Pharaoh + Cleopatra

One of the best game I've ever played. Please, please, I beg you, you have to make a porting of this game from Windows to mac !

Pharaoh epitomizes the classic ancient city-builder. It combines detailed, but accessible, city management with the epic tasks of constructing massive monuments that will endure throughout the ages. Despite the game's age (it is almost 20 years old), beholding a well-built city complete with massive pyramids, sun temples, mausoleums, etc., is still a great pleasure to the eyes. Anyone looking to get into the series is well-advised to start with this. Though Pharaoh's sequels (Zeus/Poseidon and Emperor) added many quality of life improvements to the series, they did not replicate the satisfaction of building pyramids. The one problem with the game is that it is rather buggy. Dancers, who are important for upgrading houses to high-quality residences, often spawn in random locations and fail to provide their services where they are most needed unless the player works around the bug. Other bugs, such as walkers randomly spawning near out-of-the-way predators are noticeable and the game has a habit of freezing at very inconvenient times, though this happens mostly on certain levels. These are relatively minor frustrations compared to the bugs that plague modern strategy games, but they do force the player to fight the game a little bit. Overall, this is an amazing game for anyone who likes retro games. Though I played this game as a kid, I am not given to nostalgia and I can confidently say that the game's quality still holds up favorably and is an enjoyable experience.

I played this game so many times, and I intend to play it to the rest of my life.

Beyond being a very pleasant game, it can also teach you a great ammount of Egyptian History. In my humble opinion, it is the best city building game because it can teach you a lot while you play and spend your time actually learning something. Intuitive controls, nice soundtrack, gorgeous constructions... amazing game, just amazing. One of the best I've ever played.

Pharaoh is one of those game that I wish I was good at playing it! It's one of those impression games that challenge you to build cities in ancient Egypt that still holds up today, both in gameplay and graphics. Gameplay wise, it's a city builder full of details that follows a single family in its many missions through out the entire span of the Egyptian empire. And it requires meticulous and master planning. As such, mistakes are really not an option and everything must be prepare ahead in order to balance everything while tending at random problems that seems to combust (play and you'll know why) at random. Besides that, the most powerful aspect is surely the graphics: beautiful and colorful as never seen ( even when it's just sheds), while soundtrack and story are pretty good. So, worth buying? yes! .... but prepare to fail many times before being successful. It's really hard. But in the end the things worth keeping are.