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4X games are a genre of strategy video game in which players control an empire and "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate". The term was first coined by Alan Emrich in his September 1993 preview of Master of Orion for Computer Gaming World. Since then, others have adopted the term to describe...
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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (sometimes abbreviated to SMAC or Alpha Centauri) is a 4X turn-based strategic computer game created by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier under the auspices of Firaxis Games in 1998. It is based on a fictional attempt by human...
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- 1999
Galactic Civilizations
Galactic Civilizations is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by Stardock and released in March 2003. The game is a remake of the vintage OS/2 series. An expansion pack entitled Altarian Prophecy was released in July 2004. A sequel,...
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- Mar 26, 2003
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Stars!
Stars! is a complex turn-based computer game based around the management of planets and fleets of spaceships following the 4X game model (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit & eXterminate). The game has been around since 1995, and still has a strong following....
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- 1995
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Master of Magic
Master of Magic is a single-player, fantasy turn-based strategy computer game created by Simtex and published by Microprose in 1994. The player controls a wizard attempting to rule two worlds. From a small settlement, the player must grow an empire...
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Ascendancy
Ascendancy is a 4X science fiction turn-based strategy computer game for MS-DOS, released in 1995 by The Logic Factory. The game is a galactic struggle to become the dominant life force, to ascend into a higher plane of existence.
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- 1995
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Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire
Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire, published in September 1999, is an expansion pack for Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, a turn-based strategic 4X computer game. It was designed by Timothy Train and other members of Firaxis Games. Alien Crossfire features...
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- Sep 1999
Imperium Galactica
Imperium Galactica is a computer game made by Hungarian-based company Digital Reality that combines many of the features of 4X games with some of the features of real-time tactical games. The same company would later make its sequel, Imperium...
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- Mar 1997
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C-evo
C-evo is a free turn-based strategy video game written in Delphi, with the majority of design and programming done by Steffen Gerlach. The source code is in the public domain but the graphics are freeware. C-evo is based on Sid Meier's Civilization...
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- May 21, 2006
Star Wars: Rebellion
Star Wars: Rebellion (or Supremacy in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a Lucasarts real-time strategy game released in 1998 and set in the fictional Expanded Universe of Star Wars.
Although an RTS in the wider sense of the term, it belongs more to...
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- 1998
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Emperor of the Fading Suns
Emperor of the Fading Suns is a science fiction "grand-scale" space strategy computer game made by Holistic Design in 1996. The game has a well-developed diplomatic model, a wide array of units and a complex back-story. This game was based on...
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- 1996
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Master of Orion II
Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares (MOO2) is a 4X turn-based strategy game set in space, designed by Steve Barcia and Ken Burd, and developed by Simtex, who developed its predecessor Master of Orion. The PC version of the game was published by...
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- 1996
Spaceward Ho!
Spaceward Ho! is a turn-based science fiction computer strategy game that was written by Peter Commons, designed by Joe Williams (Joedelta) and published by Delta Tao Software. The first version was released in 1990, and further upgrades followed...
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- 1990
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Imperium Galactica II: Alliances
Imperium Galactica II: Alliances is a real-time game featuring aspects of RTT, RTS and empire-building computer games from the Hungarian-based studio Digital Reality. It is the sequel to Digital Reality's previous game, Imperium Galactica.
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- Imperium Galactica II: Alliances ,
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- Apr 10, 2000
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Hammer of the Gods
Hammer of the Gods is a 1994 turn-based strategy computer game developed by New World Computing for MS-DOS. The events of the game take place in viking age Europe, with a Norse fantasy setting. Hammer of the Gods is one of the games that spawned the...
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- 1994
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FreeOrion
FreeOrion is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy computer game, inspired by the Master of Orion series. It is free software under the GNU General Public License. It is a 4X game (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate), incorporates the nation...
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- Dec 2, 2006
The Tone Rebellion
The Tone Rebellion is a science fiction real-time strategy game created by The Logic Factory. It was released in 1997. It was the company's second release after Ascendancy, a space strategy game.
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- 1997
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Sins of a Solar Empire
Sins of a Solar Empire is a science fiction real-time strategy computer game developed by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock Entertainment for Microsoft Windows computers. The game was released on February 4, 2008, and its first content...
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- Aug 2007
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Space Empires IV
Space Empires IV is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by Malfador Machinations and published by Strategy First as part of the Space Empires series in which players control an alien race in an attempt at galactic conquest.
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- Nov 2000
Incunabula
Incunabula is a 1984 computer game by Avalon Hill. It was designed by Steve Estvanik. It is the original computerized version of Avalon Hill's Civilization board game. It was eclipsed by Sid Meier's much more successful Civilization, and its...
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Xconq
Xconq is an open source computer strategy game and game engine. First posted to comp.sources.games in 1987, it is notable as one of the first multi-player games to be released for the X Window System. It was for several years the only turn-based...
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- 1987
Space Empires III
Space Empires III is a turn-based 4X space strategy game published by Malfador Machinations in 1997, and is the third game in its Space Empires series.
Despite its age the developers still offer it for sale online.
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Thousand Parsec
Thousand Parsec (TP) is a free and open source project with the goal of creating a framework for turn-based space empire building games.
Thousand Parsec is often confused to be a game in its own right, whereas it is actually a framework for creating...
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Solar Vengeance
Solar Vengeance is a freeware real-time Windows customizable strategy game. Previous version with version number 4.0 and 4.1 was originally sold as a shareware, but is marketed as a freeware for the latest version 5.0 in May 2008.
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- 1995
Fragile Allegiance
Fragile Allegiance is an open-ended 4X real-time strategy (RTS) game from Gremlin Interactive, released in 1996 for MS-DOS and Windows 95. It begins on 25 May 2496 as the player begins their employment with TetraCorp (a large interstellar...
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Lost Empire
Lost Empire is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Pollux Gamelabs released in June 2007.
The game is set in the year 4620. There are seven major civilizations in space, humankind is one of them. The story is that an attack led by an...
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- Jun 14, 2007
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Starships Unlimited
Starships Unlimited is a 4X real-time strategy game series. Unlike other 4X games, Starships Unlimited puts greater emphasis on starships than on colonies.
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Elemental: War of Magic
Elemental: War of Magic is an upcoming fantasy 4X turn-based strategy game being developed and published by Stardock. It is currently set for a release in 2010. The game will feature an extensive single-player campaign..
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