Awesome.
I remember staying up wayyy past my bedtime, munching down "dolphin and friends" brand goldfish knockoff crackers, and playing Civ II until morning, where I would catch a quick nap before school, skip breakfast, and proceed to do very poorly in classes I should not have done so poorly in.
Civ IV will be popular because it does have some nifty gameplay features and better graphics, but.... I have been engrossed in both games, as much as my time and interest can allow, and at the time, I was more interested in Civ II than I was interested in Civ IV later on.
Civ II was awesome. Civ IV fixed a lot of the mess that was Civ III, but I can't help but think Civ II was the real reason for the success of the series. I can't thank Civ III for that, because I've played it and I thought it was awful. From what I've seen, I ain't getting Civ V.
I remember when they first started posting demo shots of Civ V and I thought.... one unit per tile? That tears apart everything I know about Civ warfare. Hex tiles? Not a fan, though I get why some people are. It's not aesthetically pleasing to me personally. And I've just heard horrendous things about gameplay and user interface, and lack of support/fixes where necessary.
Civ II was great, never had any problems with it. Never had a problem navigating through the interface. There were some easy shortcuts. I loved everything about it.
Civ II is one of my favorite games of all time.
Everyone with similar sentiments: you have officially become friends of Pizzaguy.