Civ Video Series Ep 04 - Civilization 2 HD Tour With Mods & Scenarios

[Blake00]

Post Contents:
Contents:
1. Video Series Summary
2. Civilization 2 Main Episode HD Video Tour
3. Civilization 2 Bonus Video Episodes
4. Civilization 2 Links, Downloads & Guides
5. Civilization 2 Website Tribute Page

1. Video Series Summary:
About The Civilization Genre HD Video Series:
Welcome to the fourth episode in a huge video series years in the making where I show you how to play each classic Civilization genre game (including spinoffs) in 1080p HD, while showing off some of their best scenarios and mods along with their interesting and sometimes very different console conversions, plus also trying to play as the Barbarians in each game too. Naturally this fourth main episode is about Sid Meier's Civilization 2 (just MGE, as ToT will be the big episode 5)! Later in the series I'll also be looking at fan games and naturally at some point I'll get to the more modern Civ games that don't require any tricks to play in HD and will still tribute them too of course! In many cases there's simply too much to cover in one main episode so I'll also be making special extra bonus episodes to compliment the main episodes in the series, so stay tuned!

Video Series Contents & Navigation:
• Main Episode 01 - Civilization 1
• Main Episode 02 - Colonization
• Main Episode 03 - Master of Magic (Delayed)
• Main Episode 04 - Civilization 2 (You are here!)
• Main Episode 05 - Civ2 Test of Time (Coming soon)
• Main Episode 06 - Alpha Centauri (Coming less soon)
• Main Episode 07 - Civ Call to Power (Coming next year)
• Main Episode 08 - Call to Power 2 (Coming next year)
• Main Episode 09 - Civilization 3 (Coming next year)
• Main Episode 10 - Civilization 4 (Coming next decade)
• Main Episode 11 - Civ4 Colonization (Coming next decade)
• Main Episode 12 - Civilization 5 (Coming next century)
• Main Episode 13 - Civ Beyond Earth (Coming next century)
• Main Episode 14 - Civilization 6 (Coming next lifetime)
• Main Episode 15 - Old World (Coming next lifetime)
• Main Episode 16 - Humankind (Coming next lifetime)
• Main Episode 17 - Civilization 7 (Coming when hell freezes over lol)
• Misc Episodes - Civ Fan Games - FreeCiv, FreeCol, FreeMars & More (Coming very soon)

2. Civilization 2 Main Episode HD Video Tour:
About videos on playing Civ2 in HD with mods & scenarios:
Seven years in the making this is a huge 3 part video tour showcasing Sid Meier's Civilization 2 Multiplayer Gold Edition (MGE) in HD with some of its best mods and scenarios (Test of Time will be covered separately later in it's own tour). This is the fourth main episode in a huge series showing people how you can play classic Civilization genre games in HD on modern systems with some of the best enhancement mods out there. I try to show off some of the best fan made scenarios too, along with some lesser known console conversions, and I also show you how to play as the normally unplayable Barbarians 8th Civilization slot.

Videos:
Part 1 - Main Tour and Fan Made Total Conversion Scenarios Tour Begins:
youtu.be/M2mjPz1gssM?list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVvYzg9tRBP Y
(Make sure you expand video to play in full screen HD!)



Part 1 Video Chapters:
00:00 Video Series Introduction
00:49 Civilization 2 Tour Introduction
03:47 About Civilization 2
- 03:50 Features
- 04:10 Versions
- 04:28 Test of Time Preview
- 05:29 Fan Games (FreeCiv, C-evo, Civ2 Clone)
- 06:00 Not Available In Stores (Please Vote on GoG!!)
- 06:14 Compatibility Issues & Fan Patches (Civ2UIA)
08:40 Starting A New Game (High Council Advisors)
13:51 Late Game Example (Better Graphics Mod, City Screen & Sky View, Throne Room, Advisor Windows, Diplomacy + 3D Heralds, Spaceship Launch, Dropping a Nuke, Wonder Videos)
21:25 Super Earth Game Example
23:43 End Game Example (More Graphics Mods, Spaceship Arrives at Alpha Centauri)
26:01 Playing as Barbarians (Bonus Ep Preview)
27:09 Civ2 Classic Scenarios (World War 2, Rise of Rome)
29:16 Conflicts in Civilization Scenarios Addon (Alien Invasion, After the Apocalypse, The Great War, & More!)
31:35 Fantastic Worlds Scenarios Addon (X-Com Assault, Midgard, Mars Now, Master of Magic Jr, Master of Orion Jr, & More!)
40:32 Fan Made Total Conversion Scenarios Tour Begins
- 40:39 Blake's Scenario Preservation Project
- 41:32 Master of Orion Scenarios
- 42:08 Star Wars Scenarios
- 46:12 Star Trek Scenarios
55:54 Preview of Part 2 & 3

