neunherz@oxy.edu (Richard Keith Neunherz) (03/01/91)
I found a really cool demo of a Strategic Conquest-like game called Empire Builder, and I was wondering whether anybody knew where I can get a hold of the author Christopher Eliot. The demo says that the price given was only good until September 1990, so I would like to know what he wants for it now. With the exception of not having a network capability, it seems to be as good as or better than what I have heard about Strategic Conquest here on the newsgroup. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
conty@cbnewsl.att.com (The Conty) (03/03/91)
Question: Is Empire Builder related in any way with the boardgame of the same name? The original Empire builder is a railroad simulation game in the vein of games like 1830 and Microprose's Railroad Tycoon (to get the subject back to computer games. -- E n r i q u e C o n t y jester@ihlpl.att.com
gdm@cs.columbia.edu (George Michaels) (03/05/91)
I am also interested in Empire Builder. Can anyone give me a review? Please post where it can be purchased, or if it is shareware, where it can be ftp'd from... gdm
nordling@f13.n396.z1.mmug.edgar.mn.org (Bob Nordling) (03/05/91)
> I found a really cool demo of a Strategic Conquest-like >game >called Empire Builder, and I was wondering whether anybody knew >where >I can get a hold of the author Christopher Eliot. The demo >says that >the price given was only good until September 1990, so I would >like to >know what he wants for it now. With the exception of not >having a network >capability, it seems to be as good as or better than what I >have heard >about Strategic Conquest here on the newsgroup. Thanks in >advance for >any help you can give. Here's some info about Empire Builder that the author recently sent me in e-mail over at America Online: (1) The current version is (still) Empire Builder 1.6.1. However, a major new release (version 1.7) is in the final stages of development. (2) Empire Builder must be registered. The full, unrestricted, version is only distributed to people who pay for it. The DEMO version may be freely distributed. The registration fee is U.S. $25.00 ($15.00 for Students). Overseas orders are shipped via surface mail with 6-8 weeks delivery time. Please add $5.00 for international air mail. (3) Registered users get the unrestricted version, which includes the ability to save and restore games, edit the rules and removes some other limitations of the demo version. A 25+ page manual is also sent to everyone who registers. Registered users may order upgrades when new versions are released at $4.00 per disk and $5.00 for a new manual. (4) I try to respond to all letters, but I don't always have enough time. My Internet address is ELIOT@cs.umass.edu. (5) Empire Builder is compatible with any Mac provided there is enough memory. One megabyte is sufficient although more is better. Limited operation may be possible on a 512K machine (I will test this at Christmas Time.) On a 128K mac there isn't a prayer. Large screens, multiple monitors and color are fully supported. In some future release there will be support for playing over a modem or via a network. **** -- ***************************************************************** Bob Nordling | AOL: AFC MacFun GAMER Project | FIDONET: 1:396/13 New Orleans MUG | USENET: nordling@mmug.edgar.mn.org | ...jhereg!tcnet!vware!edgar!mmug!nordling ->via FidoNet: 1:282/22 - SmorgasBoard USENET-FidoNet Gateway<- *****************************************************************
neunherz@oxy.edu (Richard Keith Neunherz) (03/09/91)
Since I was the one who originally brought it up, I will respond to the request for information about the game. The demo version that I have was Ftp'd from sumex-aim's info-mac/demo directory. Unless people really want me to, I will pass on reviewing it and let you find out for yourselves. I am still hoping to hear where I can inquire about getting the non-demo version, so if anybody knows, please email me or post a followup. On the game it gave an adress that was good (or at least the prices were) until last September.