Timeline and history of the development of the online multi-player game, PLATO Empire. Notes written in 2008 by John Daleske with comments by Gary Fritz.
Joust Another Game
Around 1980-81 Steve Peltz (peltz/s) got access to a copy of Empire IV. He asked permission from Chuck Miller, who also asked Gary and I, if it would be ok to make some modifications.
Steve's idea was to have an option to put Empire into a tournament mode.