4 Years!: Apolyton Civilization Site
January 1st -- July 25th, 2002: The "who, what, where, when, why" for the second part of the 'year'.


Almost 1400 news items were published over the past 12 months on Apolyton, an average of 3.8 per day!

January 2002
January 4 TEMPORARY SERVER MOVE
"After the continuing server problems on our server, we have decided to temporarily move the entirety of Apolyton to a new server."
January 7 FLICSTER 1.0.0 AVAILIABLE
"FLICster v1.0.0 is now availiable. New features include * New FLC Viewer. Allows viewing of Civ3UnitFlcs. Each direction can be viewed. * New Export formats: StoryBoard PCX, Filmstrip PCX, and Cel PCX. Storyboard creates a single PCX containing all"
January 8 CIV3 FOR MACINTOSH SHIPS!
"Mac game publisher MacSoft today confirmed that they`re shipping Sid Meier`s Civilization III, the latest version in the popular strategy game franchise. Copies of the game are expected to arrive on store shelves this week. "
January 9 NEW RELEASE DATE FOR MOO3: 2ND QUARTER 2002
"Stormhound, MOO3`s Assistant Designer, posted the news as soon as they became official: "The Official Release Date for Master of Orion III is second quarter of 2002." Previously MoO3 was set for the first quarter. "After 5 years of following civ games and their releases, I personally see nothing wrong with pre-release delays", commented MarkG, co-owner and webmaster of Apolyton, in a news item posted today. ;)"
January 9 FIRAXIS PUBLIC BETA TEAM!
"Firaxis Games is recruiting roughly 25 individuals, over the age of 21, who live in the United States, and would be willing to help us test patches and possibly future projects."
January 10 PR: SIMGOLF HAS GONE GOLD
"According to Gone Gold, Electronic Arts issued a press release today stating that Sid Meier`s SimGolf has -- as the said site`s namesake suggests -- gone gold. Moreover, it additionally provides a definite release date as to when it is set to hit store shelves and it is not as far away as you would think: January 21st."
January 15 GS READER CHOICE AWARD RESULTS
"The results of GameSpot`s 2001 Readers` Choice Awards have been posted and Firaxis Games` Civilization III walked away with the Best Single-Player Strategy Game of The Year award. In the end, it kept Lionhead Studios` Black & White at bay by nearly 10% of the popular vote (25.7% and 16% respectively)."
January 17 CLASH DEMO 6 RELEASED
"In Demo 6 we`ve added a bunch of new features to the solid military and economic game already available in Demo 5. In the new features such as road building, and merchants that carry out trade, players will already experience the Clash design philosophy of combining low required micromanagement with in-depth possibilities!"
January 20 CULTURE FLIPPING EXPOSED
"The base values used to determine the chance of city flipping are as follows: a) The number of foreign nationals in the city in question (resisters are counted twice), and b) The number of the 21-tile city-radius squares of the city in question that fall inside your cultural borders."
January 23 BALKOSKI JOINS BIG HUGE GAMES
"Board and computer game design legend Joseph Balkoski has joined Big Huge Games to help craft the next generation of real-time strategy games. Balkoski has been a professional game designer for over 25 years, winning numerous awards for classic board games including Cityfight, the Fleet series, Lee Vs. Grant, and the Great Campaigns of the Civil War series. In 1989, Balkoski was named to the Charles S. Roberts “Wargame Design Hall of Fame”."
January 24 SIMGOLF SHIPS
"Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) today announced the release of Sid Meier`s SimGolf(tm). From legendary game designer Sid Meier, and his team at Firaxis Games, and Maxis(tm), the creators of the hit PC games The Sims(tm) and SimCity(tm), Sid Meier`s SimGolf puts players in charge of their very own golf resorts. As course designer, CEO and resident pro, players are challenged to grow a business from a small, public pitch-and-putt to a global network of five-star resorts."
