Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack

the game that started me off and is just wonderful. read the other reviews for more information but it is one of the best games i have ever played

Best game ever from the classics after Civilization 2 plus Test of Time, for me.

seriously

c

This item often goes on sale at GoG, which is what enticed me to buy it, so I feel like I need to put my experience out there to, I hope, save someone else some disappointment: I bought Alpha Centauri looking forward to add a classic game to my current machine's library, only to find out that the game won't start properly under Win7 64 bit. I've fiddled around with the install and spent more hours than I'd care to acknowledge trying to find a fix online. So far, no luck. GoG's claim to fame is that all these classic games are supposed to run hassle-free on modern systems: Double click the install file and start playing right away. While that has held true for most of my purchases here, I'm sad to say that Alpha Centauri isn't up to GoG's usual standards. If you have a computer around still running an older OS, I've read that the GoG version runs just fine. But if you have 64 bit Windows, expect to have trouble with this game.