From Atari RE: Obtaining a legitmate copy of Civ II.

[Capt. Queeg]

Atari has informed me that it has no vendors selling Civilization II.

There is no way to obtain a legitimate vendorized copy of the product.

I'm surprised the response was so fast. It does means that they have officially abandoned Civ II as a product (for now). I was most interested in whether they would correct my assertion that the CD-only products were not legitimate. They let that statement stand.

So, it seems that if you can purchase a copy with a box, then you should. If no-such product is available, you should not not send your money to places that are only CDs.


-----Original Message-----
From: US-SE-Tech6 [mailto:Tech6@atari.com]
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 2:20 PM
To: .REMOVED.
Subject: RE: Civilization II - Win XP Pro, sp2 : USA :


Unfortunately these items are no longer printed. I am afraid we have no way
of vendoring these items any longer. I can only refer you to www.amazon.com
for a chance to find a legal copy of the title.

CharlesD.
Tech6@Atari.com

Please include all previous replies with your response.

-----Original Message-----
From: .REMOVED.
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 4:54 PM
To: US-SE-Tech1
Subject: Civilization II - Win XP Pro, sp2 : USA :

REQUIRED CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Name : .REMOVED.
E-mail : .REMOVED.
Birthday : .REMOVED.
Warranty : Out of Warranty
Product Name : Civilization II
Customer OS : Win XP Pro, sp2
Customer Country : USA

OPTIONAL CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Phone Number :
E-mailed Us Before? : no
Phoned Us Before? : no
Browser & OS : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1;
SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)
IP Address : .REMOVED.

ISSUE DESCRIPTION
Is there a legitimate avenue of purchasing Civilization II or more
specifically Civilization II test of time.

In the last two months (prior to knowing Civ IV was being released) I've
started several new multiplayer games and no have three or four more people
interested in getting into the game. I am not willing to encourage software
pirates on EBay that are making money selling copies of OEM Jewel case
versions of the game.

Is there an avenue to purchase the game that will get revenue to
Microprose/Atari or is the game no longer available for legitimate purchase.


I will eventually purchase Civ IV, however in addition to the interest in
CivII from friends, Civ IV is too processor intensive for the computers my
children are using...

Please let me know one way or the other; if there is a legitimate avenue or
if it is no longer available for purchase.

Thank you,
.REMOVED.

(Sent 12-2-05 7:53pm est
via
http://www.atari.com/us/support/sup....php?productName=Civilization+II&osType=WINXP
)

 

[The Person]

I have seen Civ2 at a few shops, but that's some time ago.

A pity they are giving up on such a great product.

 

[Horizon]

Considering Civ4 is now "alive", after the long "life" of Civ3 and the unfortunate situation of non-availability of Civ2 , it would be a really good idea to release Civ2 for free.
Some publishers and dev team already did so with their older game when they were launching a new version.

Benefit would be not only to the Civ franchise, as Civ2 was and always is a great game, but it would benefit on the publisher/developers popularity and so directly to their new products.

Let's hope such an idea would go into the mind of the head people.

 

[Smash]

Hey it had to happen.Kinda surprising it has sold as long as it did.They have finally reached the point where investment/return just doesn't make sense.