January 25 DEMOCRATIC GAMES FORUM OPENS
"Civ2 appears to be surviving from Civ3, and the civ2 forums are actually increasing! ;) We have just opened our Democratic Games forum to be the central for the... Democratic Games."
January 28 CITYMOD2 COMES TO CTP
"For the first time in ages, a new mod has been released for CtP! Martin Gühmann has converted his popular CityMod2 for CtP2 to CtP1."
January 30 CGM`S GAME OF THE YEAR
"Civilization III was crowned 2001`s Game Of The Year by Computer Games Magazine, whose March, 2002 issue hit store shelves today."
January 31 `TWILIGHT OF THE MIND` SHIPPING
"The third and final instalment in the Sid Meier`s Alpha Centauri novelisation, Twilight Of The Mind (TOTM) by Michael Ely, has been released and pre-orders and new orders alike started shipping today. An impressive 288 pages in length, this ends the series of books whose saga began in December, 2000 with the release of Centauri Dawn (CD) followed by Dragon Sun (DS) last August."


February 2002
February 2 BOARD GAME REINCARNATE?
"Eagle Games Inc. may be following in the path last travelled by Avalon Hill in the early 1980`s by releasing Civilization... as a board game. This story was recently broken by Thrasher`s Axis & Allies fansite, saying that in August the said company`s product will include hundreds of plastic playing pieces - spearmen, settlers, cities, ships, tanks, elephants, chariots, canons, and many more (17 different types of units)."
February 2 APOLYTON ON COMPUTER GAMES MAGAZINE
"The best single source of mods is the Apolyton Civilization site, where you`ll find everything from a completely revised rules set for the Ancient governments in the game to oddities like Pierre Trudeau`s head for use with a custom created Canadian civilization..."
February 6 *EXCLUSIVE*: TWILIGHT OF THE MIND EXCERPT
"Concluding the... tradition of the previous two books, Apolyton is proud to present you with an excerpt of the third Alpha Centauri novel. Titled Twilight of the Mind, the story is set one hundred and forty years after the events of Dragon Sun, the second book."
February 7 SIMGOLF: NEW SITE, 1 PATCH, 2 CHATS
"The new version of the site is a fact. - The download page also contains the v1.01 Patch (1.59MB) which enables SimGolf Web-Exchange support for championship courses, and resolves an issue with occasional crashes for tournaments. - Finally, 2 chats have been scheduled."
February 9 CIVILIZATION THE BOARD GAME, T.N.G.
"Eagle Games, Inc., a boardgame design and manufacturing company, announced that it has plans to publish the boardgame version of the best-selling PC game, Sid Meier’s Civilization. The most recent title in the series, Sid Meier’s Civilization III was developed by Firaxis Games and published by Infogrames last year. Civilization: The Boardgame is scheduled for an August, 2002 release."
February 12 POWERFUL CHEAT EXPOSED
"Recently, a powerful "cheat code" that allows you to see the entire map, all the resources, rename enemy cities, view enemy unit stats, and change the production of enemy cities has been discovered and word of it is currently circulating in the Civilization III community circles. All you need to do is rename a saved game to "1_multipart_xF8FF_2_challenge.SAV" and load the game as usual."
February 14 PROJECT UPDATE: FEB. 12/02
"Via Stormhound, Master of Orion 3`s Assistant Designer, Head Designer Alan Emrich provided an update on the game`s progress in an open letter to the MoO community dated February 12th."
February 14 1.17F PATCH NOW AVAILIABLE
"Firaxis surprised everyone, releasing the 1.17f patch a day earlier than the announced date! The patch is 7.5MB big and currently availiable on Infogrames` ftp server."
February 23 CIV3 GERMAN VERSION RELEASED!
"The localized German version of Civ3 is of yesterday availiable by Infogrames Germany. All interface elements, the manual, and practically everything in the game have been translated into German. At a price of 52.99 €, the german version is on the same level as the 1.16f US version. Saved games and all game files are compatible with the US ones, so there shouldnt be any problem with mods."
