<s>
Utopia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1982	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
by	O
Don	O
Daglow	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
and	O
Mattel	B-Device
Aquarius	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
regarded	O
as	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
city	B-Application
building	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
and	O
credited	O
as	O
"	O
arguably	O
the	O
earliest	O
ancestor	O
of	O
the	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
genre.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Room	I-Device
service	O
for	O
its	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
console	O
and	O
for	O
Games	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
Live	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utopia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
two-player	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
two	O
players	O
each	O
control	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
two	O
islands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
lacks	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
opponent	O
,	O
although	O
a	O
single	O
player	O
can	O
play	O
to	O
achieve	O
a	O
high	O
score	O
and	O
ignore	O
the	O
other	O
island	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
player	O
rules	O
their	O
own	O
island	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
controller	O
disc	O
to	O
move	O
a	O
rectangular	O
cursor	B-Application
around	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Income	O
is	O
generated	O
when	O
randomly	O
generated	O
rain	O
clouds	O
,	O
(	O
and	O
sometimes	O
hurricanes	B-Application
)	O
pass	O
over	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
farms	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
fishing	O
boat	O
is	O
positioned	O
over	O
a	O
school	O
of	O
fish	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
round	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
factory	O
output	O
and	O
fishing	O
boats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
algorithms	O
generate	O
and	O
determine	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
rain	O
clouds	O
,	O
tropical	O
storms	O
,	O
hurricanes	B-Application
,	O
schools	O
of	O
fish	O
,	O
and	O
pirate	O
ships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
included	O
Utopia	B-Application
in	O
its	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
commenting	O
:	O
"	O
Considering	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
home	O
video-game	O
technology	O
in	O
1981	O
,	O
Utopia	B-Application
is	O
an	O
astonishingly	O
detailed	O
simulation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
featured	O
Utopia	B-Application
in	O
its	O
series	O
Unsung	O
Heroes	O
:	O
Ground	O
Breaking	O
Games	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
surprisingly	O
complex	O
game	O
(	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
'	O
Civilization	B-Application
0.5	O
'	O
)	O
 [ that ] 	O
laid	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
PC	O
sim	O
classics	O
such	O
as	O
Civilization	B-Application
and	O
SimCity.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Utopia	B-Application
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Smithsonian	O
Institution	O
's	O
"	O
The	O
Art	O
of	O
Video	O
Games	O
"	O
exhibition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ars	O
Technica	O
cites	O
Utopia	B-Application
as	O
being	O
the	O
"	O
birth	O
of	O
a	O
genre	O
"	O
,	O
that	O
"	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
strategy	B-Application
games	I-Application
were	O
turn	O
based	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
idea	O
of	O
adding	O
a	O
real-time	O
element	O
to	O
force	O
players	O
into	O
instant	O
,	O
impulsive	O
decisions	O
was	O
virtually	O
unheard	O
of.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Matt	O
Barton	O
and	O
Bill	O
Loguidice	O
say	O
it	O
"	O
helped	O
set	O
the	O
template	O
for	O
the	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
genre	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
"	O
more	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
SimCity	B-Application
than	O
it	O
does	O
with	O
Dune	O
II	O
and	O
later	O
RTS	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Brett	O
Weiss	O
argues	O
that	O
"[m]ost	O
experts	O
consider	O
Utopia	B-Application
"	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
the	O
first	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
announced	O
for	O
release	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Application
Amico	I-Application
.	O
</s>
