quote: Originally posted by yin26 on 03-09-2000 03:29 AM A game CD with a cool map of the world on it.

Eh, maybe on the same disk as Civ3

quote: Civ1 and 2 on a special "Civ Collector's" CD, with the original manuals in .pdf format (only if some deal could be struck with Microprose, of course).

Yeah! I've never played Civ1 and would jump at the chance to play it! That's what they did with Oregon Trail 3 and that sold great!

quote: A cloth map of the world (or a great fold-out with cool historical facts and a timeline on the back).

The cloth map of the world would hang on my wall in my room. As someone suggested, a cloth units/terrain/tech would be even more useful for the game at hand.

quote: A "Making of Civ3" CD which includes the music tracks and sound effects.

I'd love the to make a parody of "Behind The Music"!!! Behind The Game? Hmmmm... I'd like a seperate CD with music from all 3 games.

quote: A paperback History of the World by some well-known historian.

Nice add-on, but not that great. I don't want this Civer Edition weighing 20lbs now.

quote: I wonder how much it would cost to put in a Britannica "History of the World" or "History of War" CD in the box?

Like I've said, nice add-on, but it may weigh the box (and price) down.

quote: A pewter figurine (each box is different!). You would get one of the follwing: A globe; a phalanx; a bomber; a nuclear missile; or a settler. 1000 lucky fans would get ALL of them! Of course, each one would have "CivIII" stamped on it somewhere.

I like the idea of a globe, maybe with "Civilization" on the side of the earth. Gee, Civ across the world.
Maybe the size of a baseball, nice size. And in color.

quote: A letter from Sid, Jeff and Firaxis. You know, one of those simulated signature ones telling us how cool it's been working on the game and how great the Civ fans are. =)

I'd like more of a certifacate of authenticity with the letter on it with those mass produced signatures on them and what number you got.

Good ideas, but I don't want to pay $200 for a 50pound box now.

However, both Civ1 and Civ2 more than delivered. If you were to divide the cost of those games (full retail) by the number of hours spent playing them, you'd be looking at pennies to the hour.

However if the edition costs $70 and is bundled with an expansion pack with scenarios, units, bugfixes etc. I'll buy it.

Since I have Civ 1 dos, Civ 1 win, CivNet, Civ 2, Civ 2 MGE, and TOT, I would buy a deluxe version of Civ 3, and paid what ever. I also have C&C T.S., and the figure what very nice. If Firaxes read this, I would remommend the deluxe version be a preorder only to see if it would worth it, to put into stores.

(yep, I'm not upgrading my P75 c/w 3x (!) CD until Civ3 comes out...)

So wtf is another $20 for a special edition? Zero, even the new computer is zero, compared to the $20,000 I could earn by working instead of playing Civ3.

But I think SS's point is good - I've got all the civ2 stuff except ToT (too non-civ feel), so there wouldn't really be much point of bundling the old games with Civ3.

quote: Originally posted by yin26 on 05-03-2001 04:02 AM Just thought I'd bring this back to the top after some recent interest in the idea...

Yin26 - I have nothing against a nice thick Civ-3 "collectors-" or "Civers edition" whatsoever! On the contrary!

I however believe strongly that they are forced to start out with a Civ-3 standard-edition FIRST, to see if it sells as expected (at least beyond 1.5 million copies). There is so much money envolved, and a very real amount of financial risk-taking - and the company is so small. I say, progress slowly and wisely.

- First; the standard edition. If its sells as expected, then...
- At least 2 beefed-up scenario-addons after each other. If that sells...
- THEN, we can start talking about any "collectors-" or "Civers edition".

Anyway, I wouldn't pay anything extra for a civer's edition. I want to see what the game's like, first - ToT was a desperate disappointment, so I don't want to buy a special bells-&-smells edition only to throw it away after a week or so! And if the civer's edition comes out at a later date, there's no way I'm going to throw good money away by buying the game all over again just to get a couple of pretty pictures, CD's and a cheap figurine, etc.!

THE GAME IS WHAT COUNTS!

anyhow -- I'll never pay more 50 bucks for any game, Civ III or not. I can be patient.

quote: Originally posted by ancient on 05-05-2001 05:10 PM id payed 80 and idealy have a Civ 1 Civ 2 -complete (includes all exp. packs) Civ3 Alpha Centauri -complete posters the tech tree for each game a gaming guide for all the games

Above configuration is really extremely unlikely. Besides the fact that it is Microprose (not Firaxis) that own the rights for Civ-1/Civ-2, why on earth should they add so much old stuff?? And "gaming guide for all games" - my God, how much does that weigh? Ever heard of transport- and storage-fees? Yes, it can all be in PDF-format, but is it really worth the expenses? I think not.