Coming close on the heals of adventure games and Star Trek, Hamurabi and its variants has a long and distinguished history; this game represents a new variation on the familiar theme. You play either against the computer or another player, the idea is to colonise the solar system with satellites and exploit its economic resources, and thus build more satellites and so on. You are also visited by aliens who can trade you items which you don't produce, there is no direct trading between the players. Regretably, when two players attempt to exploit the same planet, the satellites must duel to the death. There are three varieties of weapon for use at different ranges, and three types of defence. The game's overall tone is light hearted, with jolly bug eyed monsters and defeated satellites falling to bits like an MoT failure in the fast lane. Victory is all about getting the bits you need to make really nasty satellites. YR   
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