Galaxy (video game)

{{Infobox video game

| title = Galaxy

| image = Galaxy (video game) (Cover).jpg

| caption =

| developer = Microcomputer Games

| publisher = Powersoft
Avalon Hill

| released = {{vgrelease|Galactic Empires|1979|Galaxy|1981}}

| genre = Simulation, strategy

| platforms = Apple II, Atari 8-bit, PET, Commodore 64, IBM PC, FM-7, TI-99/4A

| designer = Thomas Cleaver

}}

Galaxy is a 1981 video game published by Avalon Hill and developed by Microcomputer Games for the Apple II, TRS-80, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore PET, Commodore 64, IBM PC compatibles, FM-7, and TI-99/4A. It was originally published as Galactic Empires by Powersoft in 1979.{{Cite magazine|date=Jan–Feb 1982|title=Galaxy: Designer's Notes|volume=2|url=http://pdf.textfiles.com/zines/CGW/1982_0102_issue2.pdf|magazine=Computer Gaming World|issue=1}}

Galaxy is a strategy game for up to 20 players, in which the object is to conquer the most planets within a number of turns as chosen by the players before the game starts.

Reception

Bruce Webster reviewed Galactic Empires in The Space Gamer No. 31.{{cite journal|last=Webster|first=Bruce|author-link=Bruce Webster|date=September 1980|title=Featured Review: Galactic Empires|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=31|pages=14–15}} Webster commented that "It is one of the five best computer games and easily the best multi-player computer game I've ever seen."

Dana Holm reviewed Galaxy in The Space Gamer No. 61.{{cite journal|last=Holm |first=Dana |date=March 1983 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=61|pages=41}} Holm commented that "In the multi-player computer games market, there are not that many games. This is a welcome addition to that collection."

Reviews

Computer Gaming World - Nov, 1992
80 Micro (Aug, 1981){{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/80_Micros_Review_Guide_1st_Edition_1983_Wayne_Green_Inc/page/n118/mode/2up | title=Tandy/Radio Shack Book:: 80 Micro's Review Guide 1st Edition (1983)(Wayne Green Inc) | year=1983 }}