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Topic: Survey: How many Sid games have you played? |  |
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Jeje2
Warlord
Espoo, Finland
Apr 99
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posted January 20, 2001 07:08
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I just noticed Yin's message in the ohter thread. It got me thinking of which Sid games I have played and so this survey.First I quote a part of Yin's message (+add SMAC&SAMCX):
- Silent Service (1985)
- F-15 Strike Eagle (1985)
- NATO Division Commander (1985)
- Conflict in Vietnam (1985)
- Crusade in Europe and Decision in the Desert (1985)
- Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
- Red Storm Rising (1987)
- F-19 Stealth Fighter (1988)
- Gunship (1989)
- Railroad Tycoon (1990)
- Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
- Sid Meier's Covert Action (1991)
- CPU Bach (1993)
- Sid Meier's Colonization (1994)
- Sid Meier's CivNet (1995)
- Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997)
- Magic: The Gathering (1997)
- Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (then) Antietam! (1997)
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire
So how many of these have you at least tested?
Some results
25 voters counted sofar and most mentions sofar has received:25 players:
- Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997) 24 playres:
- Sid Meier's Civilization (1991) 21 players:
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire 19 players:
- Railroad Tycoon (1990)
Games with no mention:
- NATO Division Commander (1985)
- Conflict in Vietnam (1985)
- Crusade in Europe and Decision in the Desert (1985)
Average is 6.8 games/person and Bell&joseph1944 leads with 13 played/tested Sid-games. 
[This message has been edited by Jeje2 (edited January 30, 2001).] |
Jeje2
Warlord
Espoo, Finland
Apr 99
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posted January 20, 2001 07:14
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Well I'll start.
I have tested/played numbers 1, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 19. (8/19)
Numbers 1, 6, 11, 16 and 19 have taken way too much of my valuable time...  The one game I hope to test in near future is number 18
(Haven't found the Civil war collection near me ... jet) What makes this so special to me is that I didn't know who had made these games until the www.alphacentauri.com site was opened. It was quite a suprice to me discover that most of my favourite computergames was from Sid.
[This message has been edited by Jeje2 (edited January 20, 2001).] |
bagdar
Warlord
Turkey
Jan 2001
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posted January 20, 2001 07:30
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Well,Sid Meier's CIVILIZATION and Sid Meier's CIVILIZATION II and that suffices to make me a fan! (I played SMAC at a friend's house and just didn't feel like buying it.)
[This message has been edited by bagdar (edited January 20, 2001).] |
Bell
Prince
ME, US
May 99
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posted January 20, 2001 07:48
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I've played 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19...And, yeah, Sid's taken too much of my life, too. When I'm old and gray and look back on my youth only to find my memories consist of nuking the Indian capital so they couldn't launch their spaceship, I'll know who to blame... |
Yog-Sothoth
Warlord
Trondheim, Norway
Sep 2000
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posted January 20, 2001 09:13
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I have played: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19. I guess that makes me a Sid Meier fan to |
Snapcase on Snapcase
Warlord
Trondheim, Norway
Sep 2000
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posted January 20, 2001 09:25
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Not a single one, to any serious extent. Civ, RR Tycoon and Pirates, for a few hours each. For the ones I've played more, I consider Civ 2 and SMAC Brian Reynolds Games. |
yin26
King
Work in Seoul, Korea. From Los Angeles.
