Civ 1 for DOS versions
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Osvaldo Manso
Warlord
I'm sure someone will come up with a complete answer since this information is available. Unfortunately my copy of «Sid Meier's Civilization or Rome on 640k a Day» by Emrich & Wilson is at home and I'm currently at work 
I'm almost sure that the book has information about this.
However, I believe that subsequent versions were issued mainly to fix bugs although they also added small changes. For example, version 3 (the one I usually play) introduced the option to rename a city which is fine when you mistype the name and press enter without noticing the error or when you conquer a city and wish to maintain your pattern of naming cities (if you do have a pattern).
I'm almost sure that the book has information about this.
However, I believe that subsequent versions were issued mainly to fix bugs although they also added small changes. For example, version 3 (the one I usually play) introduced the option to rename a city which is fine when you mistype the name and press enter without noticing the error or when you conquer a city and wish to maintain your pattern of naming cities (if you do have a pattern).
http://www.civfanatics.com/civ1/faq/civfaq2.php
475 denotes CD distribution. There are no gameplay differences.
475 denotes CD distribution. There are no gameplay differences.
Osvaldo Manso
Warlord
I've checked the FAQ on CFC about this issue but it is incomplete.
So, I've looked elsewhere and found this:
«VERSION 2
Version 2 was supposed to fix the Advisor Bug, but it
didn't. It did remove the Debug keys though, so it is
different from version 1.
VERSION 3
Version 3 introduced several important changes that affect
game play.
Cities must have a population base of five or more to
support taxman or scientist specialists.
Under a Despotic government, citizen unhappiness will
increase with the number of cities you control. This may
lead to 'very unhappy' citizens, (recognizable by their
red shirts) who must first be converted to normal unhappy
citizens before then can become contented. This effect
occurs to a lesser degree under other government types.
A maximum of 3 units per city may be used to impose
martial law. (I.e. Convert unhappy citizens to content
citizens.)
Cities may be renamed at any time. Click on the RENAME
box or press the 'r' key on the city status screen.
Transport units no longer count against city unhappiness
under Republic/Democracy.
The maintenance cost of Barracks has been changed to
1/2/3 coins at the Prince and King difficulty levels, and
2/3/4 coins at the Emperor level.
VERSION 4
Version 4 is the high-density disk edition of version 3. It
is identical in all other respects.
VERSION 5
Version 5 was supposed to fix the Advisor Bug again, but it
didn't. There is no difference between version 5 and 3 in
playability.»
(taken from EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CIVILIZATION BUT
WERE AFRAID TO ASK, by Pete Phillips, Kay-Viktor Stegemann, Redmond Simonsen, Erik Johnson, Charles K. Hughes and Ron Forman)
