In Conquest Earth, the player can choose to play as Jovians, aliens from Jupiter, or humans.[3] Humans and Jovians have different menu layouts and tactics which they can employ for offensive and defensive actions.[4] Also, the Jovians must deal with the atmosphere of the Earth, which obstructs their view, by using special troops; the humans also face a problem in the sulphur shrouds of Jupiter.[5] The player can take direct control over any unit, or delegate control to commanders.[6] There is a system called "way-points", which allows the players to bind together multiple locations and thus directly give the units a path which they will follow.[7] The Jovians have several tactical maneuvers, including transforming into vehicles and other objects.[8] All enemies will adapt to the moves made in the game, while actively testing the defense or ambushing the troops.[9]
The game uses DirectDraw to enhance the game's terrain and unit visuals, and Real-time stereo distancing for the sounds.[9][10] It implements its own view system for battles. A picture-in-picture option allows to view 3 locations at the same time. The player can choose from two modes of play, normal real-time strategy, or a more complicated variant.
Plotedit
Conquest Earth tells the story of a futuristic war between humans and Jovians, the gaseous inhabitants of Jupiter.[10]
The game was released to negative reception. GameSpot named Conquest Earth as the worst game of 1997.[11]
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^"Conquest Earth: Eidos successfully invades the strategy genre". Game Players. No. 95. Imagine Publishing. March 1997. p. 42.
conquest, earth, real, time, strategy, video, game, published, 1997, eidos, interactive, which, aliens, from, jupiter, invade, earth, developer, data, design, interactivepublisher, eidos, interactivereleasena, september, 1997, september, 1997, genre, real, tim. Conquest Earth is a real time strategy video game published in 1997 by Eidos Interactive in which aliens from Jupiter invade Earth Conquest EarthDeveloper s Data Design InteractivePublisher s Eidos InteractiveReleaseNA September 18 1997 2 UK September 26 1997 1 Genre s Real time strategyMode s Single player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Soundtrack 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksGameplay editIn Conquest Earth the player can choose to play as Jovians aliens from Jupiter or humans 3 Humans and Jovians have different menu layouts and tactics which they can employ for offensive and defensive actions 4 Also the Jovians must deal with the atmosphere of the Earth which obstructs their view by using special troops the humans also face a problem in the sulphur shrouds of Jupiter 5 The player can take direct control over any unit or delegate control to commanders 6 There is a system called way points which allows the players to bind together multiple locations and thus directly give the units a path which they will follow 7 The Jovians have several tactical maneuvers including transforming into vehicles and other objects 8 All enemies will adapt to the moves made in the game while actively testing the defense or ambushing the troops 9 The game uses DirectDraw to enhance the game s terrain and unit visuals and Real time stereo distancing for the sounds 9 10 It implements its own view system for battles A picture in picture option allows to view 3 locations at the same time The player can choose from two modes of play normal real time strategy or a more complicated variant Plot editConquest Earth tells the story of a futuristic war between humans and Jovians the gaseous inhabitants of Jupiter 10 Soundtrack editEat Static produced the soundtrack for the game The game media also contains the music in Red Book audio format allowing it to be played back in any standalone CD player Reception editThe game was released to negative reception GameSpot named Conquest Earth as the worst game of 1997 11 References edit Dixons Deal 97 Latest PC Software Releases The Daily Telegraph September 26 1997 p 5 Retrieved December 11 2023 Now Out Conquest Earth 29 99 New Jebens Harley September 18 1997 Conquest Earth Ships GameSpot Archived from the original on December 1 1998 Retrieved August 6 2022 Clarkson Mark November 21 1997 Conquest Earth Computer Gaming World Archived from the original on August 16 2000 Retrieved June 10 2019 Staub Daniel Conquest Earth by Eidos Gamezilla Archived from the original on February 8 2002 Retrieved June 10 2019 The Personal Computer Museum Brantford Ontario CANADA Recycle donate and browse your old computers electronics video games and software Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2015 11 05 Conquest Earth PC Powerplay No 18 Future Australia November 1 1997 p 50 Conquest Earth Eidos successfully invades the strategy genre Game Players No 95 Imagine Publishing March 1997 p 42 Kasavin Greg May 1 2000 Conquest Earth Review GameSpot Retrieved June 10 2019 a b Jupiter Attacks PC Zone No 47 Future plc February 1997 p 18 a b NG Alphas Conquest Earth Next Generation No 24 Imagine Media December 1996 p 197 GameSpot staff 1998 GameSpot s Best amp Worst Awards for 1997 Worst Game of the Year GameSpot Ziff Davis Archived from the original on February 13 1998 Retrieved November 14 2021 External links editConquest Earth at MobyGames nbsp This strategy video game related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Conquest Earth amp oldid 1190223322, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
