<s>
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
is	O
a	O
4X	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Reality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
company	O
would	O
later	O
make	O
its	O
sequel	O
,	O
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
was	O
published	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nexus	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Jupiter	I-Application
Incident	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Hungarian-based	O
Mithis	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
,	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
and	O
designed	O
as	O
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
3	I-Application
but	O
in	O
development	O
renamed	O
and	O
refocussed	O
to	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
has	O
both	O
the	O
combat	O
and	O
resource	O
management	O
elements	O
of	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
vast	O
research	O
tree	O
and	O
colony-building	O
aspects	O
of	O
traditional	O
turn-based	O
'	O
space-empire-building	O
'	O
4X	B-Application
games	I-Application
such	O
as	O
the	O
Master	B-Application
of	I-Application
Orion	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
is	O
an	O
excellent	O
choice	O
for	O
strategy-game	O
fans	O
because	O
it	O
goes	O
beyond	O
a	O
simple	O
strategy	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
spawned	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Alliances	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
's	O
bankruptcy	O
,	O
the	O
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
trademark	O
was	O
lost	O
by	O
Digital	O
Reality	O
and	O
another	O
Hungarian	O
development	O
studio	O
called	O
Philos	O
Laboratories	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	O
Genesis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
studio	O
went	O
bankrupt	O
its	O
successor	O
,	O
Mithis	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
,	O
continued	O
development	O
and	O
renamed	O
the	O
project	O
Nexus	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Jupiter	I-Application
Incident	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
little	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
the	O
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
completely	O
different	O
type	O
of	O
game	O
as	O
well	O
-	O
what	O
Mithis	B-Application
calls	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
Tactical	O
Fleet	O
Simulator	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
tells	O
the	O
backstory	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
Imperium	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
group	O
of	O
fans	O
works	O
on	O
open-ig	O
and	O
received	O
permission	O
from	O
Digital	O
Reality	O
to	O
reuse	O
the	O
original	O
artwork	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
remake	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
