A Look Back at Civilization (1991)

I. Study the past, if you would define the future.
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Originally created by legendary game designer Sid Meier, Civilization is a turn-based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Explore a new land, research technology, conquer your enemies, and go head-to-head with history’s most renowned leaders as you attempt to build the greatest civilization the world has ever known.
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[@paulmartin7309]

I am 43 and have played every Civ game. Even Colonization and pirates. I still remember losing a battleship vs. phalanx battle and being like wth? Ah the good ole days.

[@Scarletraven87]

My COLONIZATION kept crashing 😢 perhaps because I was running it on a software emulator, and it reached some cap with allocated memory

[@ulle85]

What about the predecessor, Civilization/Advanced Civilization by Avalon Hill? I believe this was the first to come up with concepts like a tech tree etc. It was also more balanced than the later games, but played more slowly both in the board game and PC version

[@sebastiankriebel2317]

Tank lost vs miliz here

[@paulotten2380]

and selling the palace with every new city. free 200 cash :D

[@markf5931]

I'm not a history major but I have discovered a passion for learning about history of humanity because of the game Civilization, particularly its tech tree. Looking at it is inspiring - it shows the big picture of how we grew from primitive beings to so intellectually advanced (even if lots of it were motivated by war). I even purchased a copy of The MacMillan World History Factfinder (1985) which Sid used to create the first tech tree. It makes me happy.

[@andrzejnadgirl2029]

It pushed me into that direction as well, though I must admit I don't like what Civ 6 does about teaching history with basically intentional misleads... It's ironic that with better budget the quality of historical narration went down the drain as it's no longer of any real focus.

[@Deathwing-Y2K]

I have played every civ game. I used to love playing civ 1 with my dad and friends. I've been hooked ever since.

[@EduFirenze]

I miss the simplicity of older Civs. Being an adult gamer, it's hard to sink the hours necessary to master modern 4x games

[@ShakinMilk]

Civ 6 is very simple tbh I mean all you gotta do is read

[@GOLDENCHEESE34]

Get good

[@shivambhatt8380]

Early civs definitely weren't simple. What you actually miss is being young and having time =)

[@RIPDixie1865]

the only simple thing about the old games was the graphical fidelity lol

[@TacticalAnt420]

Simplicity? I tried playing civ 1, it was really cool but the economy/army/building balance is really hard to get, even in prince difficulty.

[@guglecwoki]

I've learned EN by reading the techs descriptions. Thanks Microprose

[@fledermausland666]

Started it on Amiga 500 and PC in 1992. Helped me learning english and history. Forever in my heart.

[@StaryBrudnyLis187]

Yeah wonderfull times, i 1st started the game when i was sick. Didnt had a clue what im doing but had a great time(beside the floppy diskette changing)

I miss Civ III the most. Peak of the entire Civ series IMHO.

[@Spoonwood]

Civ III, at least the Conquests expansion, is still available on GoG and Steam. You don't need a working disc to play it these days fortunately! If you mean the versions where you can use Military Great Leaders to rush Great Wonders, that might be a different story though.

[@frankiethefrank]

@@Spoonwood civ IV was better, but it was a close-run thing. Since V, it's all been shite.

[@justTyping]

@@frankiethefrank See and for me Civ V is peak. I even played 4 and 3 again and was suprised "how bad" they were in comparison. But I loved them at the time.

[@frankiethefrank]

@@justTyping Interesting. Maybe I should give it another whirl... I was catastrophically disappointed the first time I played it and deleted it pretty much right away... but mayhaps I was hasty?

[@justTyping]

@@frankiethefrank At least the final version with the add-ons are fine. If I remember correctly the basic game was also tough for me. especially the basic change of the board with just one unit per tile. but you get use to it. with add-ons I think it is good. And currently the add-ons should not be to expensive I think. I like how religion works more in V. Especially how it is foundet. The religious war starts can be a bit annoying but not as it is in 6. The annying think is that the missionaries wandering through your land and the AI do not always care that you say you dont want them. I would say give it try without blaming me if it still feels bad :D

[@misterbeach8826]

Funny how the original Civilization (1980) by Tresham is not even mentioned. It is the reason why Civ1 is called Sid Meier's, for copyright reasons. MicroProse eventually bought it in 1997 after a legal dispute. And not only that. Tresham's 18xx series is the inspiration for the same Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon. At least Tresham was added to the UK Games Expo Hall of Fame.

