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- From: traynor@fnalo.fnal.gov (Mike Traynor)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews
- Subject: MINI-REVIEW: Civilization AGA
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Date: 21 Oct 1993 00:15:58 GMT
- Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett
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- Keywords: game, strategy, history, commercial
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-
- This is a mini-review of Civilization AGA.
-
- I have an Amiga 1200 with a 50 Mhz 68030 and 50 Mhz 68882 + 1 Meg
- Fast RAM, and a large hard drive.
-
- Installation on the hard drive is straightforward -- just click on
- the Install icon after inserting Disk A, and follow the instructions. (Minor
- inconsistency: the installation refers to Disks 1-4, but they are labeled
- A-D.) Make sure to turn OFF your computer before attempting to run the game.
-
- Once the game starts, the familiar Civilization title screens come
- up, but with small differences -- better resolution, colors, et. al., and
- bits of animation -- the lightning on the early earth hops around, etc.
-
- There were previous posts in c.s.a.games discussing how the game was
- unplayable because of the slow fade-ins and fade-outs; yes, they are a bit
- slow (for example, the scientific advances have a fade in of the symbol of
- the advance), but they do not in any way make the game unplayable in my
- opinion.
-
- Otherwise, the game is exactly as in the original Civilization
- (though I don't know if the cheats are the same), but with much improved
- graphics and animated water lapping onto the coasts. One "bug" remains --
- the game gives you the option of saving on AUX: and PIPE: -- but that is
- just a minor matter.
-
- I played until 2000 BC last night, so there may be things that I
- missed, but the game is very familiar other than that.
-
- AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION
-
- Name: Microprose
- 180 Lakefront Drive
- Hunt Valley, MD 21030
- USA
- Telephone: (410) 771-1151
-
- Name: Kompart UK Ltd.
- 20 Guilford Road
- St Albans, Herts
- AL 1 5JY
- Telephone: (0727) 868005
- Fax: (0727) 845202
-
- -Mike Traynor
-
- (Disclaimer: How could I speak for Fermilab???)
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