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Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares



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Master of Orion II is a 4X turn-based strategy game set in space. MoO gives the player the chance to design custom races and to control food, production, economic management and research. The player can wage war against other races or use spies and diplomacy to achieve victory.
Awards and accolades:
status: protected game protected
system: DOS
released: 1996
publisher: Microprose
developer: SimTex
designers: Stephen Barcia, Ken Burd
genre: strategy : 4x
view: varied
keywords: science fiction, procedural generation, turn based
series: Master of Orion
multiplayer: LAN or Internet, hotseat, same screen (split or single) (1-8 players)
input: key keyboard, mouse mouse
distribution: cd cd-rom
graphics: SuperVGA, Vesa
sound: Sound Blaster

DOWNLOADS

manualmanualenglish
otherpatch 1.31english
walkthrough / solutionwalkthrough / solutionenglish

LINKS

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FACTS AND TRIVIA

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There has been one sequel, Master of Orion 3. Comments by reviewers and players have mostly been unfavorable. Despite the sequels' more sophisticated graphics, sound and gameplay, some players prefer the original Master of Orion.

The game is still played online, and one group of fans has developed a patch, which fixes some bugs and adds more game set-up options, and a few mods which adjust the game balance.