February 25 MAC PATCH AVAILABILITY
"The v1.17F patch for the Mac port of Civilization III was released late last week by Infogrames, and Apolyton CS is one of a select few gaming and first fansite in the Civilization community itself to offer the patch as a local download (1.7MB)."
February 26 PATCH CHAT TRANSCRIPT
"The transcript of our February 15th chat is now availiable. Many thanks to Jeff Morris, Dan Magaha, Soren Johnson, Javier Sobrado, Mike Breitkreutz and Barry Caudill for their participation! "
February 27 BHG FIRST TITLE: `RISE OF NATIONS`
"Gaming network titan GameSpot (US) has posted a preview and in the process the industry`s first look at Big Huge Games` first title, Rise of Nations. The company, co-founded by former Firaxis Games` and MicroPROSE employees Brian Reynolds, Tim Train, David Inscore and Jason Coleman, has dozens of lifetimes of talent behind it including Civilization II amongst others."
February 27 MAPS ON OFFICIAL SITE
"Firaxis Games has launched its user-made mod showcase for Civilization III. The showcase will periodically highlight some of the best maps and other content created by the community surrounding the game."
February 28 RISE OF NATIONS SITES
"More BHG -related site updates: The official Microsoft site is up... But also the BHG site for RoN is now online. According to it, the key features of RoN are: - Cross genre gameplay - Zooming scale - Multiple victory conditions - Streamlined multiplayer"


March 2002
March 5 FREECIV CONVENTION: AUG. 3
""The Freeciv Users and Developers European Convention" (FUADEC) is scheduled for August 3rd, 2002."
March 5 BRIAN REYNOLDS ON RON
"Brian made a call for ideas and suggestions: Okay, guys, go for it! Remember this IS a real time game, it`s about human history, and our goal is to combine the best elements of real time with the best elements of turn-based gaming. We don`t claim we can be everything to everyone but now that our game is announced we`d love to hear your ideas."
March 6 FOA INTERVIEW #5: LANCER
"Today marks the long-awaited return of the "Faces of Apolyton" interview series spearheaded by Apolyton staff member and interviewer Solver. The fifth article in this beloved series is a four-page chat with Lancer, a well-known member of the "Off-Topic" forum community and a hardcore Civilization player."
March 6 FIRAXIS ACQUIRES X-COM LICENCE?
"According to A second-hand report on The Gaming Lounge, Firaxis may be in the process of acquiring the X-Com gaming brand franchise (made famous through such classic Turn-based action games as UFO: Enemy Unknown) in order to develop one or more X-Com sequels. Firaxis Communications Manager Kelley Gilmore has neither confirmed nor denied the rumour, simply stating that Firaxis is not involved in the development of any XCOM titles."
March 6 PR: `RON` COVERAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
"Apolyton Civilization Site ( http://apolyton.net ) [ACS], one the premiere online fansites for the Civilization computer strategy gaming series and its extended family, is today announcing another addition to its already impressive lineup of coverage. Rise of Nations, the premiere title of gaming developer Big Huge Games (BHG) and publisher Microsoft Games (MG), has been added to ACS` "Current Titles" listing."
March 7 COLUMN #200: `CIVIII: ICS EMBRACED`
"The historic 200th edition of "The Column", dated December 22nd, 2001, has arrived albeit somewhat late. Entitled "Civ III: ICS Embraced", MBloomIII discussed the origins and future of "Infinite City Sleaze"."
March 9 MEIER NO. 2 ON GSPY `INFLUENTIAL` LIST
"The sixth and final installment of GameSpy`s "30 Most Influential People in Gaming" was posted today. Firaxis Games` Chairman and Director of Creative Development, Sid Meier, the man behind the heralded Civilization series amongst others, was denied the number one position on the chart and had to settle for second spot behind Ninteno`s Shigeru Miyamoto."
March 19 MAC V1.17G PATCH RELEASED
"MacSoft, the company which ported Civilization III from the PC to the Macintosh platform, yesterday uploaded a new patch, v1.17g."
