Empire I: World Builders
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The gateway to the New York Rocket Field is your first step of a space voyage in which you may choose one of three career paths to follow, here at the dawn of the interstellar Empire. Homesteaders must find a hospitable planet on which to farm, raise a family and conquer the environment. Miners must find a high-density planet in a search for material wealth. Missionaries seek out populated planets to preach to the masses. Each path into the space frontier has its dangers, and a misstep may have bloody consequences.
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5 People
| Designed and coded the entire set of programs, developed the Interactive Fantasies high-resolution graphics system, and authored this Player's Manual. | |
| Served as Project Manager throughout the design and development of World Builders. | |
| Developed the history of the Empire and authored "The Birth of a Free Empire." | |
| Seved as primary playtester and contributed a number of valuable suggestions. | |
| Conducted addtional testing. |
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After Game Designers Workshop successfully sued Edu Ware Services for copyright infringement of their Traveler pen-and-paper role-playing-game, EduWare ceased production of their Space series and replaced it with a new science fiction RPG, of which this game was the first of the Empire Trilogy.
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- Electronic Games Magazine
- 1983 - Best Science Fiction - Fantasy Computer Game
- Softalk Magazine
- 1982 - #8 Most Popular Fantasy Title (Readers' Poll)
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Game added by David Mullich.
Additional contributors: Patrick Bregger, hoeksmas.
Game added February 8, 2005. Last modified April 6, 2024.