Apr 99
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posted January 20, 2001 09:36
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Jeje:Great idea for a thread. It's quite a list. Here are mine: Silent Service (1985)
F-15 Strike Eagle (1985)
Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
Red Storm Rising (1987)
Railroad Tycoon (1990)
Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997)
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (then) Antietam! (1997)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
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airdrik
Prince
Boise, ID, USA
Oct 2000
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posted January 20, 2001 12:44
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10,11,16I havn't played that extencivly since I've never had any one on one computer for an extended period of time, and right now I don't even have access to Civ 2, so I guess you can only call me a part time fan (even though I partisipate avadly on this forum). |
Nikolai
Warlord
Bergen, Norway, Hordaland
Oct 2000
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posted January 20, 2001 14:25
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I have played no. 6. Pirates!(I didn't understand this game), 10. Railroad Tycoon, 11. Civilization I(much the last two years), 14. Colonization(the same time as Civ I), 16. Civilization II(just once, I was young(I am that now too ) and didn't understand the fun. Well, I do it now, but I can't find any place they sells it.... So, I just have to wait until Civ 3 comes! ) and 19. Alpha Centauri(often, it is better than many in this forums think, well not all of it  , but much .Sid is the best, Sid lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I have to calm down.....  ) ------------------
Who am I? What am I? Do we need Civ? Yes!!
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Jon Miller
Prince
May 99
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posted January 20, 2001 15:11
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6,10,11,14,16,17,18,19all but Magic:the Gathering have been very good I do not own 18 but might purchase it later this year (firaxis sells both for 40 and it is a fun game) I also do not own smacx but plan on buying it later too I am not sure if you can count 16 and 19 as Sid Meier though Jon Miller |
tniem
Prince
Grand Rapids
Apr 2000
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posted January 20, 2001 15:47
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Numbers 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19.My favorite being Civ I. |
Cannes
Chieftain
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan 2001
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posted January 20, 2001 17:10
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Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
Gunship (1989)
Railroad Tycoon (1990)
Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
Sid Meier's Colonization (1994)
Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri + Alien CrossfireThat's my list... Not very impressive compared to some of you guys...
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Mihai
Chieftain
Bucharest, Romania
Jan 2000
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posted January 20, 2001 19:45
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10,11,14,16,19
Before 1990 there were just a few PCs in Romania, so I didn't even heard of 1-9.
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Darkknight
Warlord
Ireland,Galway,Athenry
Nov 2000
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posted January 20, 2001 21:15
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1 Silent service and later the 3-4 sequel silent hunter
8 F-19sf great my first fighter game cant run on my p166 even that is too fast i can fly 100 miles in a few seconds.
10 Railroad Tycoon 2 gold for me but i get the gist
11 civ1 what can i say bye bye life
14 colinization took me from civ1 until civ2
(civnet much different from civ1? cept for multiplayer)
16 civ2 my life from 12 to CTP2
17 Magic the gathering really crap game i'm surprised sid made it
18 Gettysberg ROCKS!
19 SMAC yeah but never really liked it.any before 1990 that i didn't mention i was too young to take any interest the ones i did play just stayed on our computer for a long time. i wonder why??
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Sean
Warlord
Auckland, New Zealand.
Jan 2001
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posted January 20, 2001 22:53
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Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
(Alittle bit) Railroad Tycoon (1990)
(A lot) Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
(Heaps) Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997)
(Endlessly) Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (then) Antietam! (1997)
(Only a little) Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire
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DarkCloud
King
of Clouds
Jul 2000
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posted January 21, 2001 16:56
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Railroad Tycoon
Civlilization
Colonization
Civilization II
Alpha Centauri/Alien XfireSid worked on Magic: The Gathering?
