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Sid Meier’s Civilization I - DOS Original (CivDOS)
The Sid Meier Microprose classic that started it all! Typically the most played and owned version of Civilization 1 is the original DOS version, as it sold the most copies and many fans still prefer its graphics (despite the lower resolution) and it’s midi soundtrack.
Sid Meier’s Civilization I - Windows (CivWIN)
Microprose later remade Civilization 1 for Windows 3.1 with higher resolution assets and support for any windows resolution size allowing players to see more of the map. However it was originally not as popular due to its art styles/colours/graphics and significantly downgraded music & sounds. Thankfully in the years since fans have created DOS graphics and soundtrack overhaul mods for CivWIN fixing these issues, and its support for modern HD resolutions is quite useful (links below).
Sid Meier’s CivNET
The final main version of Civilization 1 was a modified version of the CivWIN engine above with added multiplayer. While popular with 90s multiplayer enthusiasts it was not a huge hit with most other players due to its forced retirement game end (you couldn’t select to continue) and not offering many new features over the previous versions most of us already owned. The CivFanatics were ready for a sequel!
Thankfully in the years since fans have also created a DOS graphics mod for CivNET and a Widescreen patch for modern resolution support too (links below).
Sid Meier’s Civilization I - Ports
Civilization 1 was ported to many other home computer systems such as the Amiga, PC-98, Atari ST, & Macintosh with various GUI changes and graphical modifications. The game was also ported to several consoles such as the Super Nintendo, Sega Saturn & Sony Playstation which interestingly contained completely overhauled graphics and GUI (especially the PS1 port which we now have an English patch for). CFC member Tupi is even working on an unofficial Civ1 port to SEGA Genesis / MegaDrive (links below).
Many people visit CivFanatics for different reasons so here’s some useful information & links below for each and every one of you!
INFORMATION AND LINKS
I want to talk about Civ 1:
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK NEEDED
If you feel there is an important Civ1 related resource missing from this list please comment below.
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Welcome to the CivFanatics Sid Meier’s Civilization 1 forums!
If you’re new to this website please make sure you’ve briefed yourself on the CFC posting rules (especially the ones on not posting abandonware links). Questions regarding these rules can be asked on the CFC site feedback forum. These are the games this section of the CFC forum supports...Sid Meier’s Civilization I - DOS Original (CivDOS)
The Sid Meier Microprose classic that started it all! Typically the most played and owned version of Civilization 1 is the original DOS version, as it sold the most copies and many fans still prefer its graphics (despite the lower resolution) and it’s midi soundtrack.
Sid Meier’s Civilization I - Windows (CivWIN)
Microprose later remade Civilization 1 for Windows 3.1 with higher resolution assets and support for any windows resolution size allowing players to see more of the map. However it was originally not as popular due to its art styles/colours/graphics and significantly downgraded music & sounds. Thankfully in the years since fans have created DOS graphics and soundtrack overhaul mods for CivWIN fixing these issues, and its support for modern HD resolutions is quite useful (links below).
Sid Meier’s CivNET
The final main version of Civilization 1 was a modified version of the CivWIN engine above with added multiplayer. While popular with 90s multiplayer enthusiasts it was not a huge hit with most other players due to its forced retirement game end (you couldn’t select to continue) and not offering many new features over the previous versions most of us already owned. The CivFanatics were ready for a sequel!
Thankfully in the years since fans have also created a DOS graphics mod for CivNET and a Widescreen patch for modern resolution support too (links below).Sid Meier’s Civilization I - Ports
Civilization 1 was ported to many other home computer systems such as the Amiga, PC-98, Atari ST, & Macintosh with various GUI changes and graphical modifications. The game was also ported to several consoles such as the Super Nintendo, Sega Saturn & Sony Playstation which interestingly contained completely overhauled graphics and GUI (especially the PS1 port which we now have an English patch for). CFC member Tupi is even working on an unofficial Civ1 port to SEGA Genesis / MegaDrive (links below).
Many people visit CivFanatics for different reasons so here’s some useful information & links below for each and every one of you!
INFORMATION AND LINKS
I want to talk about Civ 1:
- General forum - For discussing any version of Civ1.
- Scenario & GOTM forum - For discussing & creating Civ1 scenarios and maps.
- Buy/download:
- GoG - Not currently for sale! We’re trying to fix that so PLEASE VOTE HERE!
- Steam - Not currently for sale! We’re trying to fix that so PLEASE VOTE HERE!
- Other - We recommend you search Ebay & Google for old copies. No abandonware links allowed sorry!
- Install guides:
- CivDOS - Install guide in manual. You will likely also need DOSBox to run on a modern machine.
- CivWIN - You will need WineVDM or a Virtual Machine to run on a modern 64bit OS.
- CivNET - You will need WineVDM or a Virtual Machine to run on a modern 64bit OS as well as the Widescreen fix.
- Play guides:
- Manuals - HTML and plain text versions of the CivDOS Manual.
- FAQ - Information, tips, strategies, and cheats.
- Reference charts - Interactive HTML charts for advances, terrain, units, wonders & improvements.
- Strategy Discussion - Place where our members discuss strategies & ask questions.
- Your First 10 Techs - Place where our members discuss what 10 technologies they research first.
- Tech Tree Flow Chart - MiGaNuTs custom technology tree flow chart.
- Official patch links:
- CivDOS v5 Patch - Patches CivDOS Disk to v474.05 and CD to v475.05
- CivDOS Updated Sound Drivers - Patches CivDOS adding support for many more sound devices like General MIDI.
