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Had Anyone Played COLONIZATION?
Welp? Has anyone played COLONIZATION, a lost game that was the only strat game produced by Microprose that was superior to the Civ series?
I mean, everyone remembers Dr. No, but no one remembers From Russia with Love, which is superior to Dr. No. So I am not surprised people don't remember Colonization.
For those of you that do not know what it is, it was a game in which you played on of the four major European powers, and you settled the New World. There you'd encounter the three other colonies, which you could make war with if you pleased. There were Indian tribes, some of which were worthless and some of which, if you destroyed their village, you got a nice, tidy sum of gold. And there was the tireless micromanagement, for you'd mine furs or tobacco, then you could sell it as a raw product, or you could improve into something like coats or cigars. Muskets were the hardest, cause you have to upgrade them from tools, which came from ore. Once you had enough Founding Fathers [read: techs], and the populace supported you enough [to do this, you had STATESMEN which worked out of city hall producing LIBERTY BELLS, which counted toward your independance.] you could succeed and become your own country. But beware, for some cities may stay with the king, and soon after you'd have to withstand the European armies attacking you cities. If you produced enough more liberty bells, you could get assistance from a foreign power. When you had destroyed all the King's forces, you had won. After that when you played you were referred to as some nation, and once a nation was created, they treated colonies like dirt. [The USA was the worst, at least in the game.]
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"Beggars should not be choosers."
"Terror is the candy of devils."
"If it was to be, then get over it. If it was not to be, then stop *****ing."
Sergeant Sheets: Executive Deputy Administrative Consultant and Vice-Moderator.
My AIM name is sargesheets
My ICQ number is 53791758
My homepage is [URL=http://homes.arealcity.com/centurionamericana/mainpage.html
Free Stewart Spink and YYYH!
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET!
I mean, everyone remembers Dr. No, but no one remembers From Russia with Love, which is superior to Dr. No. So I am not surprised people don't remember Colonization.
For those of you that do not know what it is, it was a game in which you played on of the four major European powers, and you settled the New World. There you'd encounter the three other colonies, which you could make war with if you pleased. There were Indian tribes, some of which were worthless and some of which, if you destroyed their village, you got a nice, tidy sum of gold. And there was the tireless micromanagement, for you'd mine furs or tobacco, then you could sell it as a raw product, or you could improve into something like coats or cigars. Muskets were the hardest, cause you have to upgrade them from tools, which came from ore. Once you had enough Founding Fathers [read: techs], and the populace supported you enough [to do this, you had STATESMEN which worked out of city hall producing LIBERTY BELLS, which counted toward your independance.] you could succeed and become your own country. But beware, for some cities may stay with the king, and soon after you'd have to withstand the European armies attacking you cities. If you produced enough more liberty bells, you could get assistance from a foreign power. When you had destroyed all the King's forces, you had won. After that when you played you were referred to as some nation, and once a nation was created, they treated colonies like dirt. [The USA was the worst, at least in the game.]
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"Beggars should not be choosers."
"Terror is the candy of devils."
"If it was to be, then get over it. If it was not to be, then stop *****ing."
Sergeant Sheets: Executive Deputy Administrative Consultant and Vice-Moderator.
My AIM name is sargesheets
My ICQ number is 53791758
My homepage is [URL=http://homes.arealcity.com/centurionamericana/mainpage.html
Free Stewart Spink and YYYH!
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET!
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