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1993 · Impressions Games · Simulation · Strategy

Global Domination

Global Domination is a strategy game about the world conquest developed by Impression Games.

Released
1993
Platforms
AmigaAtari ST/STEMS-DOS
Genres
SimulationStrategyTurn-based strategy
Developers
Impressions Games
Publishers
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Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Themes
Warfare
Country
United Kingdom

About

Global Domination is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Impressions Games and released in 1993 for Amiga and MS-DOS. The game is based on the board game Risk with additional features: more territories, unit types which can be controlled in a mini-game, unit obsolescence, valuing regions higher or lower than others (for income), and the ability to fund intelligence operations.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Like Risk, Global Domination is a turn-based game. Each game starts with the players being allocated a few random territories across the globe. The player would then be allocated a certain number of points to invest in purchasing units, researching technology or spending in intelligence operations. Players could then use their units to claim neutral or "brown" territories or to invade other player territories.

Players would often have to be careful not to spread their forces too thin, lest they risk their territories revolting (or turning into "purple territories"). The game has four scenarios, set in 1914 (the year World War I broke out), 1939 (when World War II broke out in Europe), and 1995, as well as a fictional scenario set on a post-apocalyptic Earth in the year 2500, after an asteroid impact on the Pacific Ocean occurs in 2030.

Reception

Chuck Moss wrote in Computer Gaming World in February 1994 that Global Domination "is at once both a failure and a surprising success". He criticized the "clunky" tactical combat as "simply not up to current standards", but said that the strategic gameplay was "A simple, workmanlike, intermediate-level, conquer-the-world game that's surprisingly enjoyable and addictive ... a great solitaire game" with high replay value. Moss gave Global Domination "an unexpected thumbs up".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
MS-DOS31 December 1992Europe · North America 31 December 1992
Amiga31 December 1992Europe
Atari ST/STE31 December 1992Europe

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