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A classic turn-based 4X multiplayer game developed by Jeff Johnson and Jeff McBride ("the Jeffs"), originally released in 1995 and still being played. May be played by e-mail, although dedicated hosting software exists. Has install size of about 2MB, but manual about 15mm thick.
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Running Stars! on Windows 7
It's the holidays and I'm feeling a bit nostalgic so I've decided to break out my old copy of Stars!.
Unfortunately I can't get it running on Windows 7. The troubleshooter suggests running in XP SP2 ...
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What happened to 'Stars!'? [closed]
'Stars!' was a complex 4X game in the mold of Master of Orion. It was a fantastic game from the mid-90's written by an independent group. It was distributed using the shareware model with the upgrade ...
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