Empire
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The first computer game I got addicted to was back in 1989 when I was doing on site field service for laser printers. Big drug company. Big VAX system. And a DEC Rainbow on my desk mostly just to be a smart VT220 terminal. But I found out this thing was DOS compatible. And somewhere on the network I came across a program called Empire. Simple war game. DOS 2 compatible. And I played and played and played. It was not the VMS version. I don't think. I don't actually know. Or remember. I just know I spent every extra hour I wasn't fixing things playing empire. I was a big fan of this type of game. The old star trek type grid combat. I even bought Interstel's Star Fleet II for my Atari computer and gladly paid $39.99 for it. So when I saw another interstel game called Empire I had to buy it. I remembered the wargame of the century part. I don't remember how much I paid for it. But all I have left is the manual and the disk.
Not bad for 1987?. Wait. Second printing 1988. This game was trying to pass itself off as a space game :) Wait, I just found the reference card. Here, have a couple scans.
It hasn't been until 2000 something that I gave this game another thought. Wargame of the century. I would have to say yes. Simple. Still needs some complex strategy. But better still. You can download it for free and give it a try. Click the image to go to the classic homepage.
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