March 13 FOA INTERVIEW #6: XIN-YU
"The sixth edition of the "Faces of Apolyton" interview series, spearheaded by Apolyton staff member and interviewer Solver, is here. Today, we sport a two-page article with Xin-Yu, the master analyst of Civ games."
March 20 FOA INTERVIEW #7: STEFU
...A hearty five-page article with Stefu, the chief Apolyton smilie producer and a well known "Off-Topic" poster."
March 20 FIRAXIS ANNOUNCES CHAIRMAN
"Firaxis Games on Monday announced the appointment of Jonathan Plutzik as chairman of the board. Plutzik is retiring as vice chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, a global investment bank based in New York, and will join Jeff Briggs, president and CEO, and Sid Meier, director of creative development, as Firaxis board members."
March 26 FOA INTERVIEW #8: MING, PART 1
"Undoubtedly one of the most widely anticipated "FoA" editions to date, he`s everyone`s favorite forum moderator, "Man with a Thousand Guns", and the second instalment is only a week down the road."
March 29 MOO3 RELEASE DELAYED
"Alan Emrich, the MoO3 lead designer, has announced a rescheduling of the release of the game to Q3 2002, in order to be able to get it as good as it can be before release. As he and producer Constantine Hantzopoulos say: We understand that this decision might cause some consternation or concern. Don’t let it. MOO3 is a huge game that will receive a significant play balancing cycle."
March 30 `GET CIVILIZED`: THE TOUR
""Get Civilized" is now not just a slogan for Civilization fans, it`s also a tour. Sid Meier will not only be visiting Sweden in April [see story below], but five other European cities as well over a one-week period. The festivities kick off in Zürich, Swizerland on April 3rd and wrap up in London, England on April 10th."


April 2002
April 3 NEW COO FOR FIRAXIS
"Firaxis Games announced last Thursday the hiring of industry veteran Steve Martin as chief operating officer. Martin comes to Firaxis from Absolute Quality, a software testing and technical support interaction center, where as co-founder and chief financial & administrative officer he built AQI into a $10 million business, averaging greater than 100 percent growth each year."
April 5 QS PRESIDENT ON STORMHOUND LAYOFF
"We`re all sorry to see David go, Fisher said. He made many important contributions to the game. As Alan said, though, these things happen. We`re getting a lot of time from Infogrames to fine-tune the game, but the total budget hasn`t changed. That means we`re bearing the the additional development costs ourselves and looking to make it back someday on royalties when it becomes a major success story."
April 6 MOO3, RON SECTIONS: THE FIRST SIGNS
"The first step towards our full coverage of Master of Orion III and Rise of Nations became a reality, as the main pages of the two sections have gone online. Using the classic Apolyton color scheme(for start of course), they provide a one-stop source of news related to each game."
April 8 NEWS ARCHIVE & SEARCH NOW ONLINE
"A process that started well over 3 months ago ended yesterday as we completed all parts of what we had planned for the start. All of our sections now use the a php/mysql system the benefits of which became a reality just yesterday as we now have: - a fully automated archive for both all sections and each section separately - a search engine ready to dig into all of our news going back to December 1999"
April 8 EMRICH`S `RESTRICTION`: NELSON
"Nelson and what is being interpretted as the entire QS staff/management were very hurt by Emrich`s comments and that this [is/]was the reason he had not yet had free forum access returned to him. Only time will tell how long it will be before the voice of MoO3's Lead Designer will again be heard in the game's official forums"
April 10 NELSON ANNOUNCES REVISIONS
"As something to keep in mind; let me again stress why we’re making these changes, Nelson wrote in his introduction. The great majority of these are to systems that are already in place and working. We’re making these changes not to save us time (because it won’t) but to ensure that the game is fun."
April 12 MOO3 IN THE HANDS OF.... AUSTRALIANS!
