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to its Hall of Fame for games readers rated highly over time, with a final score of 9.71 out of 12; in 1990 readers voted for the game as their "All-Time
Favorite"; a 1991 magazine survey of strategy and war games gave it four and a half stars out of five; and a 1993 survey in the magazine gave the
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rated the Amiga and ST versions 618 and 606 out of 1000, respectively, citing the non-sophisticated graphics and sound. The magazine stated that "the gameplay's good and it's fun to play" but quickly repetitive, concluding that "you'll soon find that one war's much like another". Noting that games
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franchise, in which
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is the most entertaining 'world conquest' game" he had played, and called it "extremely addictive". The magazine also rated the
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Krellan plot to reduce productivity", and the manual notes "Interstel assumes no responsibility for lost productivity on the part of the players". The mainframe
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