Part 2 - Fan Made Total Conversion Scenarios Tour Continues:
youtu.be/rHoHa08KEmk?list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVvYzg9tRBP Y
(Make sure you expand video to play in full screen HD!)



Part 2 Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:10 What you missed in Part 1
00:55 Fan Made Total Conversion Scenarios Tour Continues
- 00:56 Other Space (Stargate, Babylon 5, Wing Commander, Star Control, & More!)
- 06:42 Mars & Lunar Colonization
- 11:12 Alpha Centauri & Alien World Colonization
- 14:15 Scifi Video Games (Dune, CnC, Red Alert, Starcraft, & More!)
- 17:24 Scifi Future Apocalypse (World War 3, Judge Dredd, Doom, Terminator, Fallout, Mad Max, Eternal War, Zombies, Cyberpunk, & More!)
- 21:56 Other Scifi (Transformers, War of The Worlds, V, SeaQuest, Starship Troopers, Battletech, GI Joe, & More!)
- 24:14 Colonization Era
- 29:06 Ancient Era (Rome, Alexander, Egypt, & More!)
- 31:50 Medieval Era (Vikings, Crusades, & More!)
- 35:11 Industrial Era (Napoleon, Civil War, & More!)
- 37:09 World Wars & Modern Era (WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Mafia, & More!)
- 43:36 Lord of the Rings Fantasy
- 49:24 Other Fantasy Film/TV/Books (Game of Thrones, Wheel of Time, Discworld, Riftwar, & More!)
- 53:26 Fantasy Video Games (Final Fantasy, Heroes of Might & Magic, Warcraft, Warhammer, Ultima, Elder Scrolls, Master of Magic, & More!)
- 58:18 Other Fantasy (Ancient Era, Medieval High Fantasy, Underworlds, Gothic, Steampunk, Dinosaurs, & More!)
- 1:06:50 Misc/Other Scenarios & Modpacks
- 1:10:30 Blake's Scenario Preservation Project
- 1:11:10 Preview of Part 3


Part 3 - Blake's MEGA Total Conversion Scenarios Tour:
youtu.be/g41OsQJK2e0?list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVvYzg9tRBP Y
(Make sure you expand video to play in full screen HD!)



Part 3 Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:10 What you missed in Part 1 & 2
00:55 Blake's MEGA Total Conversion Scenarios Tour
- 00:56 Heroes of Might & Magic 2 Scenario Modpack
- 10:24 Command & Conquer Africa Scenario Remaster
- 17:29 Red Alert 2 Siege of New York Scenario
- 25:17 Dune 2 Dynasty Scenario
- 32:34 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Scenario
42:00 Blake's Mini Total Conversion Scenarios Tour
- 42:02 Terminator Future War Scenario Remaster
- 47:14 Civilization 1 in Civ2 Scenario Modpacks (Including John & Kasius's Versions)
- 56:32 Warcraft Scenario Addon
- 58:44 Starcraft Terrann War Scenario Addon
- 1:01:35 Dead Worlds Reborn Scenario Remaster
1:04:26 Blake's Other Scenario & Modpack Projects (Attila's Conquest, Master of Myrror, Babylon 5, Better Terrain Graphics, Playstation Graphics, Test of Time Graphics, & More!)
- 1:05:44 Star Wars Battle of Hoth Scenario (Including MetroPolis Revamp)
1:09:35 Blake's Other Projects
- 1:09:41 Blake's Scenario Preservation Project
- 1:10:29 Blake's Civ2 Fan Website Cataloging Project
1:11:05 Other Interesting Civ2 Stuff (Scenario League, Civ2 on GoG/Steam Vote, Civ2 Clone, Maps, Fan Editors & Patches, Test of Time, Console Conversions, FreeCiv, C-evo, & More!)
1:13:49 Final thoughts & future video series plans