I didnt play #13 but wasnt that CPU Bach? |
Adm.Naismith
Prince
Milano - Italy
Oct 1999
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posted January 22, 2001 10:37
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I played a lot:Railroad Tycoon (1990) - hot summer, most part of my lunch time every day
Sid Meier's Civilization (1991) - on PC and Amiga Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997) - first (and last) time I bought a version of a Sid game translated in italian instead of picking the original english version:  bad, half-done translation it almost trash my Civ II enjoyment Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - the reason I started to post on .owo. forum, then on Apolyton - not bad after all ------------------
Admiral Naismith AKA mcostant |
wittlich
Prince
Milano - Italy
Oct 1999
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posted January 23, 2001 08:49
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Civilization
Civilization II
Alpha Centauri
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Grumbold
Prince
London, UK
Mar 2000
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posted January 23, 2001 09:42
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I never realised he had done so many other things! I was expecting to have played almost all of them.Silent Service
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Red Storm Rising
Railroad Tycoon
Sid Meier's Civilization
Sid Meier's Colonization
Sid Meier's Civilization II
Magic: The Gathering
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri To the best of my knowledge Sid was brought in at a late stage to tweak the "adventure" game part of M:tG and had nothing to do with anything else. I think he did a pretty good job of that bearing in mind the rather limited nature of Magic vs an AI opponent (build deck, play a match, repeat.) For the same reason I have avoided his ACW titles - I couldn't face fighting the same battle over and over again. |
Steve Clark
Prince
Colorado Springs, CO
Oct 1999
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posted January 23, 2001 12:52
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Sid games that I have or have not played with some editorial comments…6.Sid Meier's Pirates! - yes (sortof) Started with Pirates!Gold. Civ2 is the only game that I played more than Pirates!Gold. 10.Railroad Tycoon - yes Among the most-played game of all time for me. 11.Sid Meier's Civilization - no I actually didn't start playing Civ until Civ2 MGE came out. 14.Sid Meier's Colonization - no Only lasted 1 hour for me. Conquest of the New World is far, far superior. 16.Sid Meier's Civilization II - yes!! 400+ hours in 2 years (that's a lot for me, considering my limited game time) 18.Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (then) Antietam! - no Worse games of all time (imo). Sid's Civil War collection is the ONLY game that I returned in 10+ years of buying games. These games are so bad (imo) that I couldn't stand to have them in my house. 19.Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire - no No interest whatsoever because of their stupid sci-fi themes. Would have been better if these were just complex Civ2 scenarios.
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CornMaster
Prince
Ft. Pierce, Flordia, USA
May 2000
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posted January 23, 2001 15:11
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Civ 1, Civ 2, Pirates Gold, Railroad Tycoon for 5 minutes (ack), Colonization for a few hours (smaller ack)------------------
"I'm too out of shape for a long fight so I'll have to kill you fast"
"If LESS is MORE, just think of how much MORE, MORE would be!"
I AM CANADIAN!
Civfanatics.com Civ 2 Multiplayer Ladder!
My Civ 2 Scenario Page. |
Boracks
Settler
Surrey, BC, Canada
Jan 2001
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posted January 23, 2001 15:34
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Silent Service (1985)
Gunship (1989)
Railroad Tycoon (1990)
Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
Sid Meier's Colonization (1994)
Sid Meier's CivNet (1995)
Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997)
Sid Meier's Alpha CentauriCiv2 is still the one I play the most.
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"Treat each day as if it were your last. Eventually, you'll be right." |
tniem
Prince
Grand Rapids
Apr 2000
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posted January 24, 2001 15:54
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Originally posted by Steve Clark on 01-23-2001 12:52 PM
19.Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire - noNo interest whatsoever because of their stupid sci-fi themes. Would have been better if these were just complex Civ2 scenarios.
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I would have to disagree. It was good to see a new page in TBS. We can debate the pros and cons of SMAC all day, but just a complex Civ2 scenario. I'm sorry it was a great game and totally worth you at least giving it a try.
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joseph1944
Warlord
Napa, Ca. USA
Jul 2000
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posted January 24, 2001 23:56
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1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 on C-64 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 on my PC. On my C-64 Red Storm Rising, F-19, Gunship were the best. On the PC Civ 1, 2, RRT, SMAC the best. I would like to see them go back and look at Red Storm Rising for PC.------------------
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weird god
Prince
EUROPA
Apr 2000
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posted January 25, 2001 20:21
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[list=1]
Silent Service (1985) Yes
F-15 Strike Eagle (1985)
NATO Division Commander (1985)
Conflict in Vietnam (1985)
Crusade in Europe and Decision in the Desert (1985)
Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987) Yes
Red Storm Rising (1987)
F-19 Stealth Fighter (1988)
Gunship (1989)
Railroad Tycoon (1990) Yes
Sid Meier's Civilization (1991) Yes
Sid Meier's Covert Action (1991)
CPU Bach (1993)
Sid Meier's Colonization (1994) Yes
Sid Meier's CivNet (1995) Yes
Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997) Yes of course!!
