Regent v. 2.0 was developed in Austria by Martin Martin and his family business, Martin Economic Simulations (MES). The game was in development for four to five years. During this time, Martin Martin worked and was associated with Linel’s Markus Grimmer and visited him and the Linel developers in Appenzell from early 1988 on. The game is a business simulation which is set in medieval Germany. After a long and bloody war, the people are exhausted and starving. A period of political intrigue, assassinations, and bloody civil wars begins. The call for a worthy ruler grows ever louder.

Martin Martin had developed the Regent game practically single-handedly. According to Markus Grimmer, he was sponsored by his uncle. In the end, he was able to get his game into the market via LINEL. Regent (1992) came on several disks and had an extensive booklet. There must have been a luxury version for sale for 169 DM. According to commentators on Kultboy, the game remains uncracked. This may explain why it was not widely spread in the community.

Four players start at the very bottom as contenders for the imperial throne. Each contender initially rules over only one of these fiefdoms, and without any noble title to boot. And even this limited role is no easy task: from small conquering forays into neighboring territories to trading in 48 types of goods to tax, education, and health policies—everything must be reorganized month after month. Amiga Joker 7/92, p. 96, says, “anyone who feels reminded of “Fugger” or “Hanse” isn’t entirely off the mark, but should know that they’re essentially comparing a VW bus to a full-sized semi-truck. Regent goes into inimitable detail, for example, when deciding what the criminal code should look like.” And further: ”So, in terms of complexity and scope, Regent is indeed one of the undisputed leaders among the “penny-pinchers” in the digital-to-analog world; unfortunately, the same cannot be said to the same extent for its presentation and ease of use.” And finally: ”The combination of mouse and keyboard controls isn't ideal in every situation, and the same goes for the manual, which is sometimes a bit unclear. The sound, on the other hand, is a highlight, with a nice theme song and lively voice acting—you just have to put up with the occasional muddy sound effects.”

In 1995, there was another release of the game as Regent Deluxe (with seven disks), again by Linel. The two different releases Regent v2.0 on Amiga and Regent Deluxe on DOS, were similar versions of the same game, but the versions for different platforms were three years apart, and Regent Deluxe came as a remake with much better graphics and was completely done in German.