A long forgotten game, please help identify this game!

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#1 jeff4777
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Okay so there has been this game from my childhood I would love to play again but forgot what it was, if anyone could help me find it that would be amazing!

What I can remember:

I played this game a lot with a childhood friend on his Mac computer. So I know this game was on mac for sure and maybe PC, not sure though. I Believe I played it in the mid 90's so anytime in that decade probably before 98 though. The game was a "Space strategy" type of game. I believe it was some type of turn based game. I recall several different races in the game, different types of aliens. I also remember you would have your own planet you could build on. The fashion you built on planets was on a grid type of layout. As in you could build a "city" in a grid and some type of planet defense objects in other parts of the grid on the planet. I'm sure there was more you place but I forgot what they were. I also remember being able to make space ships of some type and they could leave the planet. They flew through space on what I think were similar grids as well and when they would meet enemy ships you would go into battles that placed you in some type of rectangle battle fields to fight the other ships. I think the battles were a over head look at it. I believe you may of been able to colonize other planets as well.

Anyways thanks for anyone trying to help this has been bothering me for years, feel free to ask questions about it and I'll do my best to post information about the question that I do remember about the game! Thanks so much!

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#2  Edited By FragSponge
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Galactic civilizations 1?

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#3 jeff4777
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Nope thats not it : (. thanks though

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#4  Edited By Flubbbs
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@jeff4777 said:

Okay so there has been this game from my childhood I would love to play again but forgot what it was, if anyone could help me find it that would be amazing!

What I can remember:

I played this game a lot with a childhood friend on his Mac computer. So I know this game was on mac for sure and maybe PC, not sure though. I Believe I played it in the mid 90's so anytime in that decade probably before 98 though. The game was a "Space strategy" type of game. I believe it was some type of turn based game. I recall several different races in the game, different types of aliens. I also remember you would have your own planet you could build on. The fashion you built on planets was on a grid type of layout. As in you could build a "city" in a grid and some type of planet defense objects in other parts of the grid on the planet. I'm sure there was more you place but I forgot what they were. I also remember being able to make space ships of some type and they could leave the planet. They flew through space on what I think were similar grids as well and when they would meet enemy ships you would go into battles that placed you in some type of rectangle battle fields to fight the other ships. I think the battles were a over head look at it. I believe you may of been able to colonize other planets as well.

Anyways thanks for anyone trying to help this has been bothering me for years, feel free to ask questions about it and I'll do my best to post information about the question that I do remember about the game! Thanks so much!

Ascendancy?

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#5 jeff4777
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Nope thats not it either. I've actually looked at both those games seeing those suggestions on other threads throughout the internet over time.. but thanks again for the suggestion, I'm starting to think I'll never find\play it again lol

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#6  Edited By FragSponge
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If you think you might recall the name of the game by seeing it Try http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net/genre.php?id=10 or Wikipedia's MAC games list

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#7  Edited By Old_Gooseberry
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@jeff4777 Master of Orion 1 or 2? According to gamespot the second one is listed only on the MAC (but it looks like its compatible with PC since its on GOG). I've never played either of these games but they sound a bit like what your describing. Its turn based, it has multiple civilizations and has space combat.

http://www.gog.com/game/master_of_orion_1_2

This game looks pretty sweet i may actually play it since i like turn based games like civilization... i dunno how i never played this.

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#8 krazyorange
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Pax Imperia sounds a likely candidate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Imperia

http://www.mobygames.com/game/pax-imperia

or the sequel:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Imperia:_Eminent_Domain

http://www.mobygames.com/game/pax-imperia-eminent-domain

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Imperium Galactica?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/imperium-galactica