Empire Classic
Empire Classic is a 4X wargame developed by Ben Norton in 1984 and basey on Peter Langston's 1971-game Empire. This version of Empire was written in Pascal on an HP3000 and released to the HP3000 Contributed…
31 December 1984
Empire Classic is a turn-based strategy (tbs), released 31 December 1984 on HP 3000.
What Empire Classic is
Empire Classic was released in 1984. It is available on HP 3000 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Empire Classic is a 4X wargame developed by Ben Norton in 1984 and basey on Peter Langston's 1971-game Empire. This version of Empire was written in Pascal on an HP3000 and released to the HP3000 Contributed Library.
How it plays
Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Empire Classic launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.
Quick answers
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When did Empire Classic come out?
Empire Classic was released on 31 December 1984 for HP 3000.
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