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Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)

MPS Labs

Amiga · Atari ST/STE · DOS · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PC-9800 Series

4.14 from 209 ratings

432 members have it in their collection · 3 playing now · 60 backlogged · 59 wish listed

How long? Main story 3h · 100% 16h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991.The game's objective is "...to build an empire that would stand the test of time". The game begins in 4000 BC, and the players attempt to expand and develop their empires through the ages until modern and near-future times. It is also known simply as Civilization.
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Details

Developers
MPS Labs
Publishers
MicroProse Software, Inc.
Genres
Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), Historical
Series
Civilization

Release dates

  • Sep 30, 1991 (Full Release) (North_America) DOS
  • 1991 (Full Release) (Europe) DOS
  • Jul 1992 (Full Release) (Brazil) DOS
  • Sep 25, 1992 (Full Release) (Japan) PC-9800 Series
  • 1992 (Full Release) (North_America) Amiga
  • 1992 (Full Release) (Europe) Amiga
  • 1992 (Full Release) (Australia) DOS
  • Mar 1993 (Full Release) (Europe) Atari ST/STE
  • 1993 (Full Release) (North_America) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Gamestar Magazine's 300 best PC games of all time by Human_Traffic · 300 games · 5

Rating distribution

5 stars
91
4 stars
73
3 stars
30
2 stars
13
1 star
2
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peter

Review peter 5/5 · Jul 15, 2012

I've lost more hours to this game than I care to admit. Every couple of years I'll dump another 20 or 30 hours into a game of "just one more turn."

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