The Strong Museum, or the National Museum of Play features the World Video Game Hall Of Fame (among other gaming related items), where the most important video games are honoured.The Hall of Fame itself is rather new, and this year 4 new games have been inducted, making it a grand total of 9 so far. Multiple media outlet,… Read More »
As it was promised 2 weeks ago, the Civilization Twitter account has made a video with all the best birthday wishes for Sid. You can find this video here on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivGame/status/1496915329984843814 Happy Birthday, Sid Meier! 🥳🎂 Enjoy this special message from the best fans in gaming. pic.twitter.com/K9OswLKKV7— Sid Meier’s Civilization (@CivGame) February 24, 2022 Discuss this video… Read More »
Shacknews has published their 2021 Hall of Fame, which includes games, companies, and also people. One of the most important ones, obviously, Sid Meier! https://www.shacknews.com/article/128105/shacknews-hall-of-fame?page=8#detail-view“Millions of players know Sid Meier as the father of the Sid Meier’s Civilization series of turn-based strategy games. That only makes sense: His name is in the title. But Meier started on a… Read More »
Most people are aware of the extensive modding capabilities which there are in Civ. Starting from Civ2 we had great scenarios, space and fantasy mods, everything what you can imagine. But did you know that you could already mod Civ1? Our user blake has made a compilation of the available mods and scenarios for Civ1. He uploaded 11… Read More »
Sean Seanson has produced a video for the youtube channel of PotatoMcWhiskey, showcasing the Civilization 2 port on the PS1. The Civ2 version definitely looks like an improvement over the Civ1 version on the PS1, especially given that it is available in English. As the Civ1 version, the Civ2 version looks considerably different.If you’ve never seen either, have… Read More »
Firaxis has announced today that they’re officially starting the party for Civ’s 30th birthday. Besides the above video, they also have an address from Sid Meier himself written down. Read the official announcement here: https://civilization.com/fr-FR/news/entries/it-s-civilization-s-big-30-year-celebration/ Discuss it in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/official-from-firaxis-it%E2%80%99s-civilizations-big-30-year-celebration.673485/
So much time has passed, since the “birth” of Civ. Many people know the game, and all the details about its mechanics. But do you know about all the small things and little jokes, created by Firaxis or the community? You haven’t seen CivAnon, the Civ4 throne room, or about Elvis? No? Have a read here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/30-years-civ-all-the-little-things-you-didnt-know.673477/ And… Read More »
Our user Blake00 has put out another very interesting video. This time it is about the SNES and PS1 port of Civ1. Most people will not know about these, since they are rather obscure, and the latter one was only available in Japan. There is even on ongoing, but also rather unknown project to make a Sega Genesis/Mega… Read More »