Master of Orion is a turn-based, 4X science fiction strategy game released in 1993 by MicroProse on the MS-DOS operating system. It was ported to the Mac OS in 1995 by Take-Two Interactive and distributed by GameTek. The game is the first in its franchise, and the rights are held by Wargaming. The player leads one of ten races to dominate the galaxy through a combination of diplomacy and conquest while developing technology, exploring and colonizing star systems.