Svea Rike

This article is about a video game. For the historical term for Sweden, see Svealand.

Svea rike
Developer(s)	Target Games
Publisher(s)	Levande böcker
Series	Svea Rike
Platform(s)	Windows, Macintosh
Release	1997
Genre(s)	TBS

Svea Rike is a 1997 turn-based strategy video game^[1] based on the history of Sweden, which became an inspiration to the later-established franchise "Crusader Kings".^{[citation needed]} The title roughly translates to "Swedish Realm". A sequel, Svea Rike II, was also made.

The hybrid PC/Mac CD-ROM game was co-developed using Macromedia Director 6.x, by Stockholm game development studios Korkeken and Target Games AB, under the label Mesmer & Block. It was published by Levande Böcker, a subsidiary of Bonnier Multimedia, in 1997.

Svea Rike was based on the award-winning board game of the same name, sharing the historical theme of simulating political and cultural events in Northern Europe in the period 1523-1818, the general game structure, and much of the media content. The notable additions for the CD-ROM version included a single-player mode against an AI, and a tactical combat system.

All wording and menus are in Swedish.

References

1. "Svea rike" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1997. Retrieved 12 February 2015.