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Pharaoh + Cleopatra

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4.8/5

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4.8

278 Reviews

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Pharaoh + Cleopatra
Description
Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom. Govern all aspects of the exotic Egyptian, culture from religion to trading with distant cities. Cultivate vast farms in the Nile valley and discover the important role this river, with its un...
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4.8/5

( 278 Reviews )

4.8

278 Reviews

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Product details
1999, Impressions Games, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, DirectX 9.0c, 1 GB ava...
Time to beat
58.5 hMain
194 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
84 h All Styles
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Description
Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom. Govern all aspects of the exotic Egyptian, culture from religion to trading with distant cities. Cultivate vast farms in the Nile valley and discover the important role this river, with its unpredictable floods, played in the life of the Egyptians. Stone by stone, erect giant monuments - from the Sphinx, to the lighthouse and library of Alexandria.

Manage your city poorly and you shall watch it burn, be pillaged or collapse in economic ruin. Manage it well and ultimately the greatest Egyptian structures will be built in your honor. Your rule will span generations, until your dynasty, your royal bloodline produces a Pharaoh!

Pharaoh includes many features never before seen in a city building game, such as a farming model based on the flooding of the Nile, naval warfare, giant monuments that are assembled over time, unique dynastic progression, and variable difficulty levels. This a massively addictive, huge, but most importantly fun game that is a great choice for anyone looking for a solid city builder title, or an intellectual challenge.

  • Pharaoh Cleopatra bundle includes Pharaoh and Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile expansion.
  • A city-builder gem, made by the creators of the award-winning Caesar III.
  • Extensive help section not only does an excellent job at explaining the game mechanics, but also contains many interesting facts and trivia about life in Ancient Egypt.
  • Destroy enemies on land and sea, or simply build the perfect Egyptian city of your liking with the City Construction Kit.

© 1989-1998 Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision and Pharaoh and Cleopatra are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.

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System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
58.5 hMain
194 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
84 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'1999-10-31T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
490 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Mild Animated Violence)

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English
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Posted on: December 20, 2012

adamsgog

Verified owner

Games: 38 Reviews: 3

Love this game!

Weird but it kind of feels like watching a disney movie to me, so animated and full of charactor and immersion. I remember getting this game when I had one of my earliest PC's, wanting to try this game on countless friends PC's to get the best experience from it. Like spookypeanut said I could never get into Caesar III or Zeus the way I got into this!


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Posted on: August 20, 2016

samuraidrive

Games: 11 Reviews: 1

Best city builder ever

Simply the best city builder ever made. Nothing even compares, not even the sequels. I have sunk hundreds of hours into the game. There are dozens of ways to play each game.


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Posted on: August 31, 2016

musclebound1

Games: 2 Reviews: 3

Greatest Empire building game All Time!

This was the game that got me into strategy games. Before, I was mostly only into shooters in the vein of Quake, Doom, Unreal etc. Then a buddy of mine gave me this and since I was always into Ancient Egypt I thought this would be the best way to get into strategy/city building games. And dammit I was right. This was the most hideously addictive game I have played before or after that lonely Summer of '99 in Melbourne Australia. No Quake or Doom ever came close to the heroine-like addiction this induced within me. I would sit down Friday evening and think to myself that I'll play this for a coupla hours, and VOILA! suddenly its SUNDAY morning! The beauty of this masterpiece is that not only is it extremely entertaining, but you also learn so much about Ancient Egypt, their culture, their food production, their primitive technology, their health and educations systems. their Gods and religions, as well as how they built those massive Pyramids and structures. All without the need for reading books or watching a documentary. And now there's a hack for playing this game at HD resolutions. So don't wait- just go. Play. Here's a video of Pharaoh greatest cities in 1080p HD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkfwZjUujM4


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Posted on: February 14, 2017

sirden208

Games: 139 Reviews: 32

A City Building classic

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


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Posted on: August 8, 2018

NitroDragon911

Verified owner

Games: 86 Reviews: 1

Rebuy cause its good

A Classic i brought on GOG that I still have the CD for it, I (and my brother) played it so much my poor CD eventually Died so when i saw GOG had it was a no Brainer :D For the review: Interesting City Builder endless modes can be fun you can see how you survive in a harsh place or take it easy and build how you want Or you could for a "Family" and take your line through the Coarse of a history (not sure how acurate of a history it is but still) starting out as a little farm village manager to the grand viser and eventualy becoming pharoh yourself A Few Bugs to deal with such as hunters can't find food even though the animals are right near them -.- but that is very rare to see Overall 9.5/10


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