I mean, everyone remembers Dr. No, but no one remembers From Russia with Love, which is superior to Dr. No. So I am not surprised people don't remember Colonization.

For those of you that do not know what it is, it was a game in which you played on of the four major European powers, and you settled the New World. There you'd encounter the three other colonies, which you could make war with if you pleased. There were Indian tribes, some of which were worthless and some of which, if you destroyed their village, you got a nice, tidy sum of gold. And there was the tireless micromanagement, for you'd mine furs or tobacco, then you could sell it as a raw product, or you could improve into something like coats or cigars. Muskets were the hardest, cause you have to upgrade them from tools, which came from ore. Once you had enough Founding Fathers [read: techs], and the populace supported you enough [to do this, you had STATESMEN which worked out of city hall producing LIBERTY BELLS, which counted toward your independance.] you could succeed and become your own country. But beware, for some cities may stay with the king, and soon after you'd have to withstand the European armies attacking you cities. If you produced enough more liberty bells, you could get assistance from a foreign power. When you had destroyed all the King's forces, you had won. After that when you played you were referred to as some nation, and once a nation was created, they treated colonies like dirt. [The USA was the worst, at least in the game.]

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WE SHALL NEVER FORGET!

However, as a dedicated gamer - if it works for you, enjoy!

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Scouse Git[1]

If anyone knows where I can get it, I would appreciate it (not to buy it ofcourse ).

See, when I first bought it, the game didn't work, so I took it back and got my $50 back. But once I had my money, the program worked. I have, since, deleted in and need a copy.

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Scouse Git[1]

My 3 favorite parts were:

1. Getting a "specialist" citizen back in Europe and bringing him to help build the New World.

2. Pirating the ocean and stealing some of my opponent's hard earned goods!

The versions would be:

Christian
Muslim
Jewish [although no one would buy it once they read the history of Jewish militantism to spread judiasm]

Col has some features that makes it unique from other 4x games:
1) A fun trade model
2) Need for specialization of cities
3) Evolution of game challenge (terrain/city improvements -> indian wars -> european wars -> war of independence)

And while the exploration phase is superb, the late-game stinks. Mostly because of the two major bugs: Broken random generator for combat and no automotic unloading of boycotted goods from your internal trade routes.

It's in the mail....

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Scouse Git[1]

Cav Cav....X X X
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All firing at the same at enemy units X.