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''Empire I'' was a [[Turn Based Strategy]] game for up to eight players. Each player was the head of a planet's government, responsible for [[Command and Conquer Economy|economic development]], building spaceships for either trade or war, and if they want to, conquering the other planets. ''Empire I'' was erased to make room for ''Empire II'', but Silas Warner revived ''Empire I'' on the PLATO network as ''Conquest''.
''Empire II'' removed all the strategy and was purely tactical. It was a [[Top Down View]] realtime 2D [[Shoot
In late '73 and early '74, Daleske rewrote ''Empire II'' into ''Empire III''. Space expanded to a 256x256 grid of sectors. [[Ray Gun|Phasers]] were added to the arsenal. Flip screen scrolling was replaced by ship-centered scrolling, with a variable zoom level. An [[Action Bar]] for typing in commands and messaging other players was added, along with a [[Status Line]] showing your location, heading, bearing, [[Life Meter|damage]], and [[Power Source|energy]].
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* [[Power Source]]: Fuel for the engines.
* [[Ray Gun]]: Phasers (''III'' only)
* [[Shoot
* [[Shout Out]]: The spaceship designs were based on ''[[Star Trek]]'''s Federation, Klingon, Vulcan, and Romulan warships.
* [[Some Dexterity Required]]: All commands are given through the keyboard. In the heat of a dogfight, flying fingers would give you an edge.
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