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Version: 4, January 1981
Submitted By: Walter Bright
Operating System: VAX/VMS V2 or later
Source Language: VAX-11 FORTRAN
Keywords: Games
Hardware Requirements: Program only runs on a video terminal such as VT52 or VT100.

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Abstract: EMPIRE is a strategy and tactics war game, pitting you against the computer. The game is played on a computer generated map that contains land areas, sea areas, and cities. The object of the game is to eliminate the opponent by capturing cities and destroying the enemy forces. Cities once captured have production capability, and can produce units such as armies, fighters, destroyers, submarines, or carriers for offense or defense. Of course, the computer is trying to crush your forces and take over the world, as are you.

Early in the game, exploration is most predominant, followed later by planned offensives and holding actions, till eventual victory or defeat.

Warning, typical games can take as long as ten hours, and some people find the game addictive. The program keeps the game state in a disk file, and a single game usually takes multiple terminal sessions. The .DOC file containing the instructions is correct and complete, but is terse and lacks examples. This sometimes causes confusion in the first games.

Click on DOC to display additional information about the product. Click on FTP to download from the FTP Achives.

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Last Update: Thu Jan 11 18:16:59 1996