In the interest of preservation, I have assembled as many official patches for Civilization III and add-ons as I could find on the internet and Wayback Machine, that includes both latest and historical versions.
Vanilla and Play The World have separate patches for localized versions while Conquests has the same patches for all languages.
Note that Play The World has separate English patches for US and UK releases. This is because they use different copy protections, US has SecuROM and UK has SafeDisc. Except there's also a catch - UK got a rerelease pre-patched to 1.14f and it uses SecuROM so that one needs US patch. Make sure you install the right one otherwise you'll run into copy protection rejecting your disc.
C3ConquestsFULLBetav115.exe
C3Conquestsv120.exe
Civ3Conquestsv122FULL.exe
Civ3Conquestsv122Update.exe
civ3v116f.exe
civ3v117f.exe
civ3v121f.exe
civ3v129f.exe
DE\civ3ptw114fg.exe
DE\civ3ptw121g.exe
DE\civ3ptw127fg.exe
DE\civ3v121fg.exe
DE\civ3v129fg.exe
ES\civ3ptw121fs.exe
ES\civ3ptw127fs.exe
ES\civ3v121fs.exe
ES\civ3v129fs.exe
FR\civ3ptw121ff.exe
FR\civ3ptw127ff.exe
FR\civ3v121ff.exe
FR\civ3v129ff.exe
IT\civ3ptw121fi.exe
IT\civ3ptw127fi.exe
IT\civ3v121fi.exe
IT\civ3v129fi.exe
JP\civ3ptw121fj.exe
JP\civ3ptw127fj.exe
JP\civ3v129fj.exe
PTW_UK\civ3ptw114f.exe
PTW_UK\civ3ptw121f.exe
PTW_UK\civ3ptw127f.exe
PTW_US\civ3ptw104f.exe
PTW_US\civ3ptw114f.exe
PTW_US\civ3ptw121f.exe
PTW_US\civ3ptw127f.exe
Missing patches
Vanilla:
1.21f Japanese (does it exist?)
Play The World:
1.01f (most likely does not exist as a patch since pre-1.01f reportedly only existed as a Russian beta)
1.04f for non-US versions does not exist
1.14f French
1.14f Italian
1.14f Spanish
1.14f Japanese (does it exist?)
Moderator Action: Note: As there wasn't any citation of sources for the files in this download, staff did look at them and determined that they appear to be genuine without any malware present. However, please be aware that anyone that downloads and installs/runs them does so at their own risk. ~ LK
Sid Meier's Civilization III Patches : Firaxis Games : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is an archive of historical patches for Sid Meier's Civilization III and its two addons, Play The World and Conquests.
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Vanilla and Play The World have separate patches for localized versions while Conquests has the same patches for all languages.
Note that Play The World has separate English patches for US and UK releases. This is because they use different copy protections, US has SecuROM and UK has SafeDisc. Except there's also a catch - UK got a rerelease pre-patched to 1.14f and it uses SecuROM so that one needs US patch. Make sure you install the right one otherwise you'll run into copy protection rejecting your disc.
Spoiler List of files for search engines :
C3ConquestsFULLBetav115.exe
C3Conquestsv120.exe
Civ3Conquestsv122FULL.exe
Civ3Conquestsv122Update.exe
civ3v116f.exe
civ3v117f.exe
civ3v121f.exe
civ3v129f.exe
DE\civ3ptw114fg.exe
DE\civ3ptw121g.exe
DE\civ3ptw127fg.exe
DE\civ3v121fg.exe
DE\civ3v129fg.exe
ES\civ3ptw121fs.exe
ES\civ3ptw127fs.exe
ES\civ3v121fs.exe
ES\civ3v129fs.exe
FR\civ3ptw121ff.exe
FR\civ3ptw127ff.exe
FR\civ3v121ff.exe
FR\civ3v129ff.exe
IT\civ3ptw121fi.exe
IT\civ3ptw127fi.exe
IT\civ3v121fi.exe
IT\civ3v129fi.exe
JP\civ3ptw121fj.exe
JP\civ3ptw127fj.exe
JP\civ3v129fj.exe
PTW_UK\civ3ptw114f.exe
PTW_UK\civ3ptw121f.exe
PTW_UK\civ3ptw127f.exe
PTW_US\civ3ptw104f.exe
PTW_US\civ3ptw114f.exe
PTW_US\civ3ptw121f.exe
PTW_US\civ3ptw127f.exe
Missing patches
Vanilla:
1.21f Japanese (does it exist?)
Play The World:
1.01f (most likely does not exist as a patch since pre-1.01f reportedly only existed as a Russian beta)
1.14f French
1.14f Italian
1.14f Spanish
1.14f Japanese (does it exist?)
Moderator Action: Note: As there wasn't any citation of sources for the files in this download, staff did look at them and determined that they appear to be genuine without any malware present. However, please be aware that anyone that downloads and installs/runs them does so at their own risk. ~ LK
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