Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack

A true classic, very addictive.

Unbeatably immersive athmosphere.

I continue to play this game 20 nyears after release. I wish They would come out with a refresh/update. I think it's better than all the CIV games except Civ VI.

Alien Cross fire is completely unplayable on windows 11. It opens to the start menu fine, but once you start a game it crashes immediately on turn one. It does this consistently regardless of settings. Base Alpha Centauri is playable and unaffected by this issue, but I can't reccomend anyone buy this with the Alien Crossfire expansion in it's current state. It's a shame because this is actually a fantastic game that I feel holds up surprisingly, but half of it just doesn't work. I'm especially saddened by this as the game is a part of the preservation program.

I bought SMAC when it was first released 12 years ago. The game has never left my hard drive over the years despite the hassles of getting it to run on newer operating systems. The most annoying thing about the game though is it's annoying CD check DRM. Admittedly I've relied on no-CD 'patches' to avoid having to carry the game disc with my laptop. But when I saw GOG offering SMAC, as an inexpensive DRM-free download, I decided enough was enough and signed up just to get this. I am not disappointed in the least. SMAC is a terrific classic to this day and GOG is an excellent service. I now see more games in GOG's catalog that I'm interested in. I do echo other's sentiments that GOG need to get Alien Crossfire into the mix as well. The SMAC series will be played regularly until Sid gets his act together and makes SMAC 2 and drops the silly/disappointing Facebook Civ effort.