<s>
The	B-Application
Seven	I-Application
Cities	I-Application
of	I-Application
Gold	I-Application
is	O
a	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Danielle	O
Bunten	O
Berry	O
(	O
credited	O
as	O
Dan	O
Bunten	O
)	O
and	O
Ozark	O
Softscape	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
late	O
15th-century	O
explorer	O
for	O
the	O
Spanish	O
Empire	O
,	O
setting	O
sail	O
to	O
the	O
New	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
in	O
order	O
to	O
explore	O
the	O
map	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
natives	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
win	O
gold	O
and	O
please	O
the	O
Spanish	O
court	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
derives	O
from	O
the	O
"	B-Application
seven	I-Application
cities	I-Application
"	I-Application
of	O
Quivira	O
and	O
Cíbola	O
that	O
were	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
located	O
somewhere	O
in	O
the	O
Southwest	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
leaving	O
port	O
the	O
display	O
switches	O
to	O
this	O
map	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
guides	O
the	O
ship	O
to	O
the	O
New	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
arriving	O
in	O
the	O
new	B-Protocol
world	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
explore	O
the	O
coastline	O
,	O
set	O
up	O
missionaries	O
and	O
forts	O
,	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
native	O
peoples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
Seven	B-Application
Cities	I-Application
of	I-Application
Gold	I-Application
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
historical	O
accounts	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
assumed	O
that	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
return	O
with	O
riches	O
from	O
the	O
New	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
,	O
there	O
really	O
are	O
no	O
goals	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
New	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
concepts	O
that	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
design	O
;	O
the	O
land	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
detailed	O
and	O
diverse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
world	O
creating	O
engine	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
truly	O
new	O
New	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
,	O
saving	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
supplied	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bunten	O
considered	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Seven	B-Application
Cities	I-Application
of	I-Application
Gold	I-Application
the	O
only	O
"	O
full	O
"	O
version	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
others	O
were	O
ports	O
of	O
which	O
Bunten	O
said	O
"	O
we	O
did	O
the	O
best	O
we	O
could	O
with	O
what	O
we	O
had	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
were	O
released	O
soon	O
after	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Application
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1985	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
compatibles	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
s	O
James	O
V	O
.	O
Trunzo	O
called	O
Seven	O
Cities	O
"	O
a	O
riveting	O
new	O
adventure	O
game	O
...	O
a	O
graphically	O
enhanced	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
challenges	O
and	O
educates	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
entertain	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
generate	O
new	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seven	B-Application
Cities	I-Application
of	I-Application
Gold	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
over	O
100,000	O
copies	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
it	O
won	O
the	O
"	O
Strategy	B-Application
Game	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
in	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World'''s	O
1985	O
reader	O
poll	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
ranked	O
Seven	B-Application
Cities	I-Application
of	I-Application
Gold	I-Application
as	O
the	O
61st	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
Ozark	O
Softscape	O
's	O
fantastic	O
game	O
of	O
New	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
exploration	O
offended	O
some	O
with	O
its	O
accurate	O
treatment	O
of	O
autochthonous	O
tribes.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
Seven	B-Application
Cities	I-Application
of	I-Application
Gold	I-Application
is	O
still	O
the	O
fresh	O
,	O
simple	O
,	O
playable	O
game	O
that	O
broke	O
ground	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
computer	O
gaming	O
"	O
.Seven	O
Cities	O
of	O
Gold	O
,	O
Commemorative	O
Edition	O
won	O
the	O
1993	O
Origins	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Military	O
or	O
Strategy	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