- CivWIN v2 Patch - Patches CivWIN to v1.2.0
- CivNET Patch 3 - Patches CivNET to v1.0.2
- Fan patch/utility tools:
- CivNET Widescreen Patch - Unofficial Widescreen patch for CivNET.
- CivNET Killer - Unloads CivNET’s DLL files after a crash.
- CivWIN Extraction Tools - Honza's utilities that allow the extraction, conversion & importing of assets into CivWIN.
- Cheats:
- CivDOS Cheats - List of tricks & cheats for CivDOS (note some will only work with old versions).
- CivDOS v5 Cheats Patch - Old version 1 cheats restored in final CivDOS v475.05 by Tupi.
- CivNET Cheat Menu - CivNET has a secret cheat menu similar to Civ2s!
- Scenario forum - Check here for new creations by talented members.
- CFC downloads - Check here for new creations by talented members.
- Scenario preservation project - Blake’s lost Civ1 scenario preservation project list.
- Scenario forum - See what others are creating and post your creations here.
- Map creation tools:
- JCivED Editor - DarkPanda’s Editor is the most advanced map and game editor/creator for CivDOS and CivWIN ever made!
- CivCracker CivWIN Editor - MountainMn10’s Editor is an excellent runner up for CivWIN players.
- Terraform Editor - Dack’s CivDOS map editor is an old favourite however you must request an access key.
- Other Editors - Lord_Hill has done an excellent tour (with pics & links) of all the old & new Civ1 map editors.
- CivNET Multiplayer thread - A place to test & organise CivNET multiplayer games.
- CivDOS with Multiplayer thread - A place to test & organise hacked CivDOS multiplayer games.
- CivWIN Complete Soundtrack Overhaul mod - Blake’s mod replaces CivWIN’s low quality music files with CivDOS Roland-MT32 recordings.
- DOS graphics for CivWIN mod - Honza’s mod converts CivWIN’s graphics to look like CivDOS.
- DOS graphics for CivNET mod - Lord_Hill’s port of Honza’s mod to CivNET.
- DOS graphics for CivMAC mod - Lord_Hill’s port of Honza’s mod to Civ1 on Macintosh.
- SNES graphics for CivWIN mod - Lord_Hill’s mod converts CivWIN’s graphics to look like SNES Civ1.
- SNES graphics for CivDOS mod - Lord_Hill’s mod converts CivDOS’s graphics to look like SNES Civ1.
- CivDOS Tileset mod - Tomekum’s city & terrain graphics overhaul for CivDOS.
- CivDOS Tileset & Units mod - Vaximillian’s enhanced version of Tomekum’s mod which overhauls the units too.
- CivWIN Tileset & Units mod - Lord_Hill’s port of Vaximillian’s mod to CivWIN.
- CivDOS Wonders & Icons mod - Theov’s enhanced Wonders & Icons mod for CivDOS.
- JCivED Editor - DarkPanda’s map & game editor allows users to edit CivDOS's graphics!
- JCivED Wiki List - DarkPanda's wiki list is a huge source of links to many Civ1 modding guides & discussions.
- CivWIN Extraction Tools - Honza's utilities that allow the extraction, conversion & importing of assets into CivWIN.
- CivPS1 English Patch - Riderr3's English translation patch for the Japanese Playstation 1 port
- Civ-Clone Online project - Dom111’s new opensource online Civ1 clone project.
- CivOne project - SWY’s opensource Civ1 clone project now being continued by others.
- Civ1 Disassembly project - rahorvat’s CivDOS disassembly & C# .NET port project.
- CivGEN project - Tupi’s port of Civ1 for SEGA Genesis/MegaDrive inspired by the popular SNES port of Civ1.
- 8Bit Civilizations project - Fabian's Civ1&2 like clone for Commodore 64.
- CFC Civ1 Videos Area - The CivFanatics videos media area where you can post Civ1 videos.
- Blake’s Civ1 Video Series - Blake’s Civ1 in HD tour series showcasing some of the best mods & scenarios from CivFanatics.
- If you wish to be added to this list please apply below with a playlist link. You will need at least 3 Civ1 videos in the playlist to prove that you’re a regular Civ1 creator. Permanent videos only please, so no streams sorry.
- CivFanatics on Social Media:
- CFC Facebook - The official CivFanatics Civ news Facebook page (includes Civ1 news).
- CFC Reddit - The official CivFanatics Civ news Reddit page (includes Civ1 news).
- How to Play Civ1 in HD - Blake’s video series support thread containing guides and many useful links.
- JCivED Wiki List - DarkPanda's wiki list is a huge source of links to many Civ1 modding guides & discussions.
- Civ1 Ports Comparison thread - Lord_Hill experiments and takes screenshots of the many interesting Civ1 ports.
- Prettying up Civ1 - Vaximillian & others experiment with modding Civ1’s graphics.
- SNES Civ1 graphics - Extracted Super Nintendo Civ1 graphics.
- Civ1 Box Cover Scans - Blake's thread collecting and displaying the many Civ1 boxset covers.
- Microprose FTP Server Backup - Internet Archive backup of the old late 90s Microprose FTP server with Civ1 patches.
- OLD Civ1 Forum Rules Thread - Dack’s original pinned welcome thread.
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK NEEDED
If you feel there is an important Civ1 related resource missing from this list please comment below.
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