Star Colony

Star Colony is a 1-player strategy game for the TRS-80.

After the great Interstellar War, Earth lost all of its off-world colonies. You are the captain of a newly built intergalactic vessel, tasked with exploration and recolonization. The player's goal is to colonize and explore as many star systems as possible in the time time allotted. The player starts with a full stock of supplies and 5000 prospective colonists. As the player's fuel runs low, they can restock by mining radiation rich planets, but this takes away from exploration time. The player can also revisit previously established colonies to see how they are thriving, and restock supplies. The game ends when the player runs out of time, runs out of fuel, or successfully returns to Earth.

The player can map, scan, jump, or check ship status each turn. While scanning, the player can look for nearby solar systems. The player can then jump to nearby star systems. When jumping, the player has a limited distance, and if they try to jump too far, they can become lost or destroyed. Scanning allows the player to determine the status of the currently visited system.