Development
BattleSphere was originally called Star Battle, named after a mainframe game written by one of its creators back when he was in high school. PlayNet, the forerunner of AOL, almost bought Star Battle for its online services in 1986.
Despite the unusual length of time involved the development budget for BattleSphere was rumored to be less than $10,000. The game's release was not without controversy with some customers complaining that insufficient copies were available for some of the game's earliest and earnest fans.
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