That's not a good enough reason for playing Civ I...it's far better than the newer games, Kernal !
I hope you'll enjoy it if you keep playing !!!
Good Luck!
That's not the only thing, silly. Diplomats were awesome...I would wage war in a republic using my huge amount of cash to buy enemy cities. Especially the ones with walls. Also, faraway cities have decent shield production.
I'm borrowing my mom's Civ 4 disk tomorrow, so I'll be playing that instead, but I'll still finish the Civ 1 game. I got those mystery terrains near the north pole, maybe I should save and try to build a city there...hmmm...