Wonder movies

[KrazyHorse]

As a tribute to the loss of wonder movies in Civ3, why don't you post your favourite movies from previous entries in Civ series (including SMAC and CtP)?

Personally, the UN and Adam Smith movies from Civ2 are favourites, as are the Space Elevator, Virtual World and Nanofactory movies from SMAC.

[Dis]

well the Hoover Dam is near and dear to my heart. But that is because of its proximity

Manhatten project was always good

I liked Bach's Cathedral as well

Pyramids is an oldie but goodie

There was one in SMAC I really liked, but its been too long

[Mannamagnus]

Civ 2 - Leonardos Workshop was the best of all

[monkspider]

The Great Library or the Hanging Gardens

[Minmaster]

civ2 - when u build manhattan project, u hear that explosion noise followed by the wonder song. that was cool. and also when u build leonardo's workshop, u get the mass unit upgrades, that was cool too. smac had many good wonder movies but what was best were those quotes about each technology u discover

[kring]

Were the movies in Civ 2 included in the original Civ 2 classical? If so, where. please? I don't have MGE or FW, just the basic.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by kring
Were the movies in Civ 2 included in the original Civ 2 classical?

Of course. Did you actually buy a copy or did you warez it?

Every time you built a waonder, the wonder movie would play. There was an option to turn it off. Perhaps you toggled it without realising?

[KrazyHorse]

Oh, and I think they would only play when you're playing with the Civ2 CD in the drive...

[Alex]

I loved Leonardo's in Civ2, and The Colossus.

From SMAC: nanofactory, weather paradigm and dream twister.

I did not like the movies in CTP2, they were rather bland and boring.

[EnochF]

Adam Smith's, Darwin's Voyage, and the UN are my faves.

The SMAC wonder movies were a little too irreverent, I thought... probably just in comparison to the majesty of the ones in Civ II, though.

CTP was more of a fraternity stunt than a game.

[EnochF]

And I agree with Minmaster, those quotes that played when you discovered new techs were one of the best things about SMAC. They really should've taken the time to incorporate that into Civ III, but oh well. Maybe they'll do it for Civ IV? ^_^

[kring]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Of course. Did you actually buy a copy or did you warez it?

Every time you built a waonder, the wonder movie would play. There was an option to turn it off. Perhaps you toggled it without realising?

I bought a copy; $10US at Target (Of course, now you can buy it at Sam's Club for $7US). I had problems originally when I reloaded the game, which caused all my advisors to be black screens with no voices. Then my wife moved the CD; it took me six months to find it again. By this time, I had Civ 3. I had uninstalled it before realizing the CD was not in its case. So, I have reinstalled it. Like I said, it is the classical version. I have reloaded it yet again, full install. I will build a Wonder and see if it happens. Are these movies on the CD, and if so where?

I would like for Civ 3 PTW to have movies, but they haven't mentioned it, so probably not.

[Alex]

Originally posted by kring


I would like for Civ 3 PTW to have movies, but they haven't mentioned it, so probably not.

Who knows? They said that there would be a few surprises...

[Redstar]

you need indeo video or whatever it is called.

I also had black screens until i updated the video...i can't remember if i added a new video card.

my fav..is the nuclear blast

[Guynemer]

"Self-Aware Colony" from SMAC.

Scary stuff.