2006 · Bayer & Szell OG · Real-time strategy · Strategy

Pardus

Pardus is a free award-winning, real-time graphical game set in a futuristic universe that can be played right from your browser!

Released: 1 October 2006
Platforms: Browser
Genres: Real-time strategy Strategy Tactical
Developers: Bayer & Szell OG
Publishers: Bayer & Szell OG
Modes: MMO
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric Auditory
Themes: Science fiction Stealth Sandbox Warfare
Engine: Custom built engine, Custom Engine, C++, PHP

About

Pardus is a graphical browser-based MMORPG written in PHP and C/C++ and set in a futuristic universe where players interact and compete in space. It is a persistent-universe, open-ended game with a player-driven economy. Players travel through hundreds of "sectors" or solar systems while trading, building or battling with non-player characters (NPCs) and other players. There are dozens of spacecraft models in Pardus, which can be customized with different weapons, armor and other equipment. Pardus characters do not have a defined 'class'.

Partially inspired by classic computer games such as Elite and Master of Orion II, Pardus was developed and published by the Austrian company Bayer&Szell OG. Alpha testing of the game began in September 2004 and the core feature set was finished by October 1, 2006.

›Story

There have always been wars. Civilizations have always sought to expand their borders; be they country, continent or planet. The longest chapters in the book of history have always focused on long wars, brutal battles and fallen heroes.

But, as do all things, wars evolve. The ancient times when a war could be confined to a continent or planet were long gone, that chapter of history closed when the Keldon invented the warp drive that enabled travel to distant planets and solar systems...