Civilization 2 on AMIGA?
Even Sandvik Underlid
I've talked to several people who says that Civilization for the Amiga is on
it's way, but not by Microprose, though.
I've also heard that Thalion is supposed to do this convertition.
Is any of this true???
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Thomas van Gulick
Even Sandvik Underlid (evu...@sn.no) wrote:
>I've talked to several people who says that Civilization for the Amiga is on
>it's way, but not by Microprose, though.
I assume you mean Civilization II...
>I've also heard that Thalion is supposed to do this convertition.
Hmm, seems unlikely, because most, if not all of Thalion's members went to
Bluebyte (creating Albion which is not available for Amiga :(((((()
>Is any of this true???
You probably talked to several people, and I trust you on that :)
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David Flaherty
On 17-Oct-96 20:04:04, Even Sandvik Underlid said about Civilization 2 on AMIGA?:
> I've talked to several people who says that Civilization for the Amiga
> is on it's way, but not by Microprose, though.
> I've also heard that Thalion is supposed to do this convertition.
> Is any of this true???
I can't really see it happening sadly, but hey, you never know.
Mircoprose in theory would have nothing to lose from it, but even
so....
Dave
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Even Sandvik Underlid
>>I've also heard that Thalion is supposed to do this convertition.
>Bluebyte (creating Albion which is not available for Amiga :(((((()
>>Is any of this true???
>You probably talked to several people, and I trust you on that :)
Haha! :-)
Even Sandvik Underlid
>>I've talked to several people who says that Civilization for the Amiga
>>is on it's way, but not by Microprose, though.
>Mircoprose in theory would have nothing to lose from it, but even
>so....
No, but will Thalion/whoever gain anything from it? :-)
Even Sandvik Underlid
>>I've talked to several people who says that Civilization for the Amiga is on
>>it's way, but not by Microprose, though.
>>I've also heard that Thalion is supposed to do this convertition.
>>Is any of this true???
>anything like Sim City 2000 AGA (which it resembles in style) then it had
>better be programmed properly...
Yes, it would have to. And it should have CyberGFX/ECS-support too.
Then the market would have been increased A BIT, too.
Marc Forrester
Paul Chan wrote:
> >I've talked to several people who says that Civilization
> >for the Amiga is on it's way, but not by Microprose, though.
> >I've also heard that Thalion is supposed to do this convertition.
> >Is any of this true???
>
> I don't know if it'll be true, and I've never played Civ2 but if it
> is anything like Sim City 2000 AGA (which it resembles in style) then
> it had better be programmed properly...
If you like that sort of game, you don't know what you're missing.
There's nothing actually new as such in Civ 2, but what it is is
basically Civilization again with all the problems fixed and the
good bits perfected. Haven't seen something so flawless for ages.
An Amiga conversion? There's no technical reason why not..
I just wonder why anyone would suddenly decide it was an
economical possibility. Very unlike MicroProse to want
to go even this close to the Amiga these days..
Ian Gledhill
Even Sandvik Underlid wrote:
>
> >>I've talked to several people who says that Civilization for the Amiga is on
> >>it's way, but not by Microprose, though.
> >>I've also heard that Thalion is supposed to do this convertition.
> >>Is any of this true???
> >I don't know if it'll be true, and I've never played Civ2 but if it is
> >anything like Sim City 2000 AGA (which it resembles in style) then it had
> >better be programmed properly...
>
> Then the market would have been increased A BIT, too.
>
Windows... so, it follows that Civ II Amiga would run under WB, like
Colonization (which IMHO was well programmed for WB.)
Of course, it would therefore support graphics cards.
However, the installation of Civ II takes 30-40Mb of HD space, excluding
video clips, so a FD version seems somewhat unlikely.
It's an excellent game... I got my house full of students (with PC`s)
hooked when I bought it for my GoldenGate 486 bridgeboard! :-))
Perhaps someone from Vulcan could convert it? :-)
Marc Forrester
Ian Gledhill wrote:
> One of the most noticeable things of Civ II is that it runs under
> Windows... so, it follows that Civ II Amiga would run under WB, like
> Colonization (which IMHO was well programmed for WB.)
> Of course, it would therefore support graphics cards.
>
> However, the installation of Civ II takes 30-40Mb of HD space,
> excluding video clips, so a FD version seems somewhat unlikely.
Well, you know.. Bollocks, so what? :)
How many people who play games like Civilization don't have a
hard drive these days? Okay, 40M is rather more than a number
of HD owners could cope with, but just maybe, Civ 2 is such a
nice piece of software that it would encourage upgrades..
(Hell, I'd buy a CD-Rom if that was the only install disk format)
> Perhaps someone from Vulcan could convert it? :-)
I think they could stand to make very nice amounts of money..
Ian Gledhill
Marc Forrester wrote:
>
> Ian Gledhill wrote:
> > However, the installation of Civ II takes 30-40Mb of HD space,
> > excluding video clips, so a FD version seems somewhat unlikely.
>
> How many people who play games like Civilization don't have a
> hard drive these days? Okay, 40M is rather more than a number
> of HD owners could cope with, but just maybe, Civ 2 is such a
> nice piece of software that it would encourage upgrades..
Sure, but can you imagine fitting 40 disks in one box? :-)
>
> (Hell, I'd buy a CD-Rom if that was the only install disk format)
You mean you haven't got one already? Shame, Sir! :-)
>
> > Perhaps someone from Vulcan could convert it? :-)
>
> I think they could stand to make very nice amounts of money..
