Empire cover

Empire

Main Game
Shooter Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Science fiction

Empire is a Shooter / Real Time Strategy (RTS) game released on March 31, 1973 for PLATO. Empire is the name of a computer game written for the PLATO system in 1973. It's significant for being quite probably the first networked multiplayer arena shooter-style game. It may also be the first…

March 31, 1973
Released 19450 days ago
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About

Empire is the name of a computer game written for the PLATO system in 1973. It's significant for being quite probably the first networked multiplayer arena shooter-style game. It may also be the first networked multiplayer action game (although Maze War is another possibility for this distinction).

Release Dates by Platform

PLATO Worldwide
Mar 31, 1973

Game Info

Game Modes
Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Genres
Shooter Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy
Themes
Science fiction

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