This is hard

[ADLOTS]

I havent played civ1 in AGES.... and its my favourite ciz, just coz its the origional


so i pop in the CD and give it a go... i go on emperor difficulty, and its REALLY HARD. Emperor on civ1 is harder then deity on civ2 and 3. At least in those games i can survive till industrial times, in civ i get my ass wholy kicked .

Still, it remains very fun

 

[stormerne]

Some people think that the original game is easier because it's old. But as you found out, that's not necessarily so. There are other things that are harder too in Civ1 - try playing OCC!

 

[tSlater]

OCC?

Anywho, yeah.. I've yet to beat Emperor mode without cheating. =P

 

[GenghisK]

one city challenge....

 

[tSlater]

ohhhh.. I've yet to try that..

 

[Portuguese]

I've won in Emperor. Just tried 1, coz I'm affraid to try it again...

Strategy:

Play on Earth
Start in Africa with Zulus
Choose other CIVs as Europeans (French and Roman for example)
Do settler diaherrea and conquer all Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe (especially and ASAP Suez channel!!!)
Build the Great Library (their 2~3 cities produce more sceince than your empire)
Trade science to have good attack units, if needed
Make many many units!
Kill them before they start building boats

It's hard!
Consider yourself warned, but give it a shot

Good LUCK!
(you'll need it...)

If you're good, you may repeat my success
[dance] [dance] [dance] [dance] [dance]

 

[Wil]

Originally posted by Portuguese

Do settler diaherrea and conquer all Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe (especially and ASAP Suez channel!!!)

I think the term "diaherrea" is not noble enough for those brave settlers, really.

 

[Portuguese]

Originally posted by Wil


I think the term "diaherrea" is not noble enough for those brave settlers, really.

OK, I admit: I miss Zouave and his posts.
The origin of that expression is him.

But you can hapilly change from it to "Settler boom" or"Settler explosion"

Just do it and don't spend time giving names to it...

 

[tSlater]

Originally posted by Portuguese
Start in Africa with Zulus
Choose other CIVs as Europeans (French and Roman for example)
[dance] [dance] [dance] [dance] [dance]

I use the snes version, there are no zulu, just Japanese.. and I can't pick my enemies..

 

[Portuguese]

Well, just pick a Civ that can block the passage of the other 2.

If you can't pick enemies, THAT'S a problem.
Just make guesses and reloads how many times it takes

Remember: blocking them is the KEY! Do that ASAP!

 

[tSlater]

Babylon might be good for that, or Egypt. Especially if both Babylon and Egypt exist. I once played as Egypt, went exploring, and ran into Babylon when they had a population of 2 and no military units =D Then I conquered almost all of Asia, but then India and China both wiped me off of Eurasia, and I had to escape to the American continent. =\

I think I'll try it again though.

 

[Portuguese]

Babylon can not prevent Egipt from having 10 o more cities.

It's VERY impotant to make them don't have moe than 3~4 at maximum. I achieve the result of only 2 for one and 3 for the other. It's difficult, but you chances improve greatelly, I think...

Yeah, try again. Courage, and you'll succeed