This game, published by Mindcraft, another affiliated label of Electronic Arts, was released in late 1992. Star Legions was based on the incomplete part of the planetary assault module of Star Fleet II. This allowed for more detail control of ground troops landing on the planet.
The player has 2 different kind of troops: shock-troops and regular troops. The player's task is to first put their shock-troopers down on the planet and destroy its shields. Then they can land their regular troopers and invade the planet. The player could also bombard the planet first and then try to invade it.
It was notable for being an early Command & Conquer-like point and click game with speech.
Troops gain names and experience; after a successful fight, they receive a legion name, such as "Silver Snakes", and improve by recovering faster their suffered losses, because of the remaining veteran fighters.
Finally, the player gets different worlds to invade from primitive to very good developed planets who are more difficult to subdue.
The game was designed and written by Trevor Sorensen, Mark Baldwin, and Brett Keeton with artwork by Richard Launius.
The game (as "Space Legions") was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #193 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars.
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