<s>
The	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
of	I-Application
Hannibal	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1997	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Erudite	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
board	O
wargame	B-Application
SPQR	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
of	I-Application
Alexander	I-Application
and	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
of	I-Application
Hannibal	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
by	O
developer	O
Erudite	O
Software	O
and	O
publisher	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
in	O
early	O
1997	O
,	O
alongside	O
its	O
sequel	O
Caesar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Erudite	O
had	O
signed	O
with	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
in	O
mid-1996	O
to	O
publish	O
Hannibals	O
predecessor	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
of	I-Application
Alexander	I-Application
,	O
after	O
that	O
game	O
's	O
long	O
and	O
troubled	O
development	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
publisher	O
declared	O
its	O
intent	O
to	O
publish	O
all	O
three	O
games	O
as	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
series	I-Application
in	O
January	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
assigned	O
S	O
.	O
Craig	O
Taylor	O
to	O
be	O
their	O
producer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Alexander	B-Application
derived	O
from	O
GMT	O
's	O
board	O
wargame	B-Application
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
Erudite	O
built	O
Hannibal	O
on	O
SPQR	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
physical	O
Great	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
titles	O
were	O
known	O
as	O
commercial	O
successes	O
in	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
falling	O
sales	O
for	O
the	O
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hannibal	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
simulate	O
Roman	O
infantry	O
tactics	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Ancient	O
Macedonian	O
battle	O
tactics	O
that	O
had	O
appeared	O
in	O
Alexander	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Erudite	O
increased	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
graphical	O
detail	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
requests	O
from	O
players	O
of	O
Alexander	B-Application
,	O
added	O
an	O
undo	B-Application
command	I-Application
for	O
certain	O
moves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
sought	O
to	O
improve	O
Hannibals	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
compared	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
praised	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
wonderfully	O
refreshing	O
play	O
aesthetic	O
that	O
few	O
recent	O
wargames	B-Application
have	O
approached	O
,	O
let	O
alone	O
matched.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
,	O
William	O
R	O
.	O
Trotter	O
likewise	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
compared	O
it	O
positively	O
to	O
Alexander	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Describing	O
Hannibals	O
place	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
he	O
summarized	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
is	O
perhaps	O
unwise	O
to	O
suggest	O
that	O
any	O
wargame	B-Application
is	O
'	O
the	O
last	O
word	O
 '	O
on	O
a	O
given	O
subject	O
 [ ... ] 	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
hard	O
to	O
imagine	O
how	O
these	O
three	O
games	O
could	O
be	O
outclassed	O
in	O
the	O
foreseeable	O
future.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
of	I-Application
Hannibal	I-Application
won	O
the	O
1997	O
Charles	O
Roberts	O
Award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Pre-Twentieth	O
Century	O
Computer	B-Application
Wargame	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
