ROMANS 2.7.2026




The idea for this game is from 1997. The created BASIC source couldn't be run and the task was given up. Then GALAXY for the ATARI ST mono was developed and GALAXY was the first game released. Two groups of Roman soldiers fight against each other. Two players send commands to them until the whole other group is eliminated. The first player attacks with the soldiers encoded with the numbers 1, 2 and 3. The first type of soldier wins a fight, if a random generator generates the number 6 for him and a number less than 6 for the attacked soldier. Every soldier can attack fields next to him, but the soldiers encoded with the number 2 can attack the fields next to the fields next to him. The soldiers encoded with the number 3 are strong soldiers, who get added the number one, if the random generator generates a number. The soldiers of the second player behave like the soldiers of the first player: a soldier encoded with the number 4 behaves like a soldier encoded with the number 1, a soldier encoded with the number 5 behaves like a soldier encoded with the number 2 and a soldier encoded with the number 6 behaves like a soldier encoded with the number 3. If a soldier occupies a grey field, he gets another bonus point in the random generator. There are two modes. Every player moves or attacks with one soldier each round in the round mode. If the wave mode is chosen, every player can use every soldier he has got one time in every round. The round is over, if the other player is chosen in the options dialog. The options dialog can be opened with a click on an empty field. There you can choose, if you want to move or attack. If you click on the MORE button, you can select, that the other player can perform action. There is alsoa button for quitting the whole game. If you select moving or attacking, this selections stays active until you change it in the options menu. Select one of your soldiers with the mouse and click on an empty field next to him, if you want to move. Every moving soldier can only move to the fields next to him. If you want to attack, select one of your soldiers and click on a field with a soldier of the other player next to him.

Romans is written in JAVA.
The version in the main folder is compatible to JAVA 1.1.8, and JAVA 1.8 and uses a deprecated JAVA API. It should also run with the MSJVM (JView). You find applet versions and versions, which don't use a deprecated JAVA API, in the subfolders.