"There has never been a demo intended for release. We do send off monthly milestone cd`s to Infogrames so it`s possible that the magazine has gotten its hands on one of those. We are having Infogrames look into the issue to find out what`s going on. I`ll let you know as soon as we find out. Obviously we`re all a bit concerned here since a version made 6 months ago is in no way representative of what the game is now and would be extremely buggy."
April 17 QS COMMENTS OFFICIALLY ON `DEMO`
"Apparently what they got their hands on was a pre-alpha version of MoOIII that was delivered as one of our normal milestone deliveries to Infogrames (IG) and was never meant for public consumption"
April 17 EMRICH LEAVING QUICKSILVER
"The formal ties between myself and Quicksilver [Software] have been untied is how Alan Emrich, Lead Designer on the said company`s upcoming Master of Orion III strategy game, describes his pending departure from full-time employment at the company"
April 19 1.21F PATCH RELEASED
"The 1.21F civ3 patch was released a day early, continuing the tradition of the second patch."
April 21 APOLYTON MOVES TO NEW SERVER!
"After 3.5 years in the GameStats Network, Apolyton is now hosted on Settler, it`s own decidated server, serving 100% the needs of Apolytoners around the world(and being payed 100% thanks to your support!)."
April 23 1ST APOLYTON CTP2 TOURNAMENT
"The first ever Apolyton CtP2 Tournament started just a few moments ago. Tournaments are a feature in which every so often a new game will be started, saved in the very first turn and placed it on this site. Then everyone can download this savegame and play it."


May 2002
May 1 OFFICIAL EXPANSION PACK ANNOUNCED
"Infogrames has revealed Civilization III: Play the World, its upcoming expansion pack for Civilization III. The expansion, which will be shown at the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles later this month, will include eight new civilizations and leaders, along with a number of new single -- and multiplayer scenarios and features."
May 4 GOODBYE EARTH 2025, HELLO CANDLE`BRE
"1) Bye bye Earth 2025: After months of inactivity, the Earth 2025 forum was closed. 2) Hello Candle`Bre: We`re happy to welcome one more community project to Apolyton. It`s very first steps were in our forums, but now The Courts of Candle`Bre(as is it`s full name) and Apolyton are much more the connected."
May 8 1.21 CHAT LOG
" Without further delay, here is the full log of April 19 chat for the 1.21 civ3 patch. If you dont have the time to read 6 pages, we also have the best parts for you in just one page."
May 8 PTW DETAILS: 3 MP STYLES + PBEM&HOTSEAT!!
"# Three different Internet and LAN game styles: turn-based, simultaneous and "turnless" mode # Fast MP scenarios like Elimination, Regicide and Capture the Flag # Play-By-EMail and Hotseat games supported "
May 15 CIV2 TILESET IN FREECIV
"Civ2gfx is a tileset for Freeciv. Using this tileset you can have a look-and-feel that resembles Microprose Civilization II in your Freeciv game."
May 16 C#204 TALKING WITH SID AND SOREN
" Our Columns features(the web feature and it`s mail counterpart) are back with a special article. #204 TALKING WITH SID AND SOREN Small civ3 details shared by the big heads of the development team. By Jonathan Speelman."
May 18 FOA #9: JAY BEE
"Jay Bee the webmaster of one of the oldest civ sites, the Spanish CivII Site hosted on Apolyton, is the latest civer to be interviewed in our Face of Apolyton series. The 9th installment of the series was conducted by Chris62."
May 20 FIRST PTW SCREENSHOTS
" The Adrenaline Vault has posted the first known screenshots from the upcoming Civilization III expansion pack, Play The World. There are seven in all, including the "Multiplayer Setup" screen."
May 21 24 BRAND NEW MOO3 SCREENSHOTS!
"An Apolyton Exclusive!(well, until you see them somewhere else :)) Here are 24, brand new, latest build, moo3 screenshots for your eyes only."
May 22 SF TO PUBLISH GALCIV
"Strategy First and Stardock Systems today announced that they have entered a worldwide publishing agreement for Galactic Civilizations, the new sequel to the space empire building game originally created in the early 1990’s for OS/2."
