Use DosBox v 0.70.
0.63 is grossly outdated and not recommended.

Well, I upgraded to DOSBox 7 and it didn't work, but just now instead of mounting to the c:\
I mounted to c:\MOO
MOO is my folder
then I typed ORION and BLAM!!!
It worked, thanks for the suggestions everyone.
:brain:

OMG! A buddy of mine just gave me MOO3! It's level of depth is very impressive.

In other news, the "New Orions" are cheap b******s who need to learn their place. :sneaky:

...just as soon as I research "Behemoth" class starships... :ph34r:

Meh, I never much liked MOO3. Too much micromanagement needed. Still... behemoth ships are nice and big. And big means more guns!

Yes, the level of detail was overwhelming at first, and sometimes, even news that isn't marked with "high priority" can be empire-crushing if overlooked. :angry:

But the 3d ship battles are darn cool, and manipulating the starmap is somehow appealing to me. :ok:

Behemoths are nice, but Leviathans are better (and bigger!). I just wish they had a suitable ship model, because seeing no difference in relative size between Behemoths and Leviathans is rather unsettling.

A ways into the game, I'm asked to identify some ship models by name and if I don't answer correctly, I lose the game. Does anyone know where I can find the answers and/or bypass this test?

Um, I seem to recall downloading some type of crack that let's you put whatever you want, but most of them are pretty easy. If it's a green ship a lot of times it's a viper or serpent or whatever. If that doesn't get you anywhere I would just suggest saving every few rounds or so. I've played some looooong games of MoO and I think you only get asked 1 or 2 times in that whole time. Usually the first time is right around round 50 or so I think...

Yes, I believe there is a jpg file with the shape of ships and their name in the zip file. If not you can search it on net.

Well, that means you need diplomacy as well. You should always check diplomatic page to know if they allied. There is a big chance to lose the game if computer manage to ally a few species. Checking the number of planets are also useful.

One of the keys to winning at the harder levels is to either have one third of the votes sewn up before the first election takes place, or to stay small enough that you are not one of the two candidates for the election. To stay small, make sure that you are not increasing your population to the point that you pass the second most populous race. Once you have begged, borrowed, or stolen enough tech to face the hypothetical republic, you let your population surge and hope that the republic does not form without you as the president.

If you do lose the election, you have not lost the game; unless, one of the other races can just annihilate your planets. Biotoxin antidote is one of the must have techs.

I once had a bizarre game where none of Antimatter, Omega-V, or Neutronium bombs showed up, for any race. Planets were invulnerable to attack; until I developed the Mauler. The Death Ray could also destroy a missile base, but only one at a time.