Emperor is a strategy game for up to six players, who try to conquer all the cities in a world. Each player starts with three cities which can be used to build various units (tanks, planes, ships).
Currently the game supports German and English. More translations should be easy to add (Polish is in preparation).
The new version 2.0 uses the QT library instead of xview, which makes it look much nicer and also adds stability. Finally, it has the keyboard support that couldn't be done with xview. Version 2.1 has three new unit types: helicopters, bombers and carriers. Version 2.2 allows to play a game with other people over the network.
Emperor requires QT >= 2.0. It was developped and tested on a
Linux >= 2.2.10 but should work with
other systems supported by QT, too. (Please let me know if you run it successfully on any of them; I'm told it works fine under Solaris).
Download Version 2.2.1:
Precompiled German version (237k)
Precompiled English version (237k)
There is now also a module that allows you to play on a map of Europe:
Have you ever played a MUD? Try Aldebaran, it's great fun!
Frank Rustemeyer, 1998