Upgrading a world's planetary environment, for example, means that its population would grow, improving production this was a mixed blessing, however, as if the population grew higher than the maximum allowed for that planet the costs to feed said population skyrocketed. Starting players have limited funds, and have to decide where to invest the funds (technology upgrades, ships,or environmental upgrades). *Warships - incapable of carrying colonists, but can fight *Transports - incapable of fighting, but can carry colonists *Scouts - very inexpensive, incapable of fighting or carrying colonists. In Versions 1 to 3 the player starts off with one planet that has Level 1 technology and a middle level environment. However, the new version was a commercial failure, as the new graphical interface detracted from the down-to-earth gameplay that made "Reach for the Stars" a gaming classic. The game was re-written for the Windows platform in 2000. It is not uncommon for a "Reach for the Stars" game to take over twelve hours to complete in single-player mode and 24 hours with multiple players. The software's AI also offered a challenging opponent in single-player games. Graphics were minimal, yet the tactical and strategic elements provided countless rich combinations for colony development and interstellar warfare.
Many of "RFTS"'s features have direct correspondence in "Stellar Conquest". "Reach for the Stars" was very strongly influenced by the board game Stellar Conquest. The game has a science fiction theme, in which players command a home star in the galaxy, and then expand to form an interstellar empire by colonizing far off worlds, building powerful starship, and researching new technologies. It was also ported to the Amiga, though which version was ported is not known. The game was eventually ported to pre-Mac OS X versions of the Macintosh operating system, such as System 6. Version 3 added a DOS port as well, though the DOS port did not share all of the features that the other platforms had. "Reach for the Stars" is one of the earliest of the 4X games (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate), written by SSG of Australia in early 1980s for the Apple II and Commodore 64 platforms which used the MOS Technology 6502 series microprocessors. Platforms = MS-DOS, Windows, Apple II, Mac OS, Commodore 64, Amiga
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