer/Fantasy	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
declared	O
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
the	O
51st-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
re-written	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2000	O
by	O
developer	O
Strategic	O
Studies	O
Group	O
and	O
publisher	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
