Trivia
In another X-Com coincidence... both Master of Orion games as well as the first X-Com game have an alien race named "Silicoid", however the look of the creatures is very different between the two game series.
Contributed by
WildKard (11891) on Jan 17, 2004.
The Antaran Star Fortress (when you travel to their homeworld via Dimensional Portal) is commanded by a Ship Captain. His (her?) name is Xyphys, the Antaran Warrior, and has the following abilities:
Fighter Pilot*
Helmsman*
Ordnance*
Security*
Weaponry*
as noted in the moohero.lbx archive.
Another coincidence with XCOM? Perhaps the similarity between "Elerium" (the alien energy source from XCOM) and the "Elerians" (the matriarcal psychic race of Moo2) is intentional?
Surely anyone noticed, but... Loknar’s ship was christened as “Avenger”, exactly the same as the ship you need in XCOM to travel to Cydonia. Even the graphics are similar! Take a look at them and compare! Coincidence?
The folks at SimTex were calling this game "Master of Antares" when it was in early development. Later the name was changed to "Master of Orion 2" so the game would be more easily recognized by consumers as the sequel to the award-winning original.
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on Mar 17, 2002.
Winner of Origin Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game - 1996.
The whole tactical ship combat system has many similarities with the system used in "Renegade Legion: Intercepter". This not is not only restricted to technical aspects. If one examines the ship graphics in "Renegade Legion: Interceptor" more closely, there should be a moment of deja vu...
Contributed by
NGC 5194 (17448) on Dec 27, 2000.
The patch to version 1.31 includes major enhancements for tactical ship combat (besides other minor changes). One could say it's whole new game.
Contributed by
NGC 5194 (17448) on Sep 01, 2000.
The original Master of Orion won four "best game" awards: the 1993 Strategy Plus "strategy game of the year", the 1993 Game Bytes "strategy game of the year", the 1993 Gaming World "premier award computing" and the 1994 Pelit Magazine "best PC game".
The sequal was awarded a 90% score in PC Gamer and a 92% score in PC Zone.
