• Alan Emrich is best known as a writer about and designer of video games, who coined the term "4X", contributed to the design of Master of Orion and Master...
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    Charles S. Roberts Awards. Alan Emrich. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. "1975". Charles S. Roberts Awards. Alan Emrich. Archived from the original...
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  • Emrich is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Emrich, American writer about and designer of computer games Armin Emrich (born 1951)...
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    1993 preview of Master of Orion in Computer Gaming World by game writer Alan Emrich where he rated the game "XXXX" as a pun on the XXX rating for pornography...
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  • company Simtex demonstrated Star Lords to MicroProse and gaming journalist Alan Emrich who, along with Tom Hughes, assisted Barcia in refining the design to...
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  • (1): 54, 55. Emrich, Alan (November 1995). "Turning the Telescope Around; G-2". Computer Gaming World. No. 136. pp. 253, 254, 256. Emrich, Alan (August 1994)...
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    Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. 2013. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-199-27705-6. Alan Emrich, Practical Latin Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Holland...
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  • to "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate", a term developed by Alan Emrich in promoting 1993's Master of Orion. While other video games with the...
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  • "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate". The term was first coined by Alan Emrich in his September 1993 preview of Master of Orion for Computer Gaming...
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    traditional printed guides for future games. Games journalist and guide writer Alan Emrich has severely criticized recent strategy guides for: Containing only facts...
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  • Interactive Director(s) Rantz A. Hoseley Producer(s) Cory Nelson Designer(s) Alan Emrich Tom Hughes William C. Fisher Rantz A. Hoseley Programmer(s) Gregory Marsters...
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  • which can be spent to build units, conduct offensives or declare war. Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and described Big Three...
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  • relations with the US, the player's prestige level and leadership style. Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Conflict...
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  • a representative product of MicroProse in gaming reviews. The writer Alan Emrich, responsible for coining the "4X genre" term, has placed Master of Magic...
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  • of observer reports on potential threats from radar and the ground. Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Don't miss...
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  • defeat the dragon. The game's mechanics are based upon Mahjong solitaire. Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and wrote that "the gamers...
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  • Entertainment found the game "not good at all". Computer Gaming World's Alan Emrich was more positive, writing, "As a purely entertaining experience, which...
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  • piece designs wer altered and enlarged. The second edition was edited by Alan Emrich. At his website there is more about his thoughts on the game, as well...
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  • game I've purchased in a long stretch, and I thoroughly recommend it." Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Of course...
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  • the second release in the line after Pacific Storm - The Solomons. Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "While it...
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  • with 7 basic versions of poker, and allows players to use house rules. Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Amarillo...
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  •  191–193. Emrich, Alan (November 1995). "Turning the Telescope Around; G-2". Computer Gaming World. No. 136. pp. 253, 254, 256. Emrich, Alan (August 1994)...
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  • simulation is set in the Middle East, and each game turn takes half of a day. Alan Emrich and Gary E. Smith reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated...
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  • one player's unit lands on the opponent's end of the board). Reception Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that the game...
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    Schuessler 1984 Alarums and Excursions Lee Gold 1985 The V.I.P of Gaming Alan Emrich 1986 The Midwest Wargamers' Association Newsletter Hal Thinglum 1987...
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  • but otherwise considered the overall game to be "far from ultimate." Alan Emrich of Computer Gaming World also felt that the game fell short of its goal...
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  • British developer Eldritch the Cat, and published by Electronic Arts. Alan Emrich and Chris Lombardi reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated...
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  • is a game in which players seek to discover the Straits of Magellan. Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Broderbund...
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  • moving a huge metal ball into an opponent's goal to score. Reception Alan Emrich reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Wild Wheels...
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  • McLaughlin Chairman and founder, Rodger B. MacGowan, and executive directors Alan Emrich, Danny Holte, John Kranz, and Allan J. Rothberg, are not eligible for...
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