Name: The Nebula Throne
URL: http://www.khurrad.de/xneb.htm
Description (from website): TNT - The Nebula Throne - is a turn-based strategy game in space. It is simple and will be playable per e-mail in the future (now it is a normal computer game). In the beginning about fifteen players (Lords) are ruling one planet each. Several more planets are ruled by the Empire, but the Empire is weak, so weak... Your aim is to conquer as much planets as possible, to blast your opponents to oblivion and finally to subjugate Throne, the central and heavily defended planet of the Grand Emperor. If you accomplish this final task, you are worthy to become the successor and thus Proxus XXIII yourself. In every turn you have to do basically four things: move ships around, decide about the planetary productions, buy technology levels for your TP, consider whom to cheat today (aka: diplomacy).
To install: unzip the zip file.
Writes settings to: .INI file in application directory
This game is like a cross between Konquest, Stars!, and Master of Orion. The game is unfinished and there are some minor rough spots - the dialog buttons tend to be in German for example - but overall a quick & fun 4X game.