Sid Meier's Civilization

by MPS Labs

1991

StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)

Historical

Exceptional

StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)

Historical

Exceptional

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Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991.The game's objective is "...to build an empire that would stand the test of time". The game begins in 4000 BC, and the players attempt to expand and develop their empires through the ages until modern and near-future times. It is also known simply as Civilization.

Publisher: MicroProse Software, Inc.
Modes: Single player
Themes: Historical, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric

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