Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
In Deadlock, an intense turn-based strategic simulation, seven races colonize a virgin planet, but only one will survive. Build your province’s structures. Conduct research to advance your race. Devise the…
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest is a strategy developed by Accolade, released 22 July 1996 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Deadlock: Planetary Conquest is
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest is a strategy game developed by Accolade and released in 1996. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Beneath you floats magnificent, untamed Gallius IV, a terran world newly discovered in this disputed part of the galaxy. Your colony ship is ready, equipped with all the basics you need to settle this planet. The select group of colonists orbiting with you are prepared both to build a strong colony and to defend it to the last stone. Other ships are also scanning the planet's surface, choosing the landing site for their colony. All past allegiances have been cast aside in the fever for this world.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest launched on 22 July 1996, within three weeks of Tobal No. 1, Nights Into Dreams..., Triple Play 97 and Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade.
Released around the same time: Tobal No. 1, Nights Into Dreams..., Triple Play 97, Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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