Armada 2526

This isn't Master of Orion. This game has less micro management, and thus is faster paced. Combat is closer to MOO 3 without the broken AI. Graphics is closer to MOO 1 but without the charming pixels. The game is Master of Orion watered down and that's all the positive things I can say about it. If you have played any Master of Orion, you can continue playing them. If you haven't played any Master of Orion. I don't know your frame of reference but it's safer to get a Master of Orion game than this watered down version. If you can't get Master of Orion and crave Master of Orion, this game may still your hunger if you close your eyes really hard and let the Master of Orion soundtrack play through your head.

Why would you buy the original game when there's armada 2526 gold (with the supernova addon)? Because it offers a darker and different experience. It's much harder to keep everything in balance and to get money in the original game as you can't establish the big commercial hubs you have with Supernova. Also pollution is a much bigger problem as you don't good tools and techs to keep it down. I think it's still worth it for different challenge and you have to think the building of your colonies differentely. It's also the game i started with before the addon was released. If you don't have the game yet, i recommend to start with Armada 2526 gold first as if offers a lot more features.

best lager scale fleet battles ever

This is a far far far far far far Better improvement from its predecesor 2525 for Dos including the Deluxe version. Oh yes. You can do much more than the original version, diplomacy, control battles, research new technologies including psychic and biological technologies. Also the graphics and music soundtrack is terrific. I'm very sad this isn't getting out more.

After multiple attempts and following instructions on how to get the game working on Windows 10, I was not able to get this game to work. I gave up in frustration.

I mean sure, if you like oldschool games then definitely go for this, but it's not competition for anything new. It's fun only for people who already/still play old games. Otherwise it's slow and simple. Is it like Armada 2525? Maybe! I can't remember.