<s>
Stellar	B-Application
Crusade	I-Application
is	O
a	O
4X	B-Application
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
by	O
October	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
ported	O
by	O
January	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hosea	O
Battles	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
manual	O
as	O
being	O
useless	O
in	O
explaining	O
the	O
highly	O
complex	O
gameplay	O
but	O
said	O
that	O
Stellar	B-Application
Crusade	I-Application
can	O
be	O
"	O
very	O
satisfying	O
"	O
if	O
one	O
puts	O
forth	O
the	O
substantial	O
effort	O
needed	O
to	O
understand	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Woodhouse	O
reviewed	O
Stellar	B-Application
Crusade	I-Application
for	O
Games	O
International	O
magazine	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
4	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
almost	O
could	O
n't	O
fail	O
with	O
me	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
early-2000s	O
retrospective	O
,	O
Bruce	O
Geryk	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
failed	O
experiment	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
complexity	O
but	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
4X	B-Application
game	I-Application
to	O
focus	O
so	O
strongly	O
on	O
economics	O
and	O
resource	O
exploitation	O
.	O
</s>