[@Dhi77on]

Put 1 & 2 on GoG please

[@ScytheNoire]

I remember being in high school when the first Civilization game was released, and had started playing the game after dinner, past when my parents went to bed, just one more turn, and then next thing I knew there was sunlight coming in the window and I had stayed up all night playing the game. I may have done that a few other times over the decades.

[@stfrancisk]

pls make SMART AI in CIV7 (in CIV6 Ai is not smart)

[@PedroFerreira-ze5yp]

There was never a really smart AI in either games. I think Civ 6 has the best AI but it still needs improvement!

[@TheRafaelRamos]

Thanks Sid Meier!

[@maziar8358]

Okay cool. When are you going to release its remaster?

[@mirandabee2323]

They'll call it Civilization I (Firaxis's Version).

[@busyworksbeats]

Civ Rev is my favorite!!

[@djkoster]

Our words are backed by nuclear weapons!!

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

Please put the Civilization and Civilization II complete series on Steam, GOG, and the other gaming outlets. I've got the discs, but others need to try the fantasy and sci-fi versions from that collection. I'll find the actual name and add a new comment with that when I get home after work.

[@Stephens_Rocket]

I think there's going to be copyright issues with that, remember this is when you had the Firaxis breakaway from Microprose and Hasbro/Activision buying the Civ rights

[@paulotten2380]

My first love :D I still remember my first game at some friends house 33 years ago. I only played the pc version then but I still remember we didn't build a single settler and you could build your palace with different parts when hitting some milestones. I had to wait years but when it released on the SNES I finally got it and since then I've been hooked on the franchise.

[@bobk4438]

I played it back in the day. I remember building a castle or something.

[@CRT_sRGB]

I'm with the people asking for the re-releases/remasters of Civs 1 and 2. That would be fantastic!

[@gisellewong4057]

Was a teenager when I played this on PC, learned alot about the world, history, and how things progressed. Looking back, I loved how things were not as complex in Civ 1 - I was very much overwhelmed by Civ 6 and its various game mechanics when I first bought the game (since I never played Civ 3,4,5)... took a few tries to understand how things work (building districts, policy cards etc.)

[@SashaGrey-nf7yb]

Wr want civ 1-2 and test of time remake

[@theinternetshavecome1640]

From the first stirrings of life on the CD-ROM...

[@NataliePine]

I grew up on Civ 2 and I can't wrap my head around the new ones. "Religious victory", "tourism", I'm sure they're fun but I'm an old woman now, I can't learn new concepts so easily. In my day you killed everyone or went to the stars.

[@logixindie]

Excited to see what they have been cooking in August.

[@PedroFerreira-ze5yp]

I loved the medieval times feeling during Civ 4.

[@user-pv6kp3ke3d]

I used to play it on my Amstrad 1640 (086). It was a great time...

[@Funkadelic74]

Played 1,3,5 and 6. Thanks for entertaining me ca 10% of my life

[@BandNerdcp]

Can't believe you skipped 4!

[@sapphyrus]

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Build a Game to Stand the Test of Time

[@jscotch2879]

Anyone gona talk about how Abe Lincoln called him self the Emperor of the Americans? lol.

[@TimSedai]

I was 13 and OBSESSED

[@carlstein9278]

oh man i wish you guys would make a proper remake of alpha centauri.

[@t.s.180]

Civilization was one of the very first games I bought for my first computer. It was definitely the first strategy game. I played it and Medieval Lords to death.

[@LiewVoonHooi]

Played 1,2,3,4 (Pretend I never play 5)

[@Transcaping]

My Dad and I used to play Civ VI together until he expoited the Scythia Horse economy and I put myself up for adoption

[@Biosapiens]

This is the real deal Civilization game. The last good Civ game was Civ IV.

[@seattlekarim964]

2 was so much better and was the first one I got hooked on 😁

[@justTyping]

Just read ones that Germans was not initialy planned for CivI and than get rushed in with wrong spelling names. They even thought about putting the horrible dictator of the 30s/40s as a leader.

[@kekshunter4566]

Civ on DS

[@OnePunchSans]

I played it a few days ago

[@copernicus6420]

Even these graphics are better than the visuals of civ 6

[@MrYossarianuk]

I had the Amiga version and have loved the series. Please release native Linux version (like there was for the last 2)

[@StaryBrudnyLis187]

Civ 1 had stalin as an leader lol

[@ebonkendrick2605]

I liked playing “tall” in civ 5 I didn’t like districts in civ 6

[@T3CHET]

Civ V is still goated. Best Soundtrack

[@kimopuppy]

I am a Long time player of Civ but did not care for VI