Kaiser (video game)

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Kaiser
Kaiser 1984 Commodore 64 Cover Art.jpg
Developer Ariolasoft
Publisher Ariolasoft
Platforms Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 Amstrad CPC
ReleaseJanuary 1984
Genre Strategy
Modes Single-player, multiplayer

Kaiser is a West German strategy video game developed and published by Ariolasoft. In 2003 Kaiser II author Carsten Strotmann released the source code under the GNU General Public Licence. [1]

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Gameplay

Kaiser is a turn-based strategy game where the player take the role of an 18th-century German regent and manages the assets and finances of an estate, with the ultimate goal of becoming the Kaiser of Germany. [2] The game may be played in single-player, or multiplayer with up to nine players. [2] A player's health determines the player's age (neither health or age are displayed in-game), and may change depending on the length of a players' turn; players may die of old age, ending the game. [2]

Reception

Your Computer gave the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 versions of Kaiser an overall score of 3 out of 5, calling it "a fun game" and compared the game's resource management to that of M.U.L.E. . [3] Zzap!64 described the game's map interface as "clear and useful", but criticized its "crude" scrolling and "unambitious" visuals. [2] Zzap!64described the game as "diplomacy in miniature", noting that "there is a great deal of strategy involved" but that it may be frustrating due to dying from old age, describing it as a "random factor" that abruptly stopped their progress. [2] Amstrad Action gave the CPC version an overall score of 37%, calling it "old-fashioned", with one reviewer saying it reminded them too much of ZX81 games, and another that it wasn't fun "if you've played any game written in the last five years". [4] Amstrad Action also criticized Kaiser's graphics and "unclear" font, as well as its translation from German to English, noting translation errors and misspellings. [4]


References

  1. ↑ "Kaiser 2 - a building strategy game for the Atari XL/XE". kaiser2.strotmann.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kaiser". Zzap!64 . No. 11. Newsfield. March 1986. pp. 92, 93. ISSN   0954-867X.
  3. 1 2 "Kaiser". Your Computer . Vol. 6, no. 6. June 1986. pp. 43, 46. ISSN   0263-0885.
  4. 1 2 3 Connor, Peter; Wade, Bob; Wilton, Andrew (May 1986). "Kaiser". Amstrad Action . No. 8. Future Publishing. pp. 62, 63. ISSN   0954-8068.
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