Civilization Genre HD Video Series:
Welcome to the second episode in a huge video series years in the making where I show you how to play each classic Civilization genre game (including spinoffs like Colonization) 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 second big main episode is about Sid Meier's Colonization! 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!
Main Episode 02 - Colonization HD Tour:
Main video on playing Col in HD with mods & scenarios:
Years in the making this is a huge video tour showcasing the classic Sid Meier's Colonization in HD! This is the second main episode in a huge series showing people how you can play classic Civilization genre games in HD on modern systems using some of the best enhancement mods out there. I also take some time in this video (prob way too much sorry haha) to show Col fans what other cool options are out there these days such as similar games to Col, fan made Col games, some of the best Col mods for Civilization games, and finally I also show you our attempts to play as the normally unplayable Natives slot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoAYn5LGq60&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVv Yzg9tRBPY
(Make sure you expand video to play in full screen HD!)
Video Chapters:
00:00 Video Series Introduction
00:49 Colonization Tour Introduction
04:01 Colonization today & it's legacy via other games!
- 04:11 Civ 4 Colonization sequel & it's mods (Future Ep Preview)
- 04:56 Colonization fan communities
- 05:23 FreeCol Colonization fan project (Bonus Ep Preview)
- 06:42 Treasure Fleet fan game (Bonus Ep Preview)
- 07:19 FreeMars Scifi Colonization (Bonus Ep Preview)
- 07:42 Colonization mods for Civilization games (Bonus Ep Preview)
- 08:28 Mods for Civ 4 Colonization (Future Ep Preview)
- 08:42 Other games similar to Colonization
09:09 My attempts to play as natives (Bonus Ep Preview)
09:55 Sid Meier's Colonization in HD Tour
- 10:59 Differences between DOS & Windows Colonization
- 13:17 Early game example in HD
- 15:38 Mid game example in HD
- 17:02 How I'm playing in HD (full instructions below)
- 17:50 Mid game example in HD continues
- 18:32 Late game declaration example in HD
- 20:06 End game victory example in HD
21:30 Final thoughts & future video series plans
Video Notes:
Bonus Video Episodes for Colonization:
Colonization Bonus Ep - How to play as Natives:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMh1vzXFzps&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVv Yzg9tRBPY
Colonization Bonus Ep - FreeCol HD Tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSfj_G4kA9g&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVv Yzg9tRBPY
Colonization Bonus Ep - FreeMars HD Tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuUMmh82ROo&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVv Yzg9tRBPY
Colonization Bonus Ep - Treasure Fleet HD Tour:
COMING SOON!
Colonization Bonus Ep - Civilization 2 Colonization Scenarios:
COMING SOON!
Colonization Bonus Ep - Civilization 3 Colonization Scenarios:
COMING LESS SOON
Colonization Bonus Ep - Civilization 4-5-6 Colonization Scenarios:
COMING NOT SO SOON
Colonization Downloads & Guides:
Links for all games, 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 (including Col themed ones) 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 videos and come to this place none of these cool creations below will have disappeared!
How to play in HD on modern systems guide:
Now you can see below how I did it and play Col in HD yourselves!
Colonization 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 & Colonization series section on my retro gaming website Blake's Sanctum (be warned - the sites navigation is full 90s retro too lol).
http://blakessanctum.x10.mx/Games/CivColSeries/
Main page screenshot:
Colonization Tribute screenshot:
Welcome to the second episode in a huge video series years in the making where I show you how to play each classic Civilization genre game (including spinoffs like Colonization) 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 second big main episode is about Sid Meier's Colonization! 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!
- Main Episode 01 - Civilization 1
- Main Episode 02 - Colonization (You are here!)
