''Andromeda Conquest'' is a 1982
strategy video game
Strategy is a major video game genre that emphasizes thinking and planning over direct instant action in order to achieve victory. Although many types of video games can contain strategic elements, as a genre, strategy games are most commonly defi ...
released for the
Apple II,
Atari 8-bit family,
Commodore PET
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,
DOS
DOS is shorthand for the MS-DOS and IBM PC DOS family of operating systems.
DOS may also refer to:
Computing
* Data over signalling (DoS), multiplexing data onto a signalling channel
* Denial-of-service attack (DoS), an attack on a communicat ...
, and
TRS-80
The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack stores. The name is an abbreviation of '' ...
.
[ It had an influence on the 4X game genre.History of Space Empire Games - The Early Years 1980-1992]
Reception
Brian J. Murphy of ''
Creative Computing'' praised ''Andromeda Conquest'' for its playability and multi-player mode but criticized the solitaire game, describing it as "dull".
''
Computer Gaming World''s Floyd Mathews praised the game as "relatively simple, but exciting".
However, in 1992, in its retrospective survey of science fiction games, the magazine gave the title two of five stars.
References
1982 video games
Apple II games
Atari 8-bit family games
Avalon Hill video games
Commodore PET games
North America-exclusive video games
Strategy video games
TRS-80 games
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