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.
The game runs under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME or Windows XP. There is no need for a CD-ROM or DVD drive as the game is sold online as shareware. However, upon registration, a CD is offered as well as a registration code.
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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.
The game runs under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME or Windows XP. There is no need for a CD-ROM or DVD drive as the game is sold online as shareware. However, upon registration, a CD is offered as well as a registration code.
The only multi-player modes are PBEM (play by email) and hotseat.
Space Empires III provides an unusually wide range of ways to win, and one game can use any combination of:
In addition the player may specify that victory conditions other than total conquest should only apply after a specified number of "years".
The galaxy consists of a number of "systems". Most systems contain one star, but a few are empty and a few contain only space storms, which hide the presence of any enemy ships.
Each system has from 1 to about 4 "warp points", which...
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