Going nuts

[BredenF1234]

I have been playing civ since I can remember, we didn't have a computer until 1997 so dad would occasionally bring one from work. That led me to playing Civilization. I was attached the instant I took my first city, I was the Americans and took an English city. After that eventually got a computer and got Civ2. In my humble opinion it is by far the best game of the series.

At thanksgiving I saw that dad had a game up on the screen, being nosey I had to sit down save it and play a few rounds. A few rounds led to 2 hrs worth of game time, and a feed to my addiction I have been lacking since purchasing a computer that will not run civ2.


I am officially looking for an older computer, simply to play civ, playing some world maps, the WW2 scenario, and a few random maps to go along with it. I play CiV on a very regular basis but it isn't the same, Civ4 was sort of similar just much larger and to much micro managing. Still a great game, hell they're all good with the exception of civ3 never got into that one. Either way Civ2 still takes the cake.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Dunno about the newer stuff, but my computer is still running on XP and I can play Civ 2 just fine. Mind you, it's an old computer cobbled together out of a lot of different stuff...

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Do not play alone. Join the GOTMs. GOTM 138 is an interesting scenario.

 

[Caias Jupiter]

I still play civ2. In fact, it's the only game I play. Right before I switched from towers to laptops I bought civ3 and played that but it didn't do it for me. I bought civ4 but it wouldn't play on my laptops. Still have it, have never played it. What I like about civ2 is the simplicity, rather than being a hugely ornate civing experience, civ2 remains strategically impressive while remaining relatively bare bones. They need to put out a civ2 platinum, that maintains the minimalist windows element of civ2 but updates playability (scrolling screen) and multiplayability, now that would be classy!

By the way guys, try my new scenario, "Ape Island" and tell me what you think. It is meant to compact the civ2 experience into just a few hours!

 

[BredenF1234]

I have a 2009 HP 64bit on xp laptop, can't get civ2 to work on it. I am looking to purchase a tower soon, and I am hoping that it will remedy the problem. If not garage sales around here are ripe with older computers for sale for next to nothing. Either way can't wait to get back to playing the best in the Civ series so far!

 

[Caias Jupiter]

As far as I know Civ2 only works on 32-bit. My Windows 7 has 32-bit and 64-bit programs folders, as long as civ2 is installed in the 32-bit I can get a game in. Might be able to find a 32-bit lap top for less than 50 bucks on Craigs list (if they use that there).

 

[Prof. Garfield]

This thread offers an explanation of the issues and options for playing Civ 2 on a 64 bit machine.