Zeus + Poseidon (Acropolis)

Ignore only the first three Caesar games in the classic city building series and play the rest instead.

I still have my original Zeus & Poseidon CD's. However, upon days, weeks, hours, months... (you get the idea) of trying to get them play... nothing worked! Finally, someone told me about GOG, so I took a chance. I needed my Zeus/Poseidon Addiction I had so long ago. It works on Windows 7 64x and I am the happiest person on earth right now! If we didn't have company and it wasn't past midnight, I'd scream, shout, and do a happy dance and play the game all night! Alas, it shall have to wait until tomorrow, but it's the best $10 I've ever spent! This is the ONLY game of this genre/type I've ever enjoyed (probably because I love Greek Mythology) and I'm so happy to have it back! This game is the BEST! If anyone else is looking for a great strategy game with mythical proportions that runs on Windows 7 64x, buy this! You won't regret it, and if you do, don't tell me about it!

I don't think this title is quite as good as Empire, the Chinese history flavored version that came out after, but it is very good. I give it the maximum rating because the expansion of Poseidon really ups the play value of the title. I'm also a sucker for the Hellenic mythology aspect of the game. First game in the series to have roadblocks, which utterly changed the game;play in so many ways, all for the better. Definitely worth playing if you like games of the city-building style.

By far the best citybuilder, and best overall game, I've ever played. Bought it several times since 2000, and it was difficult to get hold of a fresh copy with full features until GOG.com brought it back to life. The highly detailed graphics of each building and person is amazing, with four directions to oggle at them from. Each individual type of building and worker, trader, god, hero, has something different to say depending on your city's quality and their role in it. All voiced fantastically. The AI and continuity of your workers allows you to micromanage where you want, then leave the city to keep ticking over without any problems. The UI is in theme and easy to use. The only faults in this game are the lack-lustre battles and how its replay value is slightly diminished after several thousand play throughs... If anyone can up the difficulty of Olympian for me I'd be grateful ;) But it's still rewarding to see how many rich estates and cavalry squandrans a tiny city can support.

An absolute treat to play, even decades later. The engine is aged, yes, with sprites but the game still functions and is very stable, even in Windows 10. The game consists of multiple campaigns with a variety of levels and challenges. The levels are extremely fun to play and have you facing economic and social challenges. One of the best aspects of this game was the manner in which it was crafted. The developers blended humour, excellent ambient sounds along with a super memorable "soundtrack". The music alone makes this game worthy and every time I hear it, it transports me to a time decades ago when I first played it, when life was easy, safe, fun with less responsibilities. To be young again... Some of the most memorable RTS games created back in the day were by Sierra and Impression Games. I have replayed this game time and time again and it never ceases to interest me and challenge me. Long live the classics!