Empire (2018) · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
Game data
- Released
- 2017-11-23
- User rating
- 0.00 / 5
- Genres
- Strategy, Indie, Board Games, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, iOS
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Game details · IGDB
Empire is a 4X wargame created in 1972 by Peter Langston, taking its name from a Reed College board game of the same name. It was initially created by Langston in BASIC on an HP2000 minicomputer at Evergreen State College. When the host computer was retired, the source code to the game was lost. Subsequently, two other authors each independently wrote a new version of the game, both named Empire. In the decades since, numerous other versions of Empire have been developed for a wide variety of platforms. The game is turn-based, with players giving orders at their convenience, and in some ve…
- Released
- 1972
- Genres
- Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Platforms
- HP 2100
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- BASIC
- Developer
- Peter Langston
- Publisher
- Peter Langston
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- publication date
- 1972-00-00
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