Millenium: Return To Earth

About

You run the last human stronghold on the Moon after Earth’s annihilation. Your task is to scavenge materials, construct ships, and chart new planets to rebuild civilization. The game uses resource management and base-building mechanics with a focus on long-term planning. Each decision affects humanity’s future, prioritize fuel, food, or tech to ensure survival across solar systems. Released in 1989 on DOS and 16-bit platforms, this single-player title leans into cold-war era strategy tropes. With minimal text and no multiplayer, its legacy lies in retro strategy circles. It holds a 6.2/10 on Amiga Forever archives, praised for its bleak setting but criticized for outdated interface. A relic of early sci-fi survival design.

Storyline

A month ago you were a lunar research chief, collecting data from a minor base on the moon's surface - doing your job. At first no one believed that Earth was doomed, but it came, just as they had predicted. You and your party had a ringside seat to unspeakable destruction and chaos. Now, in the shadow of the blackened husk that was once Earth, you plan your strategy for saving humanity not as a scientist, but as leader of the juman race.