K240 is a real-time strategy

Real-time strategy

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 computer game developed by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd

Gremlin Interactive

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 in 1994 for the Amiga

Amiga

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. It is a sequel

Sequel

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 to 1991 Amiga game Utopia: The Creation of a Nation.

Story

Based in a sector of deep space called K240 in the year 2380, the focus of the game is to build space colonies

Space colonization

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 on a clusters of asteroid

Asteroid

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s and mine them for valuable ore

Ore

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, while fighting against several different races hostile aliens with similar motives.

Successor

K240 was succeeded by Fragile Allegiance

Fragile Allegiance

Fragile Allegiance is an open-ended 4X real-time strategy game from Gremlin Interactive, released in 1996 for MS-DOS and Windows 95. The game begins on May 25, 2496 as the player begins their employment with TetraCorp who have set up a new asteroid mining franchise operation in the Fragmented...

, which is essentially a PC remake

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of the game but with improved graphics and user interface. Many of the buildings, ships, missiles, and game concepts are the same. However, the Human Empire is dissolved in a coup, and united with several alien races in a multiracial Federation. There are also gameplay differences resulting from ships being given limited range as well as espionage.