FREECIV BETA V1.11.2 (18 July 2000, 19:14 EST/Alt) Less than a month after the release of v1.11, the Freeciv team has released what they hope will be the first and only beta of v1.11.2.
FREECIV... IN CHINESE (15 July 2000, 12:37 EST/Alt) As first reported by the official Freeciv website webmaster Martin Willemoes Hansen yesterday, Torben Rechter has undertaken the task of translating Freeciv into Chinese. If anyone is doing the exact same thing, Torben requests that you contact him directly.
His anticipated completion date is roughly two months from now. -DanQ
COLUMN #124; BY TIM BROMIGE (15 July 2000, 23:30 EST/Misc) Tim Bromige gets right to his point: what was wrong in CivII can be fixed in CivIII, in his debut article entitled "Civilization III".
CHART-TRAK: JULY 15, 2000 (19 July 2000, 18:00 EST) Below are the Top Selling PC Games in the United Kingdom for the week ending July 15, 2000, according to Chart-Trak.
1) Diablo II | Havas 2) The Sims | Electronic Arts 3) Earth 2150 | Mattel 4) Shogun: Total War | Electronic Arts 5) Championship Manager: Season 99/00 | Eidos -DanQ
CHART-TRAK: JULY 8, 2000 (11 July 2000, 14:40 EST/Misc) Below are the Top Selling PC Games in the U.K. for the week ending July 8, 2000, according to Chart-Trak. Havas Interactive's Diablo II held onto the number one spot once again, Vampire: Masquerade - Redemption climed up one spot to number three and Shogun: Total War took a tumble to number four.
1) Diablo II | Havas 2) The Sims | Electronic Arts 3) Vampire Masquerade: Redemption| Activision 4) Shogun: Total War | Electronic Arts 5) Earth 2150 | Mattel -DanQ
Apolyton & Friends News
11-20/July 2000
GAMELEAGUE
CALL TO POWER TOURNAMENT Call to Power Debut Tourney Bracket Up! [07.19 19:45 est | ctp] And the map size is regular and Labyrinth and London Exchange are excluded. I hope this makes everyone happy, I do try. Thanks!
Call to Power Debut Tourney Settings [07.16 22:52 est | ctp] You'll have to forgive BlueWaldo and I, since we have never played CtP we are having a time choosing the settings. But after consideration of the thread, this is what I have chosen. Wet 4Warm 6 Ocean 4 Island 6 Diverse 6 Goods 5 doughnut world ruin only deity Settlers 5 Gold 5000 Each game will be assigned 4 players, and shouldnt be played with less than 3.
Call to Power Debut Tourney [07.13 02:32 est | ctp] Our first Call to Power tourney will take place July 19th. You can signup and read all the rules right now at the tourneys page. Please don't signup unless you are really going to play. Also note that the game settings will not be posted until Saturday; until that time we would like your opinions on the matter. Give us your ideas for game settings by making a comment to this article.
PCDATA: JUNE`S TOP GAMES (PC) (19 July 2000, 18:07 EST)PCData has released their Top 20 Selling PC Games listing for May, 2000, and below are the Top 10. For titles 11-20, check out Computer Games Online's article on the subject.
1) Diablo II | Havas Interactive 2) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, 2nd Edition | Disney 3) The Sims | Electronic Arts 4) RollerCoaster Tycoon | Hasbro Interactive 5) Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption | Activision 6) Diablo II: Collector's Edition | Havas Interactive 7) SimCity 3000 Unlimited | Electronic Arts 8) Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings | Microsoft 9) RollerCoaster Tycoon: CorkScrew Follies | Hasbro Interactive 10) StarCraft | Havas Interactive -DanQ
PC DATA: JULY 2 - JULY 8, 2000 (19 July 2000, 18:03 EST) For the week July 2 - July 8, 2000, those listed below are the Top 10 Selling PC Computer Games based on sales data gathered by PCData based in Reston, Virgina. This chart is developed from data provided by 42 retail chains comprising more than 80% of the U.S. market.
1) Diablo II | Blizzard Entertainment 2) The Sims | Electronic Arts 3) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2nd Edition | Disney 4) Icewind Dale | Interplay 5) Roller Coaster Tycoon | Hasbro Interactive 6) Deus Ex | Eidos 7) StarCraft | Havas Interactive 8) SimCity 3000 Unlimited | Electronic Arts 9) Age of Empires II: Age Of Kings | Microsoft 10) Star Trek: Birth Of The Federation | Hasbro -DanQ
PC DATA: JUNE 25 - JULY 1, 2000 (13 July 2000, 16:01 EST/Misc) For the week June 25 - July 1, 2000, those listed below are the Top 10 Selling PC Computer Games based on sales data gathered by PCData based in Reston, Virgina. This chart is developed from data provided by 42 retail chains comprising more than 80% of the U.S. market.
1) Diablo II | Blizzard Entertainment 2) Diablo II Collector's Edition | Blizzard Entertainment 3) The Sims | Electronic Arts 4) Icewind Dale | Interplay 5) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2nd Edition | Disney 6) Roller Coaster Tycoon | Hasbro Interactive 7) Shogun: Total War | Electronic Arts 8) Deus Ex | Eidos 9) Roller Coaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies | Hasbro Interactive 10) StarCraft | Havas Interactive -DanQ
