Difference between revisions of "Sid Meier's Civilization"
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Revision as of 12:22, 19 May 2023
Developers | |
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MPS Labs | |
Publishers | |
MicroProse | |
Chronicles release | 2K Games |
Release dates | |
DOS | September 1991 |
Windows 3.x | 1993 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1993 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | 4X, TBS |
Themes | Historical |
Series | Civilization |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Sid Meier's Civilization | 1991 |
Freeciv (unofficial) | 1996 |
Sid Meier's Civilization II | 1996 |
Civilization II: Test of Time | 1999 |
Sid Meier's Civilization III | 2001 |
Sid Meier's Civilization IV | 2005 |
CivCity: Rome | 2006 |
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization | 2008 |
Sid Meier's Civilization V | 2010 |
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth | 2014 |
Sid Meier's Civilization VI | 2016 |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
General information
- Civilization Wiki - A detailed wiki for all Civilization games and their spin offs
- Apolyton Civilization Site's Civilization I & II section - A huge forum dedicated to all Civilization games and their spin offs.
- CivFanatics very large Civilization community.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Original release. | |||
Retail | CivNet. |
Version differences
- CivNet 1995 re-release of Civilization with multiplayer features (LAN, hotseat, modem, and P2P), and is a 16-bit Windows application.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patches are available.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Window can be maximized or resized to any size. | ||
Multi-monitor | Window can be maximized or resized to any size. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
High-fidelity upscaling | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
- Multiplayer modes are only available in the CivNet release.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 8 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | For DOSBox use DOSBox IPX/modem emulation. | |||
Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | Tandy, EGA, VGA, SVGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386SX | |
System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Tandy, EGA, VGA, or SVGA graphics card |
Windows 3.x | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386SX | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | VGA, or SVGA graphics card |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 MB |