History and Development
Strategic Conquest was first developed in 1984 and 1985 on an Apple Lisa. for the Apple Macintosh. The first published version appears to have been in 1984, attributed (incorrectly) to John L. Jamison. Strategic Conquest was in fact developed by Peter Merrill.
Strategic Conquest had already been released for the Macintosh in 1986 by PBI Software. The Macintosh version was written by Peter Merrill. The game was later acquired by Delta Tao Software, who continued developing the game. The latest version, 4.0.1, was released on February 2, 1998.
The Apple II version of the game was released in 1986 and the sequel, Strategic Conquest II for the Apple II, was published in 1987.
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