<s>
Empire	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
space	O
combat	O
and	O
trading	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Andrew	O
Glaister	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Firebird	O
Software	O
in	B-Application
1986	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
retro	O
sci-fi	O
graphics	O
have	O
drawn	O
comparisons	O
with	O
Flash	B-Application
Gordon	I-Application
and	O
Asteroids	B-Application
,	O
but	O
games	O
magazines	O
noted	O
that	O
underlying	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
complex	O
game	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Elite	B-Application
,	O
requiring	O
a	O
varied	O
range	O
of	O
skills	O
.	O
</s>
