Some research material for the game:

• FAQ for sci.astro
• Ask the Astronomer
• The Constellations and their Stars
• 3-D Starmaps
• Accrete Home Page
• Alien Planet Designer
• Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics

Here is the "competition". Give these games a whirl, find out what is lacking in these games and report them here! We want to be better than all of them - and free! Unfortunately most of these games require you to fork out some money to play or register them. If you know of any game that would be appropriate on this list, please let us know!

• Ascendancy (MS-DOS)
• Birth of the Federation (Windows)
• Constellation - This game is free! (Windows)
• Emperor Of The Fading Suns (Windows)
• FreeOrion (Windows/Linux)
• Galactica (Macintosh)
• Galactic Civilizations II (OS/2)
• Galactic Civilizations (Windows)
• Galaxy - This game is free! (PBeM)
• GalaxyNG - This game is free! (PBeM)
• Malkari (Windows)
• Master of Orion (MS-DOS/Macintosh)
• Master of Orion II (Windows/MS-DOS/Macintosh)
• Master of Orion III (Windows/Macintosh)
• Pax Imperia (Macintosh)
• Pax Imperia II (Windows)
• Pollux 2.0 (MS-DOS)
• Probe 42 (MS-DOS)
• Reach For The Stars II (Windows)
• Space Empires III (Windows)
• Space Empires IV (Windows)
• Spaceward Ho! (Macintosh/Windows)
• Starbound II (Macintosh)
• Starfleet Command (Windows)
• Star Nations (Windows)
• Stars! (Windows)
• Stars! Supernova Genesis (Windows)
• UltraCorps (Browser based)
• VGA Planets (MS-DOS, Windows)

Updated: 03 Mar 2003