Sid Meier's Colonization

I got tired of that depressing image, of the native kids waving at the cannons rolling in to kill them. And the game's more interesting without it. On medium difficulty, it's not easy to find free territory but it is possible. (This part actually reminds me of Machiavelli: The Prince, where the initial fun is simply scooting around the map, lighting it up.) It's more challenging to develop resource chains without driving out the natives, and at revolution-time, you can shut down all your temporary, raw-material cities and force the King to conquer one or two superforts. Plays faster, too.

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!

...nostalgia plays indeed a major role. This game was so great despite its obvious limits. Let me say that the biggest flaw is the scarce AI of the opponents (three that sonn will be two after an ingame event). If you are an experimented player you will find yourself toying with the AI opponents. That said, the game is great for a gentle, nice playing experience, not as time consuming as the Civ games. I have been playing this game almost since it came out and it still gives me good times. A lot of exploring, many Indian tribes, trade, lot of buildings, founding fathers that will provide bonus or traits, military units (mounted or not) that can be promoted like this: petty criminal-indentured servant-free colonist-veteran, missionaries intriguing with indians or just doing gods work and a king taxing you more and more, ultimately pushing the player into the ultimate goal: independence. And that is not as easy as toyng with your fellow europeans. Also, a rating sistem of your performance rather interesting considering the time: score plus something your name is given to, might be a serpent, a continent,... The sistem goes if I recall correctly from my younger days until 200% score: getting there IS a challenge. I dare you.

Easy to learn hard to master.... Can be very challenging because of randomness... And the music!!! unforgetable

As many people mentioned here; the game requires multi-level thinking. It also has incredible atmosphere. I might be biased (though not a die-hard maniac of old games), but it aged well - even drum-and-pie miliary tunes sound better in this ancient version... I also played the remaster, which, apart from graphics, is worse in every aspect; especially AI. The only reproach against Colonization is that starts can ne uneven; sometimes you have a very small chance to survive whatever you do, sometimes it gets incredibly lucky and you snowball... An experienced player can recognise an overly (un)lucky game and start a new one to get a properly thrilling experience. Otherwise, it's a real treat.