| Empire I: World Builders | |
|---|---|
 Box cover | |
| Developer(s) | Interactive Fantasies |
| Publisher(s) | Edu-Ware Services [1] |
| Designer(s) | David Mullich |
| Series | Empire |
| Platform(s) | Apple II |
| Release | 1981 |
Empire I: World Builders is a 1981 video game published by Edu-Ware Services Inc. It is the first game in the Empire trilogy, followed by Empire II: Interstellar Sharks (1982) and Empire III: Armageddon (1983). [2]
Gameplay
Set during the initial colonization period of a galactic Imperial civilization, the player chooses one of three classes ( miner, missionary, or homesteader) and departs from the New York city spaceport to practice their chosen trade on the newly colonized planets. [3]
Reception
Rudy Kraft reviewed Empire I: World Builders in The Space Gamer No. 51. [4] Kraft commented that "I cannot recommend buying the game. The general system is interesting, and another game with fewer flaws would be a top-notch product, but World Builders is not." [4]
References
- ^ Bowker, R.R. (November 1983). Bowker/Bantam 1984 Complete Sourcebook of Personal Computing. Bantam Electronic Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-8352-1765-1.
- ^ Tringham, Neal Roger (10 September 2014). Science Fiction Video Games. CRC Press. pp. 153–154. ISBN 978-1-4822-0389-9.
- ^ Sipe, Russel, ed. (January–February 1983). "Empire I – World Builders". Taking a peek. Computer Gaming World. Vol. 3, no. 1. Anaheim, California: Golden Empire Publications. p. 6. ISSN 0744-6667 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Kraft, Rudy (May 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (51). Steve Jackson Games: 35–36.