I would like to add some other games to the list:
1. The original Imperium Galcium (not the PC Version but the C-64 Version). For its time is was great.
2. Imperium Galatica I. I thought the battle system was excellent. The rest was either avarge at best.
3. VGA Planets - stricly PBEM (my second fav. game after SEIV, nothing is like fighting other humans, graphics are ok, the battle system is very bad, simple model but somehow the game works
I was very unhappy with RFTS II (the first was a classic).
I also felt the BOTF was somehow limited, Did they ever release a patch or mods of any sort for that game.
Anyway in my humble openion my ranking:
1. SE IV
2. VGAP
3. MOO 2
4. MOO 1
5. Imp Gal (c64)
6. RFTS I / SE III
7. BOTF
8. Stars!
9. Pax Imp I(Mac)
10. Imperium Galatica 1
Somebody should compile a list, I own most of these games- it would be great to see the history of these great 4x games.
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