They could do very nicely, I reckon....
Even Sandvik Underlid
>>>>I've talked to several people who says that Civilization for the Amiga is
>>>>on it's way, but not by Microprose, though. I've also heard that Thalion
>>>>is supposed to do this convertition. Is any of this true???
>>>I don't know if it'll be true, and I've never played Civ2 but if it is
>>>anything like Sim City 2000 AGA (which it resembles in style) then it had
>>>better be programmed properly...
>>Yes, it would have to. And it should have CyberGFX/ECS-support too.
>>Then the market would have been increased A BIT, too.
>Windows... so, it follows that Civ II Amiga would run under WB, like
>Colonization (which IMHO was well programmed for WB.)
>Of course, it would therefore support graphics cards.
Would be really cool! Colonization should included a version which had bigger
sprites/fonts for those who run 800x600 and similar, though...
>However, the installation of Civ II takes 30-40Mb of HD space, excluding
>video clips, so a FD version seems somewhat unlikely.
I dunno... How many disks does the PC-version take then?
>It's an excellent game... I got my house full of students (with PC`s)
>hooked when I bought it for my GoldenGate 486 bridgeboard! :-))
>Perhaps someone from Vulcan could convert it? :-)
Would certainly be COOOOOOL!
Marc Forrester
Ian Gledhill wrote:
> Sure, but can you imagine fitting 40 disks in one box? :-)
Heh. Now come on, 40M compresses to about 20M,
so that's sort of doable. Of course, it would be
nice if we all had HD floppy drives, too.
> > (Hell, I'd buy a CD-Rom if that was the only install disk format)
> You mean you haven't got one already? Shame, Sir! :-)
Sorry, but I don't actually have much use for one until software
starts being big enough to release on CD as standard.. Besides,
my mum's office machine has a CD-Rom, so I can read off that via
a parallel hookup when I -really- need to access one of the things.
rigwa001
What I would like to see rather than Civ 2 is Civ-Net. Since it has
the possibility to play head to head directly over the modem or via
the internet, I would find it much more appealing and exciting. It
has gotten boring playing the computer. I would like live, THINKING
competition.
<tsb>
Brian L. Rigwald Minnesota, U.S.A.
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Recorded at 24-Oct-96 10:55:47 Central Standard Time.
Grier Huffman
Even Sandvik Underlid wrote:
> >However, the installation of Civ II takes 30-40Mb of HD space, excluding
> >video clips, so a FD version seems somewhat unlikely.
>
> I dunno... How many disks does the PC-version take then?
>
It comes on one CD-ROM. There are video clips for all the wonders, CD
music, etc. The entire product doesn't install to HD, it's pretty
large.
gph
Even Sandvik Underlid
If there no diskversion planned?
Frederik Poinot
On Tue, 22 Oct 1996 16:40:26 +0100, Marc Forrester <me...@aber.ac.uk>
wrote:
> Ian Gledhill wrote:
> > One of the most noticeable things of Civ II is that it runs under
> > Windows... so, it follows that Civ II Amiga would run under WB,
like
> > Colonization (which IMHO was well programmed for WB.)
> > Of course, it would therefore support graphics cards.
> >
> > However, the installation of Civ II takes 30-40Mb of HD space,
> > excluding video clips, so a FD version seems somewhat unlikely.
>
> Well, you know.. Bollocks, so what? :)
> How many people who play games like Civilization don't have a
> hard drive these days? Okay, 40M is rather more than a number
> of HD owners could cope with, but just maybe, Civ 2 is such a
> nice piece of software that it would encourage upgrades..
>
> (Hell, I'd buy a CD-Rom if that was the only install disk format)
>
> > Perhaps someone from Vulcan could convert it? :-)
>
I agree that one of the s/w houses should take on the project. I
have seen the game on PC's and it is impressive. The amiga would be
well suited to run it as well. Heck, if amiga apps are an indicator,
the game may be able to be provided with less system overhead than
what is required for the PC. Games of this nature would go well in
trying to revitalize the Amiga market. It is sad to see the Amiga
falling behind, and I would welcome such products. I still have
faith and have been striving to keep my Amiga as a kick-butt system.
Stig-arild Martinsen
In article <32725A...@aber.ac.uk> Marc Forrester <me...@aber.ac.uk> writes:
>From: Marc Forrester <me...@aber.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: Civilization 2 on AMIGA?
>Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 19:36:24 +0100
>rigwa001 wrote:
>> What I would like to see rather than Civ 2 is Civ-Net. Since it has
>> the possibility to play head to head directly over the modem or via
>> the internet, I would find it much more appealing and exciting. It
>> has gotten boring playing the computer. I would like live, THINKING
>> competition.
>? Civ 2 isn't equipped for that as standard?
Nope, Microprose will surely earn more if they release a net version later.
Marc Forrester
rigwa001
>>? Civ 2 isn't equipped for that as standard?
>Nope, Microprose will surely earn more if they release a net version
>later.
Civ-Net has been out for IBM for some time now. I would find a port
of that much better than Civ 2.
<tsb>
Brian L. Rigwald Minnesota, U.S.A.
Dziekuje! Danke! Merci! Gracias!
Shokran! Dzakuju! Aukun!
Spasibo!
<sb>
Recorded at 28-Oct-96 16:51:28 Central Standard Time.