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Type: desktop-application
ID: empire.desktop
Package: empire
Name:
C: VMS Empire
Summary:
C: war game of the century
de: Kriegsspiel des Jahrhunderts
Description:
C: |-
<p>Empire is a console game simulation of a full-scale war between two emperors, the computer and you.
Naturally, there is only room for one, so the object of the game is to destroy the other. The world on
which the game takes place is a square rectangle containing cities, land and water. Cities are used to
build armies, planes, and ships which can move across the world destroying enemy pieces, exploring, and
capturing more cities. The classic game from the 1980s uses text mode graphical output, drawing your
units, cities and the world in color. Commands are issued using the keyboard.</p>
en: |-
<p>Empire is a console game simulation of a full-scale war between two emperors, the computer and you.
Naturally, there is only room for one, so the object of the game is to destroy the other. The world on
which the game takes place is a square rectangle containing cities, land and water. Cities are used to
build armies, planes, and ships which can move across the world destroying enemy pieces, exploring, and
capturing more cities. The classic game from the 1980s uses text mode graphical output, drawing your
units, cities and the world in color. Commands are issued using the keyboard.</p>
Categories:
- Game
- StrategyGame
Keywords:
C:
- strategy
- text
- ncurses
- terminal
- console
- game
- war
- armies
Icon:
cached:
- name: empire_vms-empire.png
width: 48
height: 48
- name: empire_vms-empire.png
width: 64
height: 64
stock: vms-empire
Launchable:
desktop-id:
- empire.desktop
