Recent content by dosprompt

Yeah, Sold isnt distributing it anymore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier%27s_Alpha_Centauri Which is weird, cuz the Wiki article says it dropped it before it was due to be distributed under Sold-Out.

I just got a new laptop and I can't find my copy of Alpha Centauri! Worse, I can't seem to find anyone who still sells the thing. I never actually got Alien Crossfire and I've been itching to get my hands on it. Anyone know where I can actually still find a copy? Thanks.

WOOPS! And I knew that file looked familiar, its just a directx9 problem...sry sry sry...another guy didn't bother to search the forums before posting again, my bad.

Alright, I had a local CD MAX clean the CD's and, sure enough, it installed. Still a problem, however, after I downloaded and installed patch 1.74. I get that wonderfully friendly error "This application has failed to start because D3DX9_32.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may...

So I had largely forgotten about Civ since I beat it countless times until I saw the news that they're bringing back Colonization! Awesome news, and I decided I really should get back to this awesome game and check out the expansion packs and everything (haven't boughten any yet, though)...