Reach for the Stars is a science fiction strategy video game. It is the earliest known commercially published example of the 4X genre. It was written by Roger Keating and Ian Trout of SSG of Australia and published in 1983 for the Commodore 64 and then the Apple II in 1985. Versions for Classic Mac OS, Amiga, Apple IIGS, and MS-DOS were released in 1988.
Direct the vast bureaucratic machine and set the divine course for your people.
Direct the vast bureaucratic machine and set the divine course for your people.
Direct the vast bureaucratic machine and set the divine course for your people.
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Direct the vast bureaucratic machine and set the divine course for your people.
Direct the vast bureaucratic machine and set the divine course for your people.
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