Remnants of the Precursors

About

Master of Orion is a 1993 turn-based 4X strategy game by Simtex, published by MicroProse, where players lead a spacefaring empire through exploration, diplomacy, and war against rival species. Remnants of the Precursors is a modernization — not a strict reproduction — of Master of Orion, letting players lead one of ten unique races toward galactic domination with deliberately streamlined micromanagement compared to the 1993 original. It's actively localized into a large number of languages and free to download, with optional pay-what-you-want support for ongoing development.

How it differs from the original

Where 1oom-fork (also in this catalog) targets accurate reproduction of the original 1993 DOS release, Remnants of the Precursors goes the other direction — deliberately modernizing and streamlining Master of Orion's mechanics rather than reproducing them exactly.

Getting started

Free to download and play from itch.io; contributing payment is optional. Available in English plus many other languages. Discussion and strategy talk happens on the r/rotp subreddit.

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