Empire

Moby ID: 161446
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Empire is a 1-player strategy game for the TRS-80.

You have been appointed ruler of a small unimportant piece of European land during the medieval ages. Your country is beset by many problems: no industry, little trade, small army, underpopulation, angry neighbors, plague, and other day-to-day problems a capable leader must learn to face. You'll have a limited number of turns to build your empire into a great size. Five other city-states are also struggling to become emperor, and are directly competing with you. There are a limited number of turns per game based upon the short medieval life expectancy.

Each turn, the player is given a weather report which affects crop yields. The player has a chance to purchase or sell grain, as well as allot grain to the army and peasants. This affects birth/death rates, and army efficiency. Each turn, the player also gets to set customs duty, sales tax, and income tax, and can purchase market places, grain mills, foundries, shipyards, soldiers, or work on constructing their palace. These can be used to gain future resources.

Each turn the player can attack attacking barbarian and opponent forces to gain their land and seize their resources, and the player must maintain a standing army by feeding them and paying resources.

As your country increases in size, you will be rewarded with lofty titles including Knight, Prince, King, and finally Emperor.

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Average score: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 1 ratings)

Awesome program and game, for its time

The Good
Was fantastic entry into Basic computer programming for the TRS-80, and also provides a entry in to programming basics.

The Bad
None, game was great for it's time with character based interaction only

The Bottom Line
Great illustration of the power of programming, opened endless doors and possibilities!!!

TRS-80 · by James · 2024

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Game added by hoeksmas.

Game added April 18, 2021. Last modified April 16, 2024.