Battles of Destiny
{{Short description|1992 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Battles of Destiny
|image = Battles of Destiny computer game box.jpg
|developer = Holistic Design
|publisher = Quantum Quality Productions
|designer = Ken Lightner
|programmer = Ken Lightner
|artist = Ty Pike
|composer = Rob Lefebvre
|released = 1992
|genre = Turn-based strategy
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = MS-DOS
}}
Battles of Destiny is a 1992 strategy video game developed by Holistic Design (as "Several Holistic Dudes") and published by Quantum Quality Productions.
Gameplay
Battles of Destiny is turn-based, and takes place on maps that represent the earth or fictional worlds. Cities on these maps allow players to produce units; production requires time rather than money, as more sophisticated units take longer to manufacture. Twenty different unit types are available in the game, including land, sea and air units.{{cite journal | author=Walker, Brian | title=Battles of Destiny; Worlds in chaos | date=January 1993 | issue=26 | journal=Computer Games Strategy Plus | page=22 }}
Development
In its January 1993 issue, Computer Gaming World reported that Quantum Quality Productions (QQP) had "recently" purchased Battles of Destiny from an unnamed developer in Atlanta, Georgia. The game was accepted through QQP's "unsolicited submissions" program, which had previously resulted in Solitaire's Journey by designer Andrew Visscher.{{cite magazine | author=Staff | title=Little Things Mean A Lot At QQP | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=January 1993 | issue=102 | pages=84, 85 }} Battles of Destiny was developed by Holistic Design, then under the name Several Holistic Dudes. It was the team's first computer game.{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030615184907/http://holistic-design.com/CompGame/Battles.html | url=http://holistic-design.com/CompGame/Battles.html | title=Battles of Destiny | publisher=Holistic Design | archivedate=June 15, 2003 | url-status=dead }} The game was announced at the 1992 Consumer Electronics Show, alongside Conquered Kingdoms.{{cite magazine | author=Staff | title=The Consumer Electronics Show: No Longer Behind Closed Doors | magazine=Computer Gaming World | issue=97 | date=August 1992 | pages=22–28 }} It was released in 1992.
Reception
The game received a score of 4/5 from Lee Buchanan of Game Players PC Entertainment.{{cite journal | author=Buchanan, Lee | title=Reviews; Battles of Destiny | volume=6 | number=2 | date=March–April 1993 | journal=Game Players PC Entertainment | pages=64, 66 }} In Computer Gaming World, William R. Trotter offered Battles of Destiny a positive review, calling it "seductively easy-to-learn and quite addictive to play."{{cite magazine | author=Trotter, William R. | author-link=William R. Trotter | title=Review; Building Upon an Empire: QQP's Battles of Destiny | date=March 1993 | magazine=Computer Gaming World | issue=104 | pages=120, 122 }} The Chicago Tribune{{'}}s Dennis Lynch praised the game.{{cite web | author=Lynch, Dennis | date=November 27, 1992 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-11-27-9204180492-story.html | title=The Post-Pong Era | work=Chicago Tribune | accessdate=September 29, 2020 }}
Brian Walker of Computer Games Strategy Plus called Battles of Destiny "a fine game, and one that warrants repeated play as well as offering a serious cerebral challenge."
=Legacy=
Holistic Design later released Battles of Destiny as freeware.{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106042630/http://www.holistic-design.com/freedownloads.htm | url=http://www.holistic-design.com/freedownloads.htm | title=Free Downloads | publisher=Holistic Design | archivedate=January 6, 2006 | url-status=dead }} Noting that it could be emulated with DOSBox, writer Jerry Pournelle wrote in 2011 that Battles of Destiny "holds up pretty well if you like that sort of thing".{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929050450/https://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/long-knives-economy-managing-and-a-feline-factors-space-experiment/ | url=https://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/long-knives-economy-managing-and-a-feline-factors-space-experiment/ | title=Long knives, economy managing, and a feline factors space experiment | author=Pournelle, Jerry | author-link=Jerry Pournelle | date=December 14, 2011 | work=Chaos Manor | archivedate=September 29, 2020 | url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20030615184907/http://holistic-design.com/CompGame/Battles.html Official page] (archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060106042630/http://www.holistic-design.com/freedownloads.htm Official download page] (archived)
- {{MobyGames|/battles-of-destiny}}
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Category:DOS-only freeware games
Category:Holistic Design games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Quantum Quality Productions games
Category:Science fiction video games