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"MOO" -- Informal abbreviation

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Jerry Pournelle

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Star Lords

Star Lords was a sort-of prototype game for Master of Orion. It was released as freeware in 2001. Spaceward Ho! Master of Orion borrows several game elements from Spaceward Ho!. Awards Computer Gaming World June 1994 (Issue #119) – Strategy Game of the Year April 1996 (Issue #141) – Introduced into the Hall of Fame November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) - #33 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list

Game Bytes 1993 - Strategy Game of the Year

GameStar (Germany) Issue 12/1999 - #64 in the "100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties" ranking

Gaming World 1993 - Premier Award Computing

PC Gamer April 2000 - #37 in the "Readers All-Time Top 50" poll October 2001 - #31 in the "Top 60 Games of All Time" list (They go on to credit the game for the creation of the '4X' genre of strategy gaming ('explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate').) April 2005 - #44 in the "50 Best Games of All Time" list

Pelit Magazine 1994 - Best PC Game

Strategy Plus 1993 - Strategy Game of the Year

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Related Web Sites Master of Orion on the Mac (An article on Low End Mac about the Macintosh version of the game. The writer describes his experiences originally running the game on his PCs when it was released and his attempts to enjoy the game on his Macs. The article effectively takes the form of a retrospective appreciation of the game, with an underlying point regarding the backwards compatibility of Apple's hardware (Jul. 1st, 2008).) Contributed to by Terok Nor (29295) and Tomer Gabel (4643)

overlaps with Civilization insofar as you are the leader of one of several races. Technological advance, realm expansion and combat are all key elements. Where it differs is in being set in space.The planet Orion itself is a lush, fertile planet with vast mineral resources. It is guarded by the Guardian - a powerful vessel which you have to defeat in order to plunder Orion's riches.As you attempt to expand your empire, you will have to trade and steal technologies form rivals, again much like. Your ships can be improved over the game, in terms of engine power, shields, cloaking devices and weapons, and different combinations of these can be integrated. Resource management is largely set using sliders, which reduces the amount of time spent on micro-management.Famous Sci-Fi novelist and long time technology columnist Jerry Pournelle frequently mention his appreciation fori his Chaos Manor columns. He's often stated its one of his all time favorite games.When playing against the Meklars, one of the names for the leader (picked randomly from a pool in the NAMES.LBX file) is TX-1138. Likely a reference to George Lucas's movie, which he himself has referred to in little in-jokes throughout themovies.