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IGDB / 72576

TradeWars 2002

1991 Role-playing (RPG)

Trade Wars 2002 is a classic BBS door game that has been actively played since the late 1980s. The player controls a spaceship in a Star Trek-inspired universe, trading resources at a profit to build up a space empire of planets and space stations. It was later adapted to play over the internet and external tools were built to automate repetitive tasks. The game is still playable on many web BBSes today.

World design Nicht eindeutig Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing

Deep dive / Spielprofil

Everything about TradeWars 2002: story and gameplay

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Story & context

Trade Wars 2002 is a classic BBS door game that has been actively played since the late 1980s. The player controls a spaceship in a Star Trek-inspired universe, trading resources at a profit to build up a space empire of planets and space stations. It was later adapted to play over the internet and external tools were built to automate repetitive tasks. The game is still playable on many web BBSes today.

3 weitere Tags
Traitplanet Traitresource gathering Traitspaceship

Game profile / Plain language

TradeWars 2002: release, platforms, and facts

Studio, play style, releases, and official sources — compactly prepared from external IGDB data.

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Martech
Publisher
Martech
Franchise
Standalone
02
So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Text
Themes
Science fiction
03
Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • DOS Jun 01, 1991

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