>>12099891
The AI wasn't exceptional even for the time. Sargon was much better. OTOH, Battle Chess was kind of for kids and the slightly worse AI wasn't a big deal.
The DOS version of 1830 was a pretty obscure game from Simtex (the makers of MoO 1). But if you liked that kind of thing it was a lot of fun. The AI was decent and you could finish a game that would take at least 4 hours in the real world in maybe 40 minutes on the PC.
>>12099813
Same here, except the NES version. It's what introduced me to the auction rule, and taught me to make good use of mortgages to secure more property early.