This game's author, all of whose games deal in some fashion with space exploration, felt a certain systemic turn-based pause for reflection to be to the detriment of the wide array of starship captain simulators out there in the early '80s. To help convey the stress and prompt the snap decisions needed in an emergency situation, Starship: Invasion was devised …

Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is an ASCII space strategy game in where you play (obviously) as the supreme leader of a galactic empire struggling for global dominance. It contains the common elements of 4X strategy, including planet management and development, exploration, tech research and war. The game contains several scenarios (although you can design your own with a text editor) that …