Video Notes:

• If everything looks too small then you're probably viewing this video on a small screen or phone. Civ2 has built in zoom controls so if you want things to be bigger then just adjust them or lower your Windows resolution and the game will resize to fit.
• If it feels a bit choppy and slightly schizophrenic that's because 'many different Blakes' worked on it haha! Basically I started the video in 2018 and worked on it on & off until 2025 deleting old stuff & adding lots of new stuff! I tried to intermix and smooth out the transitions between old and new footage & audio as best as I could so hopefully it's not too bad sorry.
• Before anyone says it, I know it also suffers from being too long and too rushed. As the 7 years went by and I rescued more & more awesome total conversion scenarios I really struggled to cut content from the video so it just blew out massively!
• Sorry about the lousy mic quality, have bought a much better one for future videos.
• The BattleTech Refusal Wars Scenario was by Joe Deneen, not Mike.

3. Civilization 2 Bonus Video Episodes:
Civilization 2 Bonus Ep - How to play as Barbarians:
COMING SOON

Civilization 2 Bonus Ep - Heroes of Might & Magic Scenarios Full Tour:
COMING SOON

Civilization 2 Bonus Ep - Command & Conquer Tiberian Africa Scenario Remaster Full Tour:
COMING SOON

Civilization 2 Bonus Ep - Red Alert 2 Siege of New York Scenario Full Tour:
COMING SOON

Civilization 2 Bonus Ep - Playstation, Nokia N-Gage & Commodore 64 Console Conversions:
COMING SOON

Civilization 2 Bonus Ep - Fan Made Civilization 2 Remakes (FreeCiv & C-evo):
C-evo:
COMING SOON

FreeCiv:
COMING SOON

Many more Civilization 2 Bonus Eps Planned!:
COMING SOON

4. Civilization 2 Links, Downloads & Guides:
Links for all mods, scenarios, editors & other stuff mentioned in videos:
If you've seen some of my other threads then you'll know I've been working tirelessly to find and rescue old scenarios & mods for Civ games and arrange hosting on multiple sites to ensure they're preserved. So hopefully in the years to come when people watch my video and come to this place none of these cool creations below will have disappeared!

Spoiler:

Civilization 2 Games:
• Civilization 2 Classic, Conflicts in Civilization, Fantastic Worlds (WARNING 16bit Apps - better off with MGE below) - Ebay or Google search
• Civilization 2 Multiplayer Gold Edition (MGE) - Ebay or Google search / Vote to be added to GoG
• Civilization 2 Test of Time (ToT) - Ebay or Google search / Vote to be added to GoG
• Civilization 2 for Playstation 1 / Nokia N-Gage - Ebay or Google search
• Civilization 2 for Commodore 64 project by Fabian Hertel - CivFanatics

Required Compatibility Patches & Tools:
• Civ2UIA Tool for Civilization 2 MGE by FoxAhead - CivFanatics
• ToTPP Tool for Civ2 Test of Time by TheNamelessOne - CivFanatics
• 64 bit Compatibility Patch for Civilization 2 MGE & ToT (NOT required if you use above tools) by FoxAhead - CivFanatics
• Indeo Video Codec Fixes - CivFanatics

Blake's Scenarios & Modpacks:
(In order of appearance in Part 3)
• Heroes of Might & Magic 2 Modpack by Blake & Metropolis (MGE) - CivFanatics / ModDB / Internet Archive / Nexus Mods
• Heroes of Might & Magic 1 Addon by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics / ModDB / Internet Archive / Nexus Mods
• Command & Conquer Tiberian Africa Scenario Remaster by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics / ModDB / Internet Archive / Nexus Mods
• C&C Red Alert 2 Siege of New York Scenario by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics / ModDB / Internet Archive / Nexus Mods
• Dune 2 Dynasty Scenario by Blake (MGE) - COMING SOON (follow here)
• Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri Scenario Merger Project by Blake (MGE) - COMING SOON (follow here)
• Terminator Future War Scenario Remaster by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics
• Civilization 1 Scenario Mod for Civ2 Demaster by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics
• Warcraft Scenario Addon by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics
• Starcraft - Terran War Scenario Addon by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics
• Iapetus Dead World Reborn Scenario Remaster by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics
• Attila's Conquest II - Play As Barbarians Scenario by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics / ModDB / Internet Archive
• Master of Myrror Jr Scenario by Blake (MGE) - COMING SOON
• Babylon 5 Scenario Remaster by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics
• Better Terrain Graphics Mod for Civ2 by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics
• Playstation Graphics Mod for PC Civ2 Remaster by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics
• Test of Time Graphics Mod for Civ2 Remaster by Blake (MGE) - CivFanatics
• Star Wars Battle of Hoth Scenario by Blake (MGE) - COMING SOON (Improved by MetroPolis version COMING SOON)
• List of other Scenarios I’ve tinkered with & fixed bugs in - CivFanatics

