Gaming on the Macintosh platform, until recently, has been somewhat of an enigma. With more titles being ported to appease the growing numbers of Mac gamers, we talked to two prominent figures responsible for bringing Civ to the Mac...

Civilization: Call To Power

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Phil Sulak, VP Westlake Interactive With a decade of experience in the gaming industry, Phil offers a one-of-a-kind insight into the development of this Mac port. With CTP as his first serious encounter with the Civilization genre, he concedes that while CTP was a "mixed beast" to convert, he would welcome the opportunity to again tackle another Civilization project, porting or otherwise.

Brad Oliver, Port Project Leader In the eight months that have passed since we first talked to Brad about this port, he can now reflect on the ups and downs on adding SMAC to the lineup of games for Mac enthusiasts. After playing the original Civ for a time "back in the day", he says that SMAC re-captivated his interest in the series and feels very fortunate to have been apart of the team to bring it to Apple's OS.