<s>
Strategic	B-Application
Conquest	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
wargame	O
Empire	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Peter	O
Merrill	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
and	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
by	O
PBI	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Delta	B-Application
Tao	I-Application
Software	I-Application
took	O
over	O
distribution	O
for	O
later	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Empire	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
objective	O
in	O
Strategic	B-Application
Conquest	I-Application
is	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
enemy	O
and	O
conquer	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
differed	O
from	O
Empire	B-Application
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
details	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
its	O
system	O
for	O
creating	O
the	O
game	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
against	O
the	O
computer	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
two	O
human	O
players	O
taking	O
turns	O
on	O
one	O
machine	O
or	O
two	O
machines	O
connected	O
over	O
an	O
AppleTalk	B-Application
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
1998	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
Macintosh	B-Application
System	I-Application
Software	I-Application
from	O
6	B-Protocol
to	O
9	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
playable	O
under	O
the	O
Classic	O
environment	O
included	O
with	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
up	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
v10.4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strategic	B-Application
Conquest	I-Application
was	O
first	O
developed	O
in	O
1984	O
and	O
1985	O
by	O
Peter	O
Merrill	O
on	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
Lisa	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strategic	B-Application
Conquest	I-Application
Plus	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
documents	O
this	O
is	O
generally	O
referred	O
to	O
Strategic	B-Application
Conquest	I-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
of	O
1.0	O
shipped	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Plus	O
version	O
the	O
next	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
acquired	O
by	O
Delta	B-Application
Tao	I-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
who	O
continued	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.0	O
added	O
16-color	O
graphics	O
and	O
optional	O
MacinTalk	B-Operating_System
prompts	O
,	O
while	O
4.0	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
upgrade	O
with	O
new	O
units	O
(	O
the	O
helicopter	O
and	O
artillery	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
map-building	O
system	O
based	O
on	O
fractals	B-Application
and	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
select	O
maps	O
with	O
more	O
or	O
less	O
land	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
games	O
available	O
:	O
one-player	O
games	O
against	O
the	O
computer	O
,	O
two-player	O
games	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
or	O
two-player	O
games	O
over	O
AppleTalk	B-Application
with	O
one	O
machine	O
as	O
the	O
master	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
the	O
slave	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
William	O
H	O
.	O
Harrington	O
reviewed	O
the	O
1986	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Strategic	B-Application
Conquest	I-Application
Plus	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
those	O
rare	O
games	O
that	O
the	O
author	O
seems	O
committed	O
to	O
improving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
scored	O
the	O
1996	O
4.0	O
update	O
four	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
Like	O
all	O
Delta	B-Application
Tao	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
all	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
are	O
executed	O
impeccably	O
-	O
by	O
gamers	O
,	O
for	O
gamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inside	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
Games	I-Application
nominated	O
Strategic	B-Application
Conquest	I-Application
as	O
its	O
pick	O
for	O
1996	O
's	O
best	O
strategy	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
ultimately	O
gave	O
the	O
award	O
to	O
Command	O
&	O
Conquer	O
and	O
Warcraft	O
II	O
(	O
tie	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
