[TUHS] Re: Searching for game history

[Matt Day <fjarlq@gmail.com>]

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Looks like one of many games that were influenced by Empire, originally
written by John Daleske in early 1973 at Iowa State for the PLATO system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(1973_video_game)

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM Brian "Beej" Hall <beej@beej.us> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 04:25:52PM +1000, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 06:12:55PM -0700, Brian "Beej" Hall wrote:
> > > _Conquest_ is an old game that apparently came to life in Bell Labs,
> > > but no one seems to know anything more about it, including who the
> > > author is.
> >
> > An implementation of the Stellar Conquest board game?
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_Conquest
>
> Oooo, that seems like a good lead--very, very similar. The games are
> contemporary, too.
>
> I'd classify it as "highly probably". :)
>
> Now I gotta find a copy of that game. I found a scan of the instructions
> and there are photos of the game board itself out there.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Still dying to know who wrote the computer version. I can't help but
> wonder if it really came out of Bell Labs or maybe that's just a
> mistake.
>
> Cheers,
> -Beej
>
> --
> Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall
> beej@beej.us  https://beej.us/
>

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