May 24 EDITOR IN JUNE CONFIRMED
"In the GameSpy interview with Jeff Morris posted today [see story below], it confirmed what was originally reported on WarGamer yesterday in that the Scenario Editor is set to be released as a free download on Civ3.com, the official Civilization III website, sometime in June"
May 27 E3 2002 ROUND-UP
"Everything around Civilization 3: Play the World, Rise of Nations and Master of Orion 3 that occured in E3 is included in our E3 2002 ROUND-UP! special news report. "
May 28 FIRAXIS LOOKING FOR BETA TESTERS!!
"After the succesfull results of the first group, Firaxis is now looking for a dozen more beta tests!"
May 28 FC ON YOUR SHARP PDA
"If you use the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), someday soon you will be able to play Freeciv on it. Today, the game`s official website reports that an individual by the name of Rob Fisher is working on the port and recently joined the FC developer`s mailing list and in the process passed along this news."
May 30 PTW TO HAVE ALSO HAVE IN-GAME MATCH-MAKING!
"Oh and just to be clear, there will be an in-game interface for match-making in addition to the Gamespy Arcade (a much cheaper way to get rid of those ads)."
May 31 NEW OFFICIAL FORUMS
"Quicksilver announced the death of the official forums at Delphi and the birth of the new official forums. The new forums are hosted on the Infogrames official forums server which hosts forums for many games published by Infogrames"


June 2002
June 6 THE UNSCHEDULED CIV3 CHAT LOG
"Last night was a night of chating and good beer. Or wine :) Without a schedule, a specific topic or moderation, Jeff Morris, Dan Magaha and Mike Breitkreutz practically held a chat on our Live chat room that last not 1, not 2, but 7 hours! "
June 7 CTP WORLD CUP!
"The first Call to Power World Cup is about to kick off! After nearly two months of discussion the map and the rules have been decided."
June 8 20000 LOGINS
"In a press release issue earlier today, DanQ and MarkG denied the rumours that each member of their 2 families in 3 different continents registered 10 accounts to boost the numbers. ;)"
June 9 CIV3 DEMOCRACY GAME!
"After the success of the Civ2 Democracy Game, the time for a Civ3 Democracy Game had come! A call for the first 15 members was answered in just 21 hours and the necessary forums has been created."
June 9 MAC 1.21F BETA PATCH
"The beta version of the 1.21f Patch for the Mac is now availiable. It upgrades Civilization 3 to version 1.21f, matching the PC version and fixing some Mac-specific bugs."
June 11 APOLYTON INTERVIEWS RANTZ HOSELEY
"We are happy to post our first Master of Orion 3 interview. We`ve talked with Rantz Hoseley, MoO3`s Art Director, discussing a lot more than art!"
June 12 NEW HOMEPAGE LAYOUT
"On March 6th of this year, a new homepage layout for Apolyton was unveiled; although initial reception of the revamped look was by and large positive, a second or "Alternate" layout -- that is, the design of the page most previously -- was made available the following day. As of today, one need not feel the need to decide between either/or layout any longer."
June 17 GERMAN PC 1.21FG PATCH
"Infogrames released the localized version of the 1.21 patch for Civilization III. You can get it from Infogrames or Apolyton."
June 20 `1 MILLION COPIES`: BRIGGS
"On June 10th, an article entitled "Having fun winning" on TechNews.com, Firaxis Games CEO Jeff Briggs said Civilization III has now sold more than 1 million copies since its release last October."
June 21 GETTYSBURG 2000/XP UPDATE, SMAC TO FOLLOW
" The update allows Sid Meier`s Gettysburg! to run on Windows 2000 and XP machines. Firaxis also promises compatibility updates for Sid Meier`s Antietam! and Sid Meier`s Alpha Centauri in the near future!"
June 23 JEFF BRIGGS ON APOLYTON
"With the exception of the Focus on Firaxis feature done by Beyond AC, Jeff Briggs remained the only Firaxis co-founder not to have been interviewed on Apolyton(and most probably any civ site)! That was until today, as Jeff talked to us about Civ3 and the upcoming Civ3:PtW."
