<s>
The	B-Application
Global	I-Application
Dilemma	I-Application
:	I-Application
Guns	I-Application
or	I-Application
Butter	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1990	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Chris	O
Crawford	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mindscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
then	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
used	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
basic	O
concepts	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
his	O
next	O
game	O
,	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crawford	O
had	O
an	O
enormous	O
hit	O
with	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
in	O
1985	O
,	O
selling	O
hundreds	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
copies	O
and	O
making	O
about	O
$10	O
million	O
for	O
its	O
publisher	O
,	O
Mindscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Power	O
he	O
had	O
cut	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
ideas	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
game	O
simple	O
and	O
allow	O
it	O
to	O
fit	O
within	O
the	O
128kB	O
memory	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
followed	O
this	O
up	O
in	O
1987	O
with	O
Trust	B-Operating_System
&	I-Operating_System
Betrayal	I-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
The	I-Operating_System
Legacy	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Siboot	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
Crawford	O
's	O
favorite	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
publisher	O
,	O
Mindscape	O
,	O
asked	O
him	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
sequel	O
of	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
as	O
his	O
next	O
effort	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
as	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
:	O
The	O
1990	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
time	O
around	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
Crawford	O
,	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
and	O
Dan	O
Bunten	O
all	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
new	O
empire	B-Application
building	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
release	O
Civilization	B-Application
in	O
late	O
1991	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
huge	O
success	O
and	O
produced	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bunten	O
was	O
primarily	O
interested	O
in	O
putting	O
social	O
aspects	O
into	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
following	O
in	O
the	O
footsteps	O
of	O
the	O
lauded	O
M.U.L.E.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Bunten	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
release	O
Global	B-Application
Conquest	I-Application
in	O
1992	O
,	O
a	O
four-player	O
game	O
with	O
cooperative	O
elements	O
that	O
received	O
highly	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
name	O
implies	O
,	O
his	O
design	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
economic	O
aspects	O
of	O
production	O
,	O
and	O
how	O
they	O
affected	O
the	O
running	O
of	O
an	O
empire	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
generated	O
more	O
complex	O
and	O
convincingly	O
real	O
landforms	O
than	O
contemporary	O
systems	O
like	O
Empire	B-Application
,	O
which	O
drew	O
blob-like	O
shapes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
goes	O
on	O
to	O
note	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
bad	O
decisions	O
in	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
that	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
both	O
harder	O
to	O
play	O
and	O
less	O
fun	O
,	O
and	O
describes	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
as	O
being	O
apparently	O
easy	O
to	O
address	O
;	O
"	O
Color	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
trade	O
between	O
nations	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
monetary	O
system	O
were	O
all	O
cut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
and	O
his	O
earlier	O
offering	O
,	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
Power	I-Application
,	O
are	O
unparalleled	O
works	O
of	O
sheer	O
genius.	O
"	O
</s>
