Space Colonization Games?

[Chris the Human]

I've got a sudden hankering to play a game that is based around space colonization. Alas, the only ones that spring to mind are Space Ho! (awesome, but a little simplistic) and Homelands (shite, and not really the style I mean). Anyone know of any games about space exploration and colonization - free or otherwise?

[apsham]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier's_Alpha_Centauri

Eh? Eh?

[stokeriño]

Master of Orion 2.

Note: TWO. Not THREE.

[Bushmeister]

Three is an amazing game if you suffer from insomnia.

Also go get Space Colony. It is a sim-game about building a colony. In SPACE.

Also Startopia which is kinda similar to Dungeon Keeper except you build spacestations shaped like enormous metal doughnuts and there are no paladins and it is in SPACE.

Edited April 23, 2008 by Bushmeister

[KevinStorm]

Galactic Civilization II is pretty good.

EDIT: I apparently wasn't thinking when I first posted this.

Edited April 24, 2008 by KevinStorm

[Zaz]

Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters

My friends got addicted to this back in high school. Rated 17th best game of all time by IGN

[MDK]

The latest civ has a mod that is set in space.

[stokeriño]

The latest civ has a mod that is set in space.

It was kind of crappy though, as I recall (having only played it once). :/

[NobBe Nobbs]

Master of Orion 2.

Note: TWO. Not THREE.

Three? What are you talking about stoke? They never made a third game

[stokeriño]

They clearly did.

Reading through the 'Reviews' section on the wiki entry, provides a couple of amusing snippets, such as:

Playing MOO III was commonly compared to "Doing your taxes" and often described as being about as much fun.

I also like the bit where they refer to popular features of the previous games, "such as genocide".

Edited April 24, 2008 by stokeriño

[Toe]

MOO III was a piece of total ass. There is micromanagment, then there is throwing so much at you that you want to kill yourself before doing it all.