Master of Orion - ADG Episode 349

"He who controls the spice... err... Orion, controls the universe!" ;)

Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini's taking a look back at Master of Orion, one of the most prominent 4x turn-based strategy games of the DOS gaming era, developed by SimTex and Published through MicroProse in 1993.

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Additional Information and Corrections:

There's perhaps a few too many links to provide for this game, but since the prices are better on Steam this time around, here they all are for Steam specifically, with the Collector's Edition of the remake being available from all three store pages:

Master of Orion 1 + 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/41...
Master of Orion 3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/41...
Master of Orion (2016): https://store.steampowered.com/app/29...

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Chapters:
00:00 Title and Intro
03:08 Game Stats
07:16 Gameplay - Basics
13:56 Gameplay - Ship Design
16:25 Gameplay - Research and Races
19:29 Gameplay - War and Combat
21:17 Gameplay - Miscellaneous
22:53 Overall
24:08 DOSBox Configuration
26:04 Credits