# Help me ID a German webbased Space Colonizatin game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 15, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-german-webbased-space-colonizatin-game/722625 "2015-06-15T22:43:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-german-webbased-space-colonizatin-game/722625/1 "2015-06-15T22:43:44Z")
I remember playing this game in the mid 90s…some features: it was a web game and free It was turn based but you only were allowed so many turns a day and they got fewer as your universe expanded It had a .de addy and might have been affiliated with a university It was Alpha Centuri like You started with one planet but could expand to others Anyone remember this? ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-german-webbased-space-colonizatin-game/722625/2 "2015-06-18T15:22:05Z")
Was it OGame? That seems to have started as a German game, but is now available in many languages. It’s also made by Gameforge, which is based in Germany. [http://www.ogametips.com/29/like-space-strategy-games-try-ogame](http://www.ogametips.com/29/like-space-strategy-games-try-ogame) > **[OGame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGame)** > > OGame is a browser-based, money-management and space-war themed massively multiplayer online browser game with over two million accounts. OGame was created in 2002 and is produced and maintained by Gameforge. OGame is available in multiple languages, and different nationalities have their own communities. The game does not differ between the nationality communities except in rare cases. Players are generally informed of news, rule changes, or new versions through the official forums. > As of Janua... [http://en.ogame.gameforge.com/](http://en.ogame.gameforge.com/) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-german-webbased-space-colonizatin-game/722625/3 "2015-06-18T15:54:14Z")
Thanks Duality72…it doesnt look like it and it was started in 2000 but it looks like a lot of fun. 🙂