- Main Episode 03 - Master of Magic (Coming soon)
- Main Episode 04 - Civilization 2 (Coming soon)
- Main Episode 05 - Civ2 Test of Time (Coming less 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)
- Misc Episodes - Civ Fan Games - FreeCiv, FreeCol, FreeMars & More (Coming very soon)
Main Episode 02 - Colonization HD Tour:
Main video on playing Col in HD with mods & scenarios:
Years in the making this is a huge video tour showcasing the classic Sid Meier's Colonization in HD! This is the second main episode in a huge series showing people how you can play classic Civilization genre games in HD on modern systems using some of the best enhancement mods out there. I also take some time in this video (prob way too much sorry haha) to show Col fans what other cool options are out there these days such as similar games to Col, fan made Col games, some of the best Col mods for Civilization games, and finally I also show you our attempts to play as the normally unplayable Natives slot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoAYn5LGq60&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVv Yzg9tRBPY
(Make sure you expand video to play in full screen HD!)
Video Chapters:
00:00 Video Series Introduction
00:49 Colonization Tour Introduction
04:01 Colonization today & it's legacy via other games!
- 04:11 Civ 4 Colonization sequel & it's mods (Future Ep Preview)
- 04:56 Colonization fan communities
- 05:23 FreeCol Colonization fan project (Bonus Ep Preview)
- 06:42 Treasure Fleet fan game (Bonus Ep Preview)
- 07:19 FreeMars Scifi Colonization (Bonus Ep Preview)
- 07:42 Colonization mods for Civilization games (Bonus Ep Preview)
- 08:28 Mods for Civ 4 Colonization (Future Ep Preview)
- 08:42 Other games similar to Colonization
09:09 My attempts to play as natives (Bonus Ep Preview)
09:55 Sid Meier's Colonization in HD Tour
- 10:59 Differences between DOS & Windows Colonization
- 13:17 Early game example in HD
- 15:38 Mid game example in HD
- 17:02 How I'm playing in HD (full instructions below)
- 17:50 Mid game example in HD continues
- 18:32 Late game declaration example in HD
- 20:06 End game victory example in HD
21:30 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. Colonization has built in zoom controls you can use or you can lower the Windows XP resolution inside the Virtual Machine and the game will resize to fit.
- Sorry it takes so long to get to the actual game the video is about. I just really wanted to let Col fans know about all this other great similar stuff out there! Not to mention try to rebuild the community!
- If it feels a bit choppy and slightly schizophrenic that's because '3 different Blakes' worked on it haha! Basically I made the video in 2018, then came back to it in 2019 and added lots of stuff, and then came back to it again in 2021 and deleted a bunch of stuff & added even more new stuff lol! I tried to intermix and smooth out the transitions between old and new footage as best as I could so hopefully it's not too bad.
Bonus Video Episodes for Colonization:
Colonization Bonus Ep - How to play as Natives:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMh1vzXFzps&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVv Yzg9tRBPY
Colonization Bonus Ep - FreeCol HD Tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSfj_G4kA9g&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVv Yzg9tRBPY
Colonization Bonus Ep - FreeMars HD Tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuUMmh82ROo&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVv Yzg9tRBPY
Colonization Bonus Ep - Treasure Fleet HD Tour:
COMING SOON!
Colonization Bonus Ep - Civilization 2 Colonization Scenarios:
COMING SOON!
Colonization Bonus Ep - Civilization 3 Colonization Scenarios:
COMING LESS SOON
Colonization Bonus Ep - Civilization 4-5-6 Colonization Scenarios:
COMING NOT SO SOON
Colonization Downloads & Guides:
Links for all games, 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 (including Col themed ones) 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 videos and come to this place none of these cool creations below will have disappeared!
Spoiler:
How to play in HD on modern systems guide:
Now you can see below how I did it and play Col in HD yourselves!
Spoiler:
Colonization 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 & Colonization series section on my retro gaming website Blake's Sanctum (be warned - the sites navigation is full 90s retro too lol).
http://blakessanctum.x10.mx/Games/CivColSeries/
Main page screenshot:
Colonization Tribute screenshot:
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