Merchant Empires is a multiplayer, Web-based game of space exploration and economic competition. It is a game of strategy, role-playing, and diplomacy, based on both Trade Wars and Space Merchant.
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A port to PHP using phplib, a server-side event processor (in Python) for computer generated events (zooming AI ships around, etc.), new icons, and new map functionality.