Magic: The Gathering (1997) Yes
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (then) Antietam! (1997)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire YesSo how many of these have you at least tested? 9...and i liked it all!
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god made weed.....you don´t really think he fails sometimes? weed god, chief of EUROPA
visit EUROPA: www.multispieler.de |
pg
Settler
Seattle, WA USA
Jan 2001
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posted January 25, 2001 20:55
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yikes, i'm surprised more people haven't played colonization. that game imo is just as good as civ1(not civnet though). if you haven't and want to you should search for colonization and abandonware.------------------
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Jeje2
Warlord
Espoo, Finland
Apr 99
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posted January 26, 2001 02:51
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Some replys are in order I thinkFirst having the How many in the topic was an error. I should have used Which instead. This isn't a competition, I'm just curious.
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Originally posted by bagdar on 01-20-2001 07:30 AM
and that suffices to make me a fan!
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Yes Sir, were all fans here
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Originally posted by Bell on 01-20-2001 07:48 AM
When I'm old and gray and look back on my youth only to find my memories consist of nuking the Indian capital so they couldn't launch their spaceship, I'll know who to blame...
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Oh, it's just the One more nuke syndroma, nothing dangerous just as long as the military don't pay your paycheck  (It is a strange thing, it hits me too every now and then...)
Yin: ...
pg: I'm waiting for your list
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Stefu
Emperor
Schemperor
b.02-15-99
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posted January 26, 2001 04:13
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I have played 6, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18 and 19. |
phoenixcager
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Singapore
Sep 2000
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posted January 29, 2001 04:42
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I've mainly played the stuff that's expected here. Here's my list:Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
Sid Meier's Covert Action (1991)
Sid Meier's Colonization (1994)
Sid Meier's CivNet (1995)
Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997) ------------------
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yin26
King
Work in Seoul, Korea. From Los Angeles.
Apr 99
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posted May 01, 2001 09:19
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Considering all the Sid stuff lately, thought this would be a good reminder of just how little we have to worry about with Sid in charge of Civ3. |
Vrank Prins
Chieftain
Haarlem, Netherlands
Sep 2000
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posted May 01, 2001 12:04
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I've played:Civ-I
Colonization
Civ-II And somehow "Gettysburg" looks very appealing to me. But I've never seen in a dutch computer(game)shop. |
jglidewell
Chieftain
manassas va usa
Feb 2001
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posted May 01, 2001 12:56
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Originally posted by Jeje2 on 01-20-2001 07:08 AM
Railroad Tycoon (1990)
Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
Sid Meier's Colonization (1994)
Sid Meier's Civilization II (1997)
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (then) Antietam! (1997)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire
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The others I didn't know where 'Sids games' |
Lawrence of Arabia
Chieftain
San Francisco, CA, USA
Apr 2001
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posted May 01, 2001 14:52
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Civ1
Civ2
Colonization
Gettysburg------------------
Its okay to smile; you're in America now
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tniem
Prince
Grand Rapids
Apr 2000
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posted May 04, 2001 21:25
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quote:
Originally posted by Vrank Prins on 05-01-2001 12:04 PM
I've played:Civ-I
Colonization
Civ-II And somehow "Gettysburg" looks very appealing to me. But I've never seen in a dutch computer(game)shop.
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I believe you can purchase it with Antitem! for $20 at the Firaxis store.
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joseph1944
Warlord
Napa, Ca. USA
Jul 2000
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posted May 04, 2001 22:26
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After thinking about it, I did play the Vietnam title only about 2 times for about an hour and never played it again (for this poll I would not count it because I did not play it enough to count). One game that is missing and I think Sid may have something to do with it is "Airborne Ranger" (1987/8?). The game was put out my Micro Prose and that game I did played a whole bunch. Maybe that would be a real nice game to go back and update to todays standard.------------------
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