Same here.
Played Civ I on a 286 with a (whopping) 40 meg hard drive. My, how times have changed!
How many have played this series since Civ 1?
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Same here.
Played Civ I on a 286 with a (whopping) 40 meg hard drive. My, how times have changed!
Played all 4 civs along with their expansions, both Call to Powers, Civ Revolution, the original Colonization, SMAC, and even Freeciv and Freecol. I wonder how many years of my life that adds up to if you count minutes playing Civ. Actually, I don't want to know.
Seaman Sample
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I first started playing the Civilization series with Civilization II on my Windows 98 PC back in late 1990s.
Good times, good times.
Good times, good times.
<<< Can you tell I played Civ1? 
javidbing
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played since civ 1
went 1 > 2 > 2(Scenarios) > 3 > 4
been playing since i was really little and didnt really understand most of it. Sad thing is I was better at civ 2 when I was young than I am at civ 4 now lol
went 1 > 2 > 2(Scenarios) > 3 > 4
been playing since i was really little and didnt really understand most of it. Sad thing is I was better at civ 2 when I was young than I am at civ 4 now lol
<<< Can you tell I played Civ1?
The dread battleship-killer himself...
White Elk
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I first played Civ1 in the early 90's while I was backpacking the states. Stopped for a winter to work; meet some friends with a PC and Civ1; rented a couch from them and the rest is history as they say. I was addicted right from the start. My main oppurtunity to play was during the sleep cycle. So I didn't sleep much that season. I was hooked from game one.
I was still traveling when Civ2 came out and didn't find the game until I had begrudgingly become redomesticated again. Was gifted a PS One in 2000, and Civ2 was the only new game I ever purchased for it. I still play it occasionally. Then upon hearing the pre-release news that Civ3 was coming out, I started looking for a cheap computer. Didn't think I needed one prior to that. $500 bucks later and with my first PC in hand (Dell Inspiron Laptop), I bought Civ3 the day it came out. I've been pre-ordering, or picking up a release day version ever since.
Civ3 is also responsible for pushing me into the net. I was a net noob and didn't think I had a need/desire for it until one day I wondered about something Civ related. I googled and found CivFanatics... and here I still be... back now to share yet another pre-release buzz with fellow fanatics.
I was still traveling when Civ2 came out and didn't find the game until I had begrudgingly become redomesticated again. Was gifted a PS One in 2000, and Civ2 was the only new game I ever purchased for it. I still play it occasionally. Then upon hearing the pre-release news that Civ3 was coming out, I started looking for a cheap computer. Didn't think I needed one prior to that. $500 bucks later and with my first PC in hand (Dell Inspiron Laptop), I bought Civ3 the day it came out. I've been pre-ordering, or picking up a release day version ever since.
Civ3 is also responsible for pushing me into the net. I was a net noob and didn't think I had a need/desire for it until one day I wondered about something Civ related. I googled and found CivFanatics... and here I still be... back now to share yet another pre-release buzz with fellow fanatics.
HypnosTene
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I was shown Civ 1 at a New Year's Party in 1993. Needless to say, I mostly remember the game from that night. I subsequenty got it for my Amiga and became thoroughly addicted. A late sleeper, I would get up half an hour early, just to catch a couple of turns before school.
Then came civ2, and with the advent of mp3s playing in the background, I spent days and months playing. Then SMAC (still my fav).
I got all excited about civ3, but i disliked it heavily (such a step back from SMAC...)
Then came civ4, and I am still playing, great game ; )
I obviously played all the 'side' games such as Colonization, Master of Magic, Master of Orion 1,2, Call to Power etc, but SMAC and Civ is where it's at ; )
EDIT: and my avatar refers to my fav single game in civ2, when I terraformed all of North Africa on the great Europe map ; )
Then came civ2, and with the advent of mp3s playing in the background, I spent days and months playing. Then SMAC (still my fav).
I got all excited about civ3, but i disliked it heavily (such a step back from SMAC...)
Then came civ4, and I am still playing, great game ; )
I obviously played all the 'side' games such as Colonization, Master of Magic, Master of Orion 1,2, Call to Power etc, but SMAC and Civ is where it's at ; )
EDIT: and my avatar refers to my fav single game in civ2, when I terraformed all of North Africa on the great Europe map ; )
I was introduced to Civ 1 by my cousin when I was around 11 years old (~1993). Played it on my 286 alongside another Sid Meier classic, Railroad Tycoon. I owe a lot of my English language skills to those two games (and the English-Finnish dictionary I had on my desk just in case I encounter a new word I didn't know how to translate yet). 
Civ 2 I got for my birthday in '97. Then later got SMAC and the Crossfire expansion. I played all of those games massively and I belong to the crowd that think SMAC truly deserves a sequel.
Civ 3 I pretty much skipped because as a college student I lacked the funds for a new computer at the time. When I finally upgraded my system, I just borrowed Civ 3 from my friend, didn't really care about the changes made to the game and stopped playing after a few games.
Even Civ 4 didn't really get me back to series until Beyond the Sword came out. I also found this site and read through some basic strategy guides (at least Sisiutils comes to mind) and I was once again hooked. Unfortunately(?) I don't have as much spare time as I had back in the days of Civ 1 and 2, so I don't really get to play Civ 4 that much. But still it's definitely one of the best games out there and also the worst "time sink" I know of.
Can't wait for Civ 5!
Civ 2 I got for my birthday in '97. Then later got SMAC and the Crossfire expansion. I played all of those games massively and I belong to the crowd that think SMAC truly deserves a sequel.
Civ 3 I pretty much skipped because as a college student I lacked the funds for a new computer at the time. When I finally upgraded my system, I just borrowed Civ 3 from my friend, didn't really care about the changes made to the game and stopped playing after a few games.
