November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) - #33 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list.April 1996 (Issue #141) – Introduced into the Hall of Fame.June 1994 (Issue #119) – Strategy Game of the Year.Spaceward Ho! Master of Orion borrows several game elements from Spaceward Ho!. Star Lords Star Lords was a sort-of prototype game for Master of Orion. Likely a reference to George Lucas's movie THX-1138, which he himself has referred to in little in-jokes throughout the Star Wars movies. When playing against the Meklars, one of the names for the leader (picked randomly from a pool in the NAMES.LBX file) is TX-1138. He's often stated its one of his all time favorite games. Famous Sci-Fi novelist and long time technology columnist Jerry Pournelle frequently mention his appreciation for Master of Orion i his Chaos Manor columns.
