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| Civilization III
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| Developer:
| Firaxis
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| Publisher:
| Atari
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| Release date:
| 1997, 2003
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| Genre:
| TBS
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| Game modes:
| Single player
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| ESRB rating:
| Everyone (E)
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| Platform:
| Windows, Linux, Mac OS
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| Media:
| CD (1)
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| System requirements:
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Sid Meier's Civilization III is a turn-based strategy computer gameA computer game is any sort of game that is played using a computer. General Although often associated, computer games are not necessarily video games although all but the earliest video games (such as Pong, which used dedicated analogue circuitry) are co by Firaxis GamesFiraxis Games is a computer game developer. It was founded in 1996 by Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs upon leaving Microprose. The company focuses on strategy games and is based in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Firaxis has produced several games, including Gettysburg, the sequel to Sid MeierSid Meier is a renowned programmer and designer of some of the most commercially and critically successful computer games of all time. Meier has won several accolades for both his contributions to the computer games industry and for the titles which have's Civilization II. Also called "Civ 3" for short, the game is the third generation of the original Civilization. The game offers highly evolved gameplay in terms of both mechanics and strategy. Unlike the previous versions of the game, Civ III was not designed by Sid Meier, but by Jeff Briggs and Soren Johnson , another game designer and a programmer at Firaxis respectively.
1 Overview
Among its enhancements, Civilization III introduced many new victory conditions, including a "diplomatic" option (that is, the victory is achieved by becoming the world leader by constructing the United Nations wonder and being elected as Secretary-General by the other powers), as well as a "cultural" option involving building culturally strong cities with many improvements such as temples and universities. The game also allowed for "domination" victories, where players with two-thirds of both the world's population and landmasses can win, helping gamers skip over "mop up" operations once it became clear that victory was certain.
Two expansion sets have been published for Civilization III: Play the World and Conquests. Play the World adds the ability to play against other human players, and it adds numerous features to the original release. Conquests offers eight historical playable scenarios, ranging from Mesopotamia to WWII in the Pacific. In addition to adding many more features to the game, they also add a total of 15 new playable civilizations.
Magazines, reviewers, and strategy game fans consistently hail Civilization III as one of the best strategy games ever made. The entire Civilization series (including the first two versions) is one of the greatest selling strategy game series of all time.
