MASTER OF ORION II January 21, 2008 By: Kurlumbenus Category: retrogaming, review Master of Orion II: Battle at Antarres was developed by Simtex and released by Microprose in 1996, winning that year’s Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game. It was almost universally lauded by critics and fans, and at the time it seemed to me to be the best Science Fiction 4X strategy game ever. Somewhat sadly, after over a decade, it still does. Read the rest of this entry →
Simtex was a video game developer established by Steve Barcia in 1988. It created a number of well-known turn-based strategy games for the PC, most notably the first two Master of Orion games. The company closed in 1997.
Games
Master of Orion series
Master of Orion (1993)
Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares (1996)
Master of Magic (1995)
1830: Railroads & Robber Barons (1995)
Mech Lords (renamed Metal Lords during development following FASA dispute) (1995 — unreleased)
Guardians: Agents of Justice (in development at time of closure — never finished)
The rights to Simtex's games are now held by Atari — a third Master of Orion game was published by Atari (a subsidiary company of Infogrames) in 2003, having been developed by Quicksilver Software.
