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Rule the Galaxy!
Play as good or evil in this complex space strategy game with history going back to 1984.
"TradeWars 2002 is a space trading game based on a classic gaming formula: buy low and sell high. Mix in ship to ship combat and a horde of Star Trek references, and you have yourself a potently addictive strategy game" - PC Magazine
The game was developed starting in 1984 and continued through the 1990s by Gary Martin for play as a BBS door game. The player is a trader in a galaxy with a fixed set of other players (either human or computer). The players seek to gain control of a limited set and amount of resources (specifically fuel ore, organics, and equipment) and travel through sectors of the galaxy trading them for money or undervalued resources. Players use their wealth to upgrade their spaceship with better weapons and defenses and fight for control of planets and starbases. (See full Wikipedia Article for more detailed gameplay info.)
Ways to play.
1. Play in Browser using Java - 
2. Use a telnet clinet - Telnet to tradewars.acmelabs.com port 2002