[geeks] Somewhat OT: old game?

[Ross Lonstein]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 05:22:13PM -0500, Mouse via geeks wrote:
>Decades ago - in the early '90s, I think, but I'm far from sure - I
>played a game I'm trying to find more info about.
>
>My memory is probably fuzzy, but I think it wasa a 4x(-ish) game, set
>in space.  It ran either under DOS or under Windows (now-old Windows,
>of course, likely 3.1 or 3.11).  The most memorable thing about it that
>is concrete enough for me to describe in text is that one of the
>planets was named "14 Coli" (which, incidentially, is something I
>didn't get until years later).
>
>Is that enough, perchance, for any memories to bubble up for anyone?

I don't remember the planet names (and don't get the joke if there is 
one there) but there were VGA Planets and Master of Orion about that time.

- Ross