Sid Meier's Colonization

Great game when fully set in. You can buy it here at gog.com or buy it cheap of Amazon. Nevertheless the key is Magic DosBox or just DosBox. The mouse can be finicy to dial in but when adjusted (dont forget to middleclick and use the wheel). -Voila! But the mechanics are wonderfully crafted and a 20 year dated eloge should be granted to the Microprose-game. Its their masterpiece the piece tha resistance in my meaning. Not to long to get in to but a couple of weeks to master. Not for the faint of hearted, but names.txt can be edited to mod it into a slightly less worrying matter. You think the slaves and the peasants are to costly? Edit their values in names.txt for a value more historically accurate. Surpassing many if not all strategy-games. Not because its graphics but because its game-mechanics and focusing on... Colonization...

My father bought my first PC second hand from a friend. The machine came with this game installed on it and I am playing it ever since. My first SM turned-based strategy game ever; as up until then I had experience only with real-time strategy games, it took me a while (like 20 new games over a period of a couple of months) to find out how that strange white and brown blop (the caravel, never recognized it as a ship until I managed to move it) move. But I never quit trying and once it occured to me that the keyboard might be somehow involved in putting commands in a computer, it was a love of (twenty-ish)first sight!

I have played this game for many hours, and every game is a new challenge. The AI is good, the strategy is deep, the progression is rewarding. New gamers, don't let the pixellation discourage you from giving it a try.

I wish they'd make a new version of this game, but I suppose it wouldn't be very PC (except if they'd make it an option for the natives to win - which would be awesome). Anyway, I played this game way back and was addicted to it for more than a year. I'm so happy to see it again. The graphics are very outdated (this was a DOS game), though that kind of makes it even more endearing, but this game is fantastic. Aaaah, good times.

It would be in the top ten of best games ever made, if I had to choose. I played it when it came out and once in a while ever since. Compared to Civilization and Alphacentauri, this one is my clear favorite. It is better than the newer Colonialization with the Civ 4 engine. The only bad thing: The larger you get, the more micromanagement there is. And it can be a bid too much before the revolution.