<s>
The	B-Device
Ancient	I-Device
Art	I-Device
of	I-Device
War	I-Device
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Dave	O
and	O
Barry	O
Murry	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Evryware	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
recognized	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
or	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
win	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
battles	O
using	O
four	O
types	O
of	O
troops	O
:	O
Knights	O
,	O
Archers	O
,	O
Barbarians	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Spies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Knights	O
beat	O
barbarians	B-Application
in	O
melee	O
;	O
barbarians	B-Application
have	O
the	O
advantage	O
over	O
archers	O
;	O
and	O
archers	O
have	O
the	O
advantage	O
over	O
knights	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
effective	O
at	O
defending	O
against	O
attempts	O
to	O
storm	O
a	O
fort	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
select	O
from	O
among	O
several	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
opponents	O
represented	O
by	O
various	O
historical	O
figures	O
such	O
as	O
Geronimo	O
and	O
Sun	O
Tzu	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
settings	O
affected	O
both	O
AI	B-Application
behavior	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
certain	O
properties	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
speed	O
at	O
which	O
enemy	O
units	O
moved	O
through	O
difficult	O
terrain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
squad	O
moves	O
at	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
its	O
slowest	O
unit	O
(	O
Barbarians	B-Application
are	O
faster	O
than	O
Archers	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
faster	O
than	O
Knights	O
)	O
,	O
so	O
a	O
squad	O
of	O
all	O
Barbarians	B-Application
would	O
move	O
faster	O
than	O
a	O
mixed	O
squad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
a	O
squad	O
's	O
Archers	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
rear	O
while	O
the	O
Barbarians	B-Application
form	O
a	O
line	O
in	O
the	O
front	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunger	B-Application
,	O
distance	O
,	O
terrain	O
,	O
and	O
morale	O
all	O
affect	O
the	O
squads	O
 '	O
effectiveness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunger	B-Application
was	O
modeled	O
through	O
an	O
abstract	O
'	O
supply	O
 '	O
value	O
per	O
squad	O
;	O
villages	O
and/or	O
forts	O
would	O
slowly	O
replenish	O
the	O
supplies	O
of	O
nearby	O
friendly	O
squads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Ancient	I-Device
Art	I-Device
of	I-Device
War	I-Device
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Dave	O
and	O
Barry	O
Murry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
in	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Application
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
of	O
BYTE	O
named	O
The	B-Device
Ancient	I-Device
Art	I-Device
of	I-Device
War	I-Device
his	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
for	O
February	O
1986	O
,	O
reporting	O
that	O
his	O
sons	O
"	O
say	O
(	O
and	O
I	O
confirm	O
from	O
my	O
own	O
experience	O
)	O
is	O
about	O
the	O
best	O
strategic	O
computer	O
war	O
game	O
they	O
've	O
encountered	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Ancient	I-Device
Art	I-Device
of	I-Device
War	I-Device
is	O
generally	O
recognized	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
or	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
games	O
,	O
a	O
genre	O
which	O
became	O
hugely	O
popular	O
a	O
decade	O
later	O
with	O
Dune	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
Warcraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Ancient	I-Device
Art	I-Device
of	I-Device
War	I-Device
is	O
cited	O
as	O
a	O
classic	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
uses	O
a	O
rock-paper-scissors	O
design	O
with	O
its	O
three	O
combat	O
units	O
,	O
archer	O
,	O
knight	O
,	O
and	O
barbarian	B-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
balance	O
gameplay	O
strategies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
ranked	O
The	B-Device
Ancient	I-Device
Art	I-Device
of	I-Device
War	I-Device
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
spawned	O
two	O
sequels	O
,	O
the	O
naval-themed	O
The	B-Application
Ancient	I-Application
Art	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
at	I-Application
Sea	I-Application
(	O
1987	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
World	O
War	O
I	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Ancient	I-Application
Art	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Skies	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
version	O
called	O
The	B-Device
Ancient	I-Device
Art	I-Device
of	I-Device
War	I-Device
2	O
is	O
now	O
available	O
for	O
PCs	O
and	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
