Overlord is a 1993 space strategy game for the NES, originally released in Europe as Supremacy: Your Will Be Done. Designed by David Perry and Nick Bruty, the game tasks you with managing a planetary empire. You must balance resource mining, taxation, and population growth before building up a military fleet to conquer neighboring star systems and defeat a hostile alien AI.
How to Play
You control a cursor to navigate menus and make decisions for your planets. The objective is to colonize worlds by purchasing atmospheric terraforming, shipping colonists, and managing resources like food, minerals, and fuel. Once your economy can sustain it, construct spaceships and troops to invade enemy territory.
Controls: Use the Arrow Keys for the D-pad cursor, Z / X for the A / B buttons to select and cancel actions, and Enter / Shift for Start / Select to pause and access menus.
Tips
- Focus heavily on establishing strong mining operations early on. Stockpiling fuel and minerals is critical for funding and moving your military fleets later.
- Keep your taxation rate low when a planet is newly colonized so the population can grow rapidly. Once it reaches capacity, increase taxes to fund further expansion.
- The simulation runs in real-time. Make use of the game’s speed settings and pause frequently when managing multiple worlds to avoid being overwhelmed.
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