Full Collections:
• BLAKE'S FULL COLLECTION DOWNLOAD CONTAINING ALL SCENARIOS & MODS LISTED BELOW - COMING SOON (Sorry some things aren't finished yet so you'll just have to get the stuff you want one by one below for now sorry!)
• More HUGE super collections preserved by Blake containing MANY more scenarios & mods for Civilization 2 - CivFanatics

ALL Scenarios & Modpacks:
Unfortunately due to the character limit on this forum it is impossible to post the hundreds of scenarios and their triple host links, therefore I have to link to this section on other forums that don't suffer the same limit sorry. You can find the full scenario list with their downloads at these locations:
• https://forums.civfanatics.com/threa.../post-16878564
• https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/...wnloads-Guides

Editors & enhancement patches:
• CivMapGen v2.1 Map Editor by Peter Blackman - CivFanatics
• CivTweak v1.5 Save Editor by Carl Fritz - CivFanatics
• CivCity v1.3 Save Editor by Carl Fritz - CivFanatics
• MapEdit v2.1 Map Editor by Mercator - CivFanatics
• Civ2 Modpack Manager v0.1 by Matt McLeod - CivFanatics
• Civ2mod Save Editor by tek10 - CivFanatics
• Civ2UIA Tool for Civilization 2 MGE by FoxAhead - CivFanatics
• Civ2 MGE Fixes & Additions Patched Exe by Duplj - CivFanatics

Other cool stuff:
• Blake's Civ2 welcome & information thread with links to many more mods, editors & info - CivFanatics
• VOTE FOR CIVILIZATION 1 & 2 ADDED TO GOG & STEAM! - CivFanatics
• Blake's lost Civ2 scenario/mod preservation project (Containing huge collections of scenarios, mods & maps) - CivFanatics
• Blake's mega lost Civ2 scenario search thread - CivFanatics
• Blake's Civ series favourite scifi & fantasy scenario/mod search & rescue project - CivFanatics
• Blake's Civ2 lost fan websites preservation project - CivFanatics
• The Civ2 Scenario League - SL Scenario Site / SL CivFanatics Forum
• Civ2 Clone fan rebuild project - CivFanatics / GitHub
• Civ2 Map collections - CivFanatics / More Collections
• Civilization 2 for Commodore 64 project by Fabian Hertel - CivFanatics
• FreeCiv Project - FreeCiv Original / FreeCiv21 LongTurn / FreeCiv Web / FreeCivX 3D
• C-evo Project - C-evo Original / C-evo New Horizons / C-evo Distant Horizon

Civilization 2 Communities:
• Civ2 Forums - CivFanatics / Apolyton / CivForumDE / CivFanaticsRU / Realms Beyond / 2K Civ Forums
• Civ2 Facebook Groups - CivFanatics / Civ2 Scenario League / Civ Community / Civ Players League / Sid Meier's Civposting / There are more but they don't allow Civ2 posts.
• Civ2 Discord Groups - R/Civ (has classic Civ section) / Civilization 2 / We Play Civ / Civ3 Singleplayer (has Civ2 section) / Realms Beyond
• Civ2 Reddit Groups - CivFanatics / Civilization II / Civilization II Editor / Sid Meier's Civ / Sid Meier's Civ Series / Dawn of Civ 1991-2008

How to play in HD on modern systems guide:
Now you can see below how I did it and play Civ2 in HD yourselves!

