Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Formation [ ] In 1977, Susan Lee-Merrow invited Jon Freeman to join a game hosted by Jim Connelley and Jeff Johnson. Connelley later purchased a computer to help with the bookkeeping involved in being a, and came up with the idea of writing a computer game for the machine before the end of the year so he could write it off on his taxes. Freeman had written on gaming for several publications, and joined Connelley in the design of a new space-themed wargame. Serial Key Kane And Lynch 2 Dog Days more. Download Championship Manager 2014 Full Version on this page. Starting work around August 1978, Freeman wrote the basic rules, mission sets, background stories and the manual, while Connelley coded up the system in. The BASIC era [ ] The two formed Automated Simulations around Thanksgiving 1978 to market the game, and released it in December as. Examining contemporary magazines ( Byte and Creative Computing) suggests this is the first commercial space-themed wargame for a personal computer.

As the game was written in BASIC, it was easy to port to other of the era, starting with the and then the, the latter featuring rudimentary graphics. They followed this game with 1979's, which included a computer opponent so as not to require two human players. The company's next release, 1979's, was a major success, selling over 20,000 copies in an era of few computers. As the game was not a 'simulation' of anything, the company introduced the Epyx for these more action-oriented titles.