Path: menudo.uh.edu!usenet From: traynor@fnalo.fnal.gov (Mike Traynor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews Subject: MINI-REVIEW: Civilization AGA Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games Date: 21 Oct 1993 00:15:58 GMT Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett Lines: 60 Sender: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu (comp.sys.amiga.reviews moderator) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2a4kbu$jn6@menudo.uh.edu> Reply-To: traynor@fnalo.fnal.gov (Mike Traynor) NNTP-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu Keywords: game, strategy, history, commercial This is a mini-review of Civilization AGA. I have an Amiga 1200 with a 50 Mhz 68030 and 50 Mhz 68882 + 1 Meg Fast RAM, and a large hard drive. Installation on the hard drive is straightforward -- just click on the Install icon after inserting Disk A, and follow the instructions. (Minor inconsistency: the installation refers to Disks 1-4, but they are labeled A-D.) Make sure to turn OFF your computer before attempting to run the game. Once the game starts, the familiar Civilization title screens come up, but with small differences -- better resolution, colors, et. al., and bits of animation -- the lightning on the early earth hops around, etc. There were previous posts in c.s.a.games discussing how the game was unplayable because of the slow fade-ins and fade-outs; yes, they are a bit slow (for example, the scientific advances have a fade in of the symbol of the advance), but they do not in any way make the game unplayable in my opinion. Otherwise, the game is exactly as in the original Civilization (though I don't know if the cheats are the same), but with much improved graphics and animated water lapping onto the coasts. One "bug" remains -- the game gives you the option of saving on AUX: and PIPE: -- but that is just a minor matter. I played until 2000 BC last night, so there may be things that I missed, but the game is very familiar other than that. AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION Name: Microprose 180 Lakefront Drive Hunt Valley, MD 21030 USA Telephone: (410) 771-1151 Name: Kompart UK Ltd. 20 Guilford Road St Albans, Herts AL 1 5JY Telephone: (0727) 868005 Fax: (0727) 845202 -Mike Traynor (Disclaimer: How could I speak for Fermilab???) NNN NN DDDD Mike Traynor (ND '86)(Rice '94?) ||| Amiga 1200 owner /// N N N DR D Fermilab PO Box 500 MS 221 E683 ||| MB1230XA 50/50/1 /// N NN D RD Batavia IL, 60510 USA //|\\ 285 Meg IDE \\\/// NN NN DDDD (708) 879-6095 [ans. mach.] /// \\\ 14.4Kbps modem\XX/ --- Daniel Barrett, Moderator, comp.sys.amiga.reviews Send reviews to: amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu Request information: amiga-reviews-requests@math.uh.edu Moderator mail: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu Anonymous ftp site: math.uh.edu, in /pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews