Games set in space

Space applications

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  Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

  DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates

  Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.

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  Armada 2525

  DOS19913/5
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  Ascendancy

  DOS19954.1/5 The Logic Factory

  Ascendancy is a science fiction themed turn-based strategy game developed by The Logic Factory and released in 1995 for DOS. Ascendancy is a classic 4X game (eXpand, eXplore, eXploit, eXterminate), similar to Master of Orion, yet with a few differences such as a technology tree.

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  Ascii Sector

  WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware4/5
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  Astro Dodge

  DOS19823.6/5 Digital Marketing Corporation
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  Babylon 5: I've Found Her

  Windows XP/98/952003freeware3.7/5 Space Dream Factory
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  Battlestar

  Windows 3.x1996freeware3.6/5
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  Blasteroids

  DOS19893.8/5 Atari
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  Captain Blood

  DOSMac19883.8/5 ERE Informatique

  Exxos released Captain Blood for PC, Amiga and Atari ST in 1988. Captain Blood is a peculiar science fiction game developed by french ERE Informatique which defies genres: it's part adventure, part space exploration, part simulation.

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  CHAMP Asteroids

  DOS1997remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
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  Command Adventures: Starship

  DOS19953.5/5 Future Vision
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  Cosmic Crusader

  DOS19823.8/5 Funatics Software
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  Deep space: Operation Copernicus

  DOS19863.9/5 Lerner Research
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  Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War

  Windows XP/98/951998protected4/5 Volition
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  Devastator

  DOS19843.4/5 COMPUTE! Publications
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  Eagle's Rider

  DOS19914.1/5 Microids
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  Earthrise

  DOS19903.4/5 Interstel Corporation
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  EGA Trek

  DOS1988remake2.7/5
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  EGA-Roids

  DOS1986freewareremake3.7/5 Designer Software
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  Elite

  DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
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  Elite Plus

  DOS1991freeware4/5 Realtime Games
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  Epic

  DOS1992protected3.9/5 Digital Image Design
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  Eye of the Storm

  DOS19932.4/5 Rebellion Developments
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  Frederik Pohl's Gateway

  DOS19924.1/5 Legend Entertainment

  Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel Gateway. Tt was designed by Michael Verdu and Glen R. Dahlgren and published by Legend Entertainment in 1992.

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  Frontier: Elite 2

  DOS19934.1/5 Frontier Developments

  Frontier: Elite II is a classic space simulation and trading game released in 1993, developed by David Braben and his company Frontier Developments. Frontier is the sequel to the pioneering 1984 game Elite and is often considered a landmark title in the space simulation genre.

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  Frontier: First Encounters

  DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
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  Galaxian

  DOS19833.9/5 Namco
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  Galaxy

  DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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  Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams

  DOS19883.8/5 Tom Snyder Productions
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  Gateway 2: Homeworld

  DOS1993protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment