Starfleet Orion

Starfleet Orion
Rule book cover art
DeveloperEpyx
PublisherEpyx
DesignersJon Freeman
Jim Connelley
PlatformsPET, TRS-80, Apple II
Release1978
GenreSci-Fi strategy game
ModeMultiplayer

Starfleet Orion is a 1978 science fiction strategy game written and published by Automated Simulations (who would become Epyx in 1983). It appears to be the first space-themed strategy game sold for microcomputer systems. The game was originally written in BASIC for the PET, but later ported to other early home computer platforms including the TRS-80 and Apple II. The game was something of a success, leading to a string of successes for the company, notably the major hit Temple of Apshai.