What I miss about Civ 1

[Countmonte8242]

I must confess I had no idea they were even making a Civ4 til I saw the Fry's ad in the paper this morning. Yet, I have at times been an utter Civ addict and have gotten myself completely worked up over the release tomorrow. The game looks great, and with seemingly much more innovation than either of the last 2 incarnations of the series have shown, I simply can't wait.

So reading these forums, I got back to thinking how the addiction started for myself at least some 12? years ago or so. I got 2 games for Christmas, for my good old Amiga 500. The first was Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis I believe. Being a huge fan of LucasArts adventures (Monkey Island!), I was sooo looking forwards to that game. The other, which i was not quite as excited about, was this interesting looking game called Civilization. I think I loaded up Civilization first because I wanted to save the "best" for last. Needless to say, once I started it up, saw the intro, moved my first settlers and phalanxes around, I was hooked. I might have played the Indiana Jones game a couple hours in the next week but I'm pretty sure I never even finished it.

Anyways, thinking back to it, there is one thing that to this day I miss from it, that every Civilization game since has been lacking. The Civ specific theme songs. You would hear each one a million times each, but I can't remember ever really getting sick of them. You had Auld Lang Syne for the French, Glori Glori Hallelujah for the Americans, Alla Turca! for the Germans, I loved it! Specifically, they added some excitement to the critical moments of the game for me. When you were awaiting an imminent discovery from your scientists and that music came booming in, "YES" you knew it had arrived. When you took over an enemy city, the music added to your glory. Even in dealing with opponents, I remember that theirmusic would start playing before you even saw who was contacting you. It added some excitement to diplomatic encounters.

Its a small thing, but I do miss those themes =p Civ 4...... damn I hope Fry's gets it in tomorrow like the ad says.

Sorry for the long, boring post, but if I've helped put any anxious Civ fanatics to sleep on Christmas Eve there is some good to it at least.

 

[bshock727]

It's a shame you never finished Fate of Atlantis. Great game.

 

[Ex-Cop]

Remember man, in Civ 1, when a city was captured, you'd see the victorious army marching through the city, with different uniforms from different eras. That was pure gold, miss that big time. Made annexing new cities even better.

 

[TerraHero]

Yes, i miss curtain aspects from the old civ games.

First off the Wonders and there scenes. That Emancipation Act send shivers down my spine. Also, all wonders had a pretty cool and long movie.

Future era's, you could advance trough into a spacey future, and hence a longer game with more wonders, units, improvements and tactics.

The numerous Civs, about every civ was there. Surely stopped the whole "wich civ deserves to be in" whinning.

 

[Sybot]

I was so young I didn't even know what a computer was when Civ 1 came out. From what I've heard it sounds like an interesting game, it would have been nice to play it back then without having been spoiled by the better graphics of the recent Civs.

 

[Kozmos]

I miss civ 2 advisors,where is elvis

 

[beorn]

The original Civ was a great game. Yes, I still remember the music, and I think that that game did the best at making you feel the personality of opposing Civs. The Mongols were just plain nuts, and the Russians were truly ominous.

If the Pyramids hadn't offered such a clear path to victory, I'd say that it was the best of the series.

 

[Akka]

You had Auld Lang Syne for the French

What's that ?

 

[Paranoid Eyes]

I miss civ 2 advisors,where is elvis

Amen. One of the best superfluous features civ has ever incorporated, just for the shear humor of listening to them argue.

 

[Mr. Hyperbole]

Heathens! Where are your manners?! I swear, I thought we had raised you children up better than that!

Welcome to the forums, CountMonte8242!

 

[Max_x_fire]

I think I played colonization before playing Civ I, probably what got me hooked!

I think I'd have to say it was the fact that I was learning something aswell as playing a highly addictive game! The Civilopedia just seemed like an endless source of information! If it wasnt for Civ I, I'd probably know even less about the world than I do!

Lets see if Civ IV can teach me something new!

 

[mossmonster]

What's that ?

It's the song everyone sings on New Years. "Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?"

 

[Akka]

It's the song everyone sings on New Years. "Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?"

Never heard about that, and I can GUARANTEE that it's not what the music of the French was in Civ 1 (considering it was simply France's national anthem, "la Marseillaise").

 

[Paranoid Eyes]

Never heard about that, and I can GUARANTEE that it's not what the music of the French was in Civ 1 (considering it was simply France's national anthem, "la Marseillaise").

That's how I remember it as well.

 

[mossmonster]

Never heard about that, and I can GUARANTEE that it's not what the music of the French was in Civ 1 (considering it was simply France's national anthem, "la Marseillaise").

Please forgive my asking, but are you a North American? On New Years right after the midnight countdown everyone here cheers and kisses and then joins in singing that song (usually in a drunken and off-key manner). It simply means to to remember your old friends while looking to the future.

Can't vouch for what the civ1 music was.

 

[#1 Person]

What I really missed from Civ 2 when it changed to Civ3 and most likely Civ 4 was the wonder movies. I loved watching them with the fresh beats in the backround

Good times still!

I never had the honor of owning Civ 1, although I did play it very breifly at my lybrary.

 

[Paranoid Eyes]

Please forgive my asking, but are you a North American? On New Years right after the midnight countdown everyone here cheers and kisses and then joins in singing that song (usually in a drunken and off-key manner). It simply means to to remember your old friends while looking to the future.

Can't vouch for what the civ1 music was.

I've definitely heard it in that context in New England anyways, but I'm pretty sure it was not the french song in civ1 (although I do remember it being in there in some context)

 

[mossmonster]

I just looked it up on google and it's a Scottish song from the 1700's. To have that be the French Song on a civ game does seem suspect.

 

[Max_x_fire]

Auld Lang Syne is a song written by the Scottish bard Robert Burns, it has been a traditional New Years song for about a millenia in Scotland!

Its definetly not French! I'll maybe dig Civ I out of the fireproof Safe and check what France's tune was.

I Think Auld Lang Syne was probably for the Celts...

 

[Paranoid Eyes]

I Think Auld Lang Syne was probably for the Celts...

Seems like a reasonable conjecture to me.