Even Civ 4 didn't really get me back to series until Beyond the Sword came out. I also found this site and read through some basic strategy guides (at least Sisiutils comes to mind) and I was once again hooked. Unfortunately(?) I don't have as much spare time as I had back in the days of Civ 1 and 2, so I don't really get to play Civ 4 that much. But still it's definitely one of the best games out there and also the worst "time sink" I know of.
Can't wait for Civ 5!
Leifmk
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Yet another Civ 1 veteran here. "One more turn"-ing it since 1991 or 1992.
Formica
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I logged in for my once-yearly Civ Fanatics post, because this topic is so delightful
I started with Civ 1. I still have the box for the PC edition from Microprose, though I can't find that giant manual. The first time I played it, I started about 9am, and the next thing I remember hearing from my family was "dinner's ready!" I believe it was summer 1993; Civ 1 and Star Control 2 were the PC games that ruled my summer that year. Key memories include those blood red barbarians, refusing to build churches because I was deep in my rebellious anti-religion teenage phase, and Teddy Roosevelt advising me when the "Babylonians use nuclear weapons!!"
I bought CivNet and played it with a friend once or twice, but mostly it was to have a higher-res version of Civ 1.
Civ 2 was the first game I ever pre-ordered over the internet, from Egghead Software as I recall. I still have that box, too; I'd just returned from a trip to meet some gaming buddies from IRC in Chicago, and the Fedex package was waiting for me when I got home. It was a great way to return
Civ 3 was the game that broke in my Athlon XP 1600 in October 2001. Unfortunately that box is lost to the sands of time.
I took a day off from work for Civ 4, but was wrong by a day
So I only got half a day or so to play it instead of starting the night before 
The boxes for Civ 4, Warlords, and BTS bookend my collection of gaming relics at the moment.
I never played any of the CtP games. I played Alpha Centauri, and while I appreciated it for what it was, the flavor of Civ has always been important to me, so it didn't grip me quite the same way.
Civ as a series is one of the few games that I can say has improved with every iteration. That makes me very optimistic for Civ 5. Yes, there's a ton of changes coming, but the changes over the years have made the game more fun. Civ 4 in particular, with its emphasis on eliminating unfun elements (pollution whack-a-mole, cities in disorder) really raised the bar and remains my favorite iteration of the series.
For reference, since age is coming up a lot in this topic, I will be 35 next month.
I started with Civ 1. I still have the box for the PC edition from Microprose, though I can't find that giant manual. The first time I played it, I started about 9am, and the next thing I remember hearing from my family was "dinner's ready!" I believe it was summer 1993; Civ 1 and Star Control 2 were the PC games that ruled my summer that year. Key memories include those blood red barbarians, refusing to build churches because I was deep in my rebellious anti-religion teenage phase, and Teddy Roosevelt advising me when the "Babylonians use nuclear weapons!!"
I bought CivNet and played it with a friend once or twice, but mostly it was to have a higher-res version of Civ 1.
Civ 2 was the first game I ever pre-ordered over the internet, from Egghead Software as I recall. I still have that box, too; I'd just returned from a trip to meet some gaming buddies from IRC in Chicago, and the Fedex package was waiting for me when I got home. It was a great way to return
Civ 3 was the game that broke in my Athlon XP 1600 in October 2001. Unfortunately that box is lost to the sands of time.
I took a day off from work for Civ 4, but was wrong by a day
So I only got half a day or so to play it instead of starting the night before The boxes for Civ 4, Warlords, and BTS bookend my collection of gaming relics at the moment. I never played any of the CtP games. I played Alpha Centauri, and while I appreciated it for what it was, the flavor of Civ has always been important to me, so it didn't grip me quite the same way.
Civ as a series is one of the few games that I can say has improved with every iteration. That makes me very optimistic for Civ 5. Yes, there's a ton of changes coming, but the changes over the years have made the game more fun. Civ 4 in particular, with its emphasis on eliminating unfun elements (pollution whack-a-mole, cities in disorder) really raised the bar and remains my favorite iteration of the series.
For reference, since age is coming up a lot in this topic, I will be 35 next month.
It all started with Empire on commodore64. Then I was hooked on strategy games. Played Since CIV I and all variants of it.
http://www.gamespot.com/c64/strategy/empire/index.html
I was 12 now I am 36 and strategy game is part of my soul...
http://www.gamespot.com/c64/strategy/empire/index.html
I was 12 now I am 36 and strategy game is part of my soul...
Colonel Kraken
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Started on the newly released Civ1 Mac version in 1993? . . . something like that . . . Yeah, I've been a fan ever since I asked my friend, "Why do you have an Elvis icon on your game?"
Countmonte8242
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Civ 1 on Amiga was the best. Got it as soon as it was available for the system; I still remember seeing the advertisement for Civ in Computer Gaming World before it was released. "Build an empire to stand the test of time." Ramesses tomb against that clear blue backdrop (same as the box). I had never played a Sid Meier game at the time, and had no idea what I was getting into. I got it the same time I got "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis," and let me tell you, Indy was never so neglected. I don't think I ever had the time or care really to finish that game, or play it much at all. Civ was just too good to set aside.
It always sucked waiting for games to come out on Amiga, but a nice bonus was that the sound on it destroyed the PC's for gaming. Loved the Civ 1 music on Amiga.
It always sucked waiting for games to come out on Amiga, but a nice bonus was that the sound on it destroyed the PC's for gaming. Loved the Civ 1 music on Amiga.
Civ 1 on the Amiga rocked. No matter how primitive it is compared to Civ 4, it still has the fondest memories for me. Maybe because I was younger and the game was so revolutionary back then, but Civilization 1 on Amiga will always be remembered just as Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, Supercars 2, Alien Breed and The Perfect General.
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