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GAMESPOT TOP STRATEGY GAMES
(2 January 2000, 13:43 | SMAC) As indicated on GameSpot US' Top 10 Strategy Game listing, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is tied for fourth with a 9.1 out of a possible 10 (based on the site's review). The other games with this same score, to date, are Age of Empires II: Age of Kings, Heroes of Might & Magic III, Seven Kingdoms II, and Worms Armaggedon.
This and other GameSpot Top Game Lists only reflect titles released within the past year. - DanQ
MAC PORT IN BETA
(2 January 2000, 13:38 | SMAC) According to Westlake Interactive, their port of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri went beta on December 27th, and is anticipated to be on store shelves halfway through this month.
According to Westlake's 'key' on Project Status reports, a beta indicator means that "all game code is converted and running on the Mac, and all features of the game are implemented. This is when we start tracking and fixing bugs, and have our testers play the game extensively to find any new bugs".
In addition, Westlake's news item on the announcement reports that "both single player and network games [are] fully supported".
In the coming weeks if you spot SMAC for the Mac in a local computer store or on a gaming website realitor mark down the location/URL, price, and then let us know! - DanQ
SHUT OUT
(2 January 2000, 13:26 | CtP) The Strategy Shine's "1999 Strategy Game Awards" have been announced for all categories. In every category that Civilization: Call To Power was a contendor, C:CTP was defeated in the voting (made by members of the gaming public).
Here's a rundown of just how well, or poorly as the case may be, C:CTP fended against the competition for the titles it was shooting for (guess one can't win them all). In bold is the category heading, followed by the number of votes C:CTP received with its placing, and in brackets to the right of that is the number of votes the winning entry accumulated.
Best Game Interface: 7, 3rd (56)
Best Sound Effects: 3, 6th (37)
Best Music: 17, 5th (40)
Best Visual Effects: 12, 3rd (100)
Best Graphics: 4, 5th (85)
Best Overall AI: 7, 6th (35)
Best Multiplayer: 14, 5th (39)
Best Singleplayer: 4, 8h (38)
Best Gameplay: 4, 5th (51)
Best Intro: 6, 7th (32)
Best Storyline: 21, 4th (51)
Although C:CTP was nominated in 2 more categories than Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, C:CTP was not in the race for Strategy Game Of The Year alongside SMAC and Civilization II: Test of Time.
Thanks to everyone who voted for C:CTP. - DanQ
SHUT OUT
(2 January 2000, 13:12 | Civ2ToT) The Strategy Shine's "1999 Strategy Game Awards" have been announced for all categories. In every category that Civilization II: Test of Time was a contendor, ToT was defeated in the voting (made by members of the gaming public).
Here's a rundown of just how well, or poorly as the case may be, CivII:ToT fended against the competition for the titles it was shooting for (guess one can't win them all). In bold is the category heading, followed by the number of votes CivII:ToT received with its placing, and in brackets to the right of that is the number of votes the winning entry accumulated.
Best Multiplayer: 4, 7th (39)
Best Singleplayer: 22, 4h (38)
Best Gameplay: 1, 6th (51)
Strategy Game Of The Year: 3, 9th -- tie (36)
On a related note of interest, in the SGOTY category ToT tied with Civilization: Call To Power for ninth spot.
Thanks to everyone who voted for CivII:ToT. - DanQ
SHUT OUT
(2 January 2000, 12:27 | SMAC) The Strategy Shine's "1999 Strategy Game Awards" have been announced for all categories. In every category that Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri was a contendor, SMAC was defeated in the voting (made by members of the gaming public).
Here's a rundown of just how well, or poorly as the case may be, SMAC fended against the competition for the titles it was shooting for (guess one can't win them all). In bold is the category heading, followed by the number of votes SMAC received with its placing, and in brackets to the right of that is the number of votes the winning entry accumulated.
Most Original/Innovative Game: 17, 2nd (106)
Best Game Interface: 51, 2nd (56)
Best In-Game Video Sequence: 22, 2nd (93)
Best Multiplayer: 10, 6th (39)
Best Singleplayer: 18, 5h (38)
Best Gameplay: 12, 4th -- tie (51)
Best Intro: 29, 3rd (32)
Best Storyline: 21, 4th (51)
Strategy Game Of The Year: 12, 4th (36)
Thanks to everyone who voted for SMAC. - DanQ
DUNE: THE BATTLE FOR ARRAKIS SCENARIO AVAILABLE FOR MAC
(2 January 2000, 10:09 | Civ2Mac) Dune: The Battle for Arrakis by David Emery has been converted to Mac formate and posted on the ACS Mac page. Go to the New Scenarios link under Customization on the Main Mac page. Also check out new updates to Using PC Mod files page and download a copy of clip2gif for converting your own PC files! - macuser
