4X is a genre of strategy-based games in which players control an empire and "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate". Emphasis is placed upon economic and technological development, as well as a range of non-military routes to supremacy. Games can take a long time to complete since the amount of micromanagement needed to sustain an empire increases as the empire grows.
In the style of games made the 8-bit generation of game consoles & computers, or sometimes authentically created to run on original hardware. Common 8-Bit consoles include the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, and the Commodore 64
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