Ares also features support for Scott Kevill's Mac-only online gaming service, GameRanger. One of Ares' most unique features is its use of a dynamic scaling engine. Players can zoom in close as they pit their own ships against alien aggressors, then zoom out to manipulate fleet formations or to see what the enemy is doing. Ares also incorporates three tutorial levels to help bring new players up to speed with command and control, resource management and other important elements in the game. Like most of Ambrosia Software's titles, Ares is being distributed as shareware.
Users are welcome to download the game and try it out prior to registering.
This is Ares' second lease on life. Changeling, Inc. originally published the game in 1998. Despite interest from the Mac gaming community following the release of an online demo, the game never saw any widespread distribution or retail sales. Since then, Lamont has updated Ares with some graphical improvements and a better tutorial mode. For more information on Ares specifically, you can visit the official Ares Web site .