Spoiler:

Please Note 1:
This is a simple rough guide for people who have some idea of what they're doing. I do NOT want this video thread to turn into a messy 'help me' Civ2 tech support area so if you have questions then please ask for help in the threads I'll be linking to below in each step instead of here or create a new thread in our tech support forum here:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/civ2-technical-support.20/

Please Note 2:
FoxAhead's excellent Civ2UIA patch tool corrects the infamous MGE AI issue so there should be no reason to need the original classic Civ2 and it's addon CDs (CiC & FW) which were all 16bit apps that won't run on modern Windows. However if you're a glutton for punishment lol then you will need either a virtual machine (eg VirtualBox) or WineVDM! See this other guide for more details if you insist on going the classic version route:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/463437/post-16794269

Guide Steps:
1. a) Insert your old Civilization 2 Multiplayer Gold Edition (also known as Ultimate Classic Collection in some regions) CD if you still have a CD drive or...
....b) Download a copy of Civ2 MGE preferably as a CD image (either BIN or IMG format as ISO format doesn't contain the music tracks!) and mount the CD image as a virtual CD drive (using something like Daemon Tools or WinCDEmu).
(NO I will not illegally give you a copy of Civ2 MGE sorry, use Google search and please Vote for Civ2 to be added to GoG so they can save us all this trouble!)

2. An Autorun.exe menu may come up but if not then use Windows File Explorer to browse your CD drive (real or virtual) and run 'Setup.exe' to install the game (recommend somewhere simple like in C:\Games\ and definitely NOT your Program Files area). The installer is a 32bit application so it should still run just fine but if you have any troubles then try running it in 'Compatibility mode' and as an 'Administrator'.

3. Once Civ2 MGE is installed, download FoxAhead's Civ2 MGE User Interface Additions (CIV2UIA) Tool (which contains the 64bit patch, the aggressive AI fix, and many other excellent fixes and additions) from here:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/697565/

4. Open your downloaded Civ2UIA.v.xxxxx zip file and extract it's contents into your Civ2 MGE install folder (eg you may have installed the game to C:\Games\Civ2\).

5. Browse in Windows File Explorer to your Civ2 MGE install folder and run the newly extracted 'Civ2UIALauncher.exe' and click on the 'Play' button to start the game. This will load the patches into the game and setup a config fire ensuring that after this point you will only need to run Civ2.exe to start the game with the patches automatically applied.
(Many people screw up this step as they never run the Civ2UIA launcher for the first time so the patches never get applied!)

6. The game should run and be fully playable now! However if music and videos are not working, or you wish to enjoy these features without the CD then see bonus steps 7 & 8 below! It you want better graphics see step 9 below too.

Bonus Steps:
VIDEOS:
7. a) Civ2's video files require the old 90s Indeo Video Codec installed. This can be fixed by activating the codec or by installing the original drivers. See this thread for instructions:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/362336/post-14899055

....b) Civ2 requires the CD for most videos, however if you copy the 'KINGS' and 'VIDEO' folders off your CD into your Civ2 MGE install folder the the game will run them from there instead and you won't need the CD.

MUSIC:
8. a) Civ2's music is stored on the CD as classic music tracks (not files) so Civ2 requires the CD for music. However Civ2UIA now supports WAV & MP3 (& other formats) music file playback so if you rip the music tracks off the Civ2 MGE CD (using Windows Media Player or other CD music ripping software) you will no longer need the CD for music either and you will be truly CD free! You could even be extra clever and rip the missing tracks of earlier releases of Civ2 (if you have those CDs too) that were cut from MGE as well! For more information on how see the "FEATURE: CDAudio:" section in this post:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/697565/post-16722457

....b) If the above is too difficult then the full Civ2 soundtrack can be found and played in the background from this location:
Civ 2 Complete (Civ2+CiC+FW+MGE+ToT) Soundtrack Youtube Video

BETTER GRAPHICS:
9. If you liked the look of my Better Graphics for MGE mod demonstrated in the video you can get that from here:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/667221/

Example shot of how things should look in HD with all of the above!

5. Civilization 2 Website Tribute Page:
As part of this huge series I'm also making tribute pages with HD pictures and extra info for each game in a big new WIP Civilization series section on my retro gaming website Blake's Sanctum (be warned - the sites navigation is full 90s retro too lol).
https://blakessanctum.x10.mx/Games/CivColSeries/

Main page screenshot:


Civilization 2 Tribute screenshot: