Sid Meier - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

feelgood · 01-30-2004, 11:55 AM

I cannot absolutely stress this enough. He is one of the world greatest game developer. You've may have heard this many times from game reviewers but take it from me, HE. IS. THE. MAN. Period.

I remember when I used to play Sid Meier's Alpha centauri game for hours and hours without taking a single break. The game was absolutely the best in its catelogy of gaming. Civilization is striking similar to Alpha Centauri, although Civilization was released before AC. The game will allow you to test all kind of scenario and tinker with technologies and history to any way you want to with limitation of course. You're not god right?

But I lost the game and I have Alien Crossfire but I still need AC and now I find myself really wanting to get AC and start going hours without a break.

I never felt like this with other games, not even Unreal Tournament or Quake. SM:AC and SM:Civilization is truely one of the best game ever. In short, Sid Meier is one of the greats in the gaming industry.

Have you ever felt like this with other games?

cheerios · 01-30-2004, 12:01 PM

juan got me addicted to Alpha Centauri our... freshman? year. It was BAD for awhile... It's a fun game, and i couldn't even explain why

other things i get hooked on: WC3, Zelda Windwaker, and Diablo 2...

mrquackers · 01-30-2004, 12:01 PM

Sid's an amazing developer, but the last time I talked with him was when he was giving me a one-on-one demo for Sid Meier's SimGolf.

As ashamed as I am to say this... I damn near nodded off. The game was far from his best - and his presentation was so monotonous that it lulled me into unconsciousness.

That said, I'll be bugging him to show me Pirates later this year.

Ace_O_Spades · 01-30-2004, 12:43 PM

Man i LOVED sim golf! I played that game for hours and hours and hours....

I have some great stories about Alpha Centauri, like having my neighbour allied with me then nuking him! HA

teach them to trust me in the virtual world.

I loved how it gave you so many options, like winning via becoming the head of the council, or winning due to conquest.

So much fun with AC...

I still want to get Civ 3, but i cant poney up the dough

japhyryder · 01-30-2004, 02:01 PM

I have always loved Sid, I think I have almost all of his games, I am currently still play the original RR Tycoon, it is one of the best. (pretty disappointed in 3)

nanofever · 01-30-2004, 04:00 PM

Since AlienCross is no-longer being produced and Firaxis basically said "good luck finding a copy" ,theunderdogs.com have a version of it along with hundreds of other abandonware titles.

*mods if abandonware is considered warez here please delete my comment*

oldbob · 01-30-2004, 11:23 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, if I could get serious for a moment... Huns. What's up with that?
Seriously though, RR Tycoon and Civ are hands down two of the best pc/console games I've ever played.
Although I did get sucked into Baldur's Gate once for a month or so.

nanofever · 01-31-2004, 01:59 AM

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Originally posted by Ace_O_Spades
Man i LOVED sim golf! I played that game for hours and hours and hours....

I have some great stories about Alpha Centauri, like having my neighbour allied with me then nuking him! HA

teach them to trust me in the virtual world.

I loved how it gave you so many options, like winning via becoming the head of the council, or winning due to conquest.

So much fun with AC...

I still want to get Civ 3, but i cant poney up the dough

Civ 3 is a major step back from AC, no custom units, no advanced diplomacy options, very similar factions, no "story" ala the fungal blooms in AC, ect. Stick with AC and you will be a lot happier.

BuddyHawks · 01-31-2004, 02:31 AM

I used to be addicted to Diablo 2 LOD. Now it's Warcraft 3 TFT.
Alpha Centauri is a good game, the only real turned based game I've gotten into.

Arc101 · 01-31-2004, 10:03 AM

I've have spent far too much time playing Civ II. It's a great game, and something that you can always come ack to years later.

charlesesl · 01-31-2004, 08:40 PM

civ was ok, but alpha centeory was great.
I remember one time I used too many nukes which caused global warming. The see level was rising and all of my land cities were being floaded. So I proposed to the counsle to build a solar shield only to have all of the factions reject my proposal. Guess that was the price i have to pay for waging war on every other faction.

nanofever · 01-31-2004, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by charlesesl
civ was ok, but alpha centeory was great.
I remember one time I used too many nukes which caused global warming. The see level was rising and all of my land cities were being floaded. So I proposed to the counsle to build a solar shield only to have all of the factions reject my proposal. Guess that was the price i have to pay for waging war on every other faction.

Thats why you wait till you have enough planetbusters for every city over 5 on the map.

feelgood · 01-31-2004, 10:35 PM

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Originally posted by nanofever
Thats why you wait till you have enough planetbusters for every city over 5 on the map.

The only thing that sucked about it was that you had to wait up to 300 years to get enough...by then you'd probably have discovered technology that would bring you to the final stage of evolution...

Sun Tzu · 01-31-2004, 11:05 PM

I just got CIV3 and AC. Im used to Age of Empires 2, Empire Earth, and Rise of Nations.

Compared to those both the Sid Ms games seemed really complicated, and to complex. It seems from what everyone is saying its worth sticking out the learning period to get into the playing, so Ill give them another chance.

dragon2fire · 02-01-2004, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ace_O_Spades
Man i LOVED sim golf! I played that game for hours and hours and hours....

I have some great stories about Alpha Centauri, like having my neighbour allied with me then nuking him! HA

teach them to trust me in the virtual world.

I loved how it gave you so many options, like winning via becoming the head of the council, or winning due to conquest.

So much fun with AC...

I still want to get Civ 3, but i cant poney up the dough

anthoer suggestion other then civ 3

one civ call to power 2 is pretty good

but the bigger idea is to get master of orion three

five different ways to win

muptile races

fun turn based game in space

Vaultboy · 02-01-2004, 09:52 PM

Ac was fun at first. but then it became boring. Civ 3 was even worse. It starts out better than AC did, but AC kept me involved for longer. And like Cyberstorm, it has little replay value. Wit hthe exception of X-com, I think it is a general thing about Turn-based games for me. I'm too dyed-in-the wool RPG to find other games interesting.

djtestudo · 02-01-2004, 09:55 PM

Civ III is my favorite computer game ever. I always come back to it.

Mantus · 02-02-2004, 09:30 AM

I am hooked on Civilization III...cant....stop...playing...must go play now!

NeverBorn · 02-02-2004, 11:41 AM

Genius..nuff said.

bundy · 02-02-2004, 09:32 PM

i'm just trying to imagine how much time i've devoted to Sid Meier over the years.

Pirates, RR Tycoon, CivI-III, Alpha Centauri... man thats a hell of a lot of hours spent in front of a screen...

but i loved every second.

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Originally posted by NeverBorn
Genius..nuff said.

agreed.

LRave · 02-03-2004, 11:29 AM

Sid Meier is a great developer, but he did not do Alpha Centauri. All he did was lend his name to it.

Alpha Centauri was done by his protege, Brian Reynolds. His most recent contribution was Rise of Nations, which is also brilliant, though a different genre.

Alpha Centauri is one of the great games of all times. It is a true shame that the terms of Brian's departure from FireAxis means that we ill probably never see a sequel.

jobu · 02-05-2004, 11:36 AM

I can't stop playing Civ III. It has to be one of the most addicting games I have ever played.

portwineboy · 02-05-2004, 07:40 PM

I'm sort of jonesing for AC. Does it play under XP does anyone know?

I loved the first Civ but I guess you had to be a gamer back then to truely appreciate it. There was nothing like it when it came out. I lost an entire week. I called my office and told them a grandmother died (no lie) and played and played.

Reynolds got it right with AC and I felt like I was playing a continuation of my great Civ triumphs.

Call to Power was horrid and as I understand it was the big drama in the gaming world back in the day. Sid wasn't involved or something.

Civ 3 is good just not great. I like it and return to it often, esp. on my laptop, but I was hoping for an (if you