<s>
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
strategy	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
which	O
a	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
region	O
's	O
government	O
and	O
attempts	O
to	O
conquer	O
a	O
fictional	O
world	O
of	O
fragmented	O
states	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
earlier	O
nation-state	O
simulations	O
such	O
as	O
Sumer	B-Application
,	O
though	O
the	O
concept	O
is	O
taken	O
further	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
military	O
battles	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
George	O
Geczy	O
and	O
produced	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
JMG	O
Software	O
International	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
microcomputer	O
system	O
in	O
October	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
and	O
expanded	O
version	O
,	O
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
Plus	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
games	O
were	O
the	O
inspiration	O
for	O
George	O
Geczy	O
and	O
David	O
Thompson	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
modern	O
version	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
began	O
in	O
January	O
2000	O
with	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
BattleGoat	O
Studios	O
and	O
culminated	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
2010	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
sequels	O
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
2020	I-Application
in	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
Cold	I-Application
War	I-Application
in	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
1936	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
in	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
Supreme	B-Application
Ruler	I-Application
The	I-Application
Great	I-Application
War	I-Application
in	O
August	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
