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Posted on: September 29, 2025
Blas_de_lezo
Verified ownerGames: 182 Reviews: 14
An oldie with a unique 4x playstyle.
Early sid meier's work. The job system is something quite different that you might not have tried before. Worth a try. Carefull, can get addictive!
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Posted on: May 30, 2012
trusteft
Verified ownerGames: 1968 Reviews: 123
Good old Microprose classic
I still have the floppies and the box of this somewhere. I remember the day I bought it and it's beautiful box, opening the box and looking the blue 3.44 disks, 3 IIRC. One of my all time favourite games, not just turn based strategy games. A game based on the Civilization "engine", which IMO far surpassed its parents. You begin as the head of the colonial forces of your European country of choice (*out of four) and proceed to colonize the new world. Deal with the other powers and the various native American tribes. Bribe, fight, talk, trade, whatever you wish. The final goal of each game is to manage to gather enough populace support, and the economy and military to back it up, and declare independence from the nasty European royalty. When you do the Royalty will not just accept it, but send huge forces to teach you a lesson. You then need to fight, trade,etc till you gain the independence for good. How exactly you do it, it is up to you. Great graphics and music for its time, still good enough, though pixelated obviously, graphics. The music remains top notch. The game in general is IMHO perfect. Get it, I know I will get it again. Oh, if you haven't played a Civilization game (it's possible!), perhaps you have played Gold of the Americas by SSG. I am not saying they are very similar, but if you did and liked it, you are going to love Colonization!
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Posted on: June 10, 2013
Bilko58
Verified ownerGames: 77 Reviews: 2
An all-time great
I spent many hours playing this classic game of exploration and empire building in the New World on my old PowerMac, and I'm enjoying it again on my souped-up iMac. It remains challenging on the higher levels of difficulty even after all these years! A strong point of the game is that it forces you to make some moral choices. This is a major break from most 4X games that typically involve crushing the opposition. In Colonization, you can wipe out Indian villages, but if you do the penalty involved will keep you from reaching your highest possible score. This is a must-own for any strategy gamer. Enjoy!
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Posted on: June 8, 2015
kinghu
Verified ownerGames: 40 Reviews: 1
Convinced by previous posts
I was hesitating, but the two previous comments convinced me, I'll get this right away!
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Posted on: September 6, 2019
cristims
Verified ownerGames: 591 Reviews: 21
Works perfectly on modern systems!
Excellent game and super nice GOG release that can be played on all new systems. I test it on both Windows 7 and 10 and I love it!
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