June 27 C#209 THE CURSE OF CIVILIZATION
"The full feature of Jonathan Speelman on his experience with Civ and his meeting with Sid Meier and Soren Johnson "
June 28 NEW ORION TRAILER!
"Along with the screenshots(see previous news item), GameSpy posted a 20 MB trailer of MoO3. The Quicktime(.mov) file is available on FilePlanet as well as right here on Apolyton."
June 3 BOOKMARKED BY THE `R&F`
"I have a couple of Civ fan sites bookmarked, but I`ll pick the Apolyton Civilization [S]ite, Meier writes. The [c]ommunity has provided us with a lot of ideas for improvements."


July 2002
July 7 FIRAXIS LANDS `NETIMMERSE` LICENSE
"Firaxis Games announced today that it has licensed NDL`s NetImmerse game engine technology to develop several future game properties. NDL has been responsible for major developments in 3D graphics technology incorporated into leading PC and 3D gaming software. The NetImmerse engine is already well known for powering such hits as Freedom Force, Dark Age of Camelot and other titles."
July 11 INFOGRAMES UNDER SEGA`S SCOPE?
"Shares in Europe`s largest video-game maker, Infogrames, rocketed 23% on Tuesday after a newspaper report fueled speculation that the company could be an acquisition target for Japanese game-software maker Sega as reported yesterday by C|Net. Infogrames was up 23.03 percent at 5.18 euros ($5.14) midday Tuesday, extending a gain of 10.21 percent on Monday and outperforming French peer Ubi Soft, which was down 3.01 percent."
July 13 GALCIV BETA IS HERE
"Users who want to get the beta right this second can go and order Drengin.net. Not only do you get [GalCiv] but all our other games too including the award winning The Corporate Machine and the popular Stellar Frontier and LightWeight Ninja."
July 14 C2MSDG: FORUM OPENS, APOLYTON TEAM FORMED
"The main forum for the C2MSDG(final name: Civ2 MultiSite Democracy Game :)) opened yesterday! The Apolyton Team is now the biggest one, with over 15 members. Sign-ups for the Apolyton as well as the GameCatcher and CivFanatics teams is continued, join a team now!"
July 14 STORIES CONTEST 11
"Round 11: preliminaries have ended. Finals have begun...."
July 15 FC V1.13 FINAL RELEASE
"The final release of Freeciv, version 1.13.0, in both GZip (5.45MB) and BZip2 (4.10MB) formats was unveiled today."
July 20 DAVE INSCORE ON APOLYTON
"Former Firaxian, Co-founder and Vise President of Graphics of Big Huge Games and Art Director on Rise of Nations, Dave Inscore talks to us about the mysterious ways of those "developers" creatures as well as a huge list of the most important things in this life: Alpha Centauri, Rise of Nations, etc :)"
July 22 FIRAXIS: MODS FOR PTW REQUEST
"Firaxis Games` QA Manager Barry Caudill today informed us that the company is looking for submissions of items that may be included in Civilization III: Play The World, the upcoming CivIII expansion pack slated for release later this year. This includes scenarios, MODs, maps, graphics mods, units, "leaderheads" and the like. Please send all submissions to civ3mod@firaxis.com for consideration"
July 23 APOLYTON DIRECTORY OFFICIAL OPENING!
"Apolyton Civilization Site proudly announces the opening of the Apolyton Directory (http://apolyton.net/dir). The Apolyton Directory will be the common home of the entire Files, Links, Products and Media archive of Apolyton. Today is only the beggining as the Apolyton Directory currently contains 453 entries: - the entire Civ3 files archive - the latest CtP2 files - the Photos area "
July 24 1.29 CHAT LOG
"The chat log of our 1.29f chat that took place on July 19 is now posted. If you dont want to read the whole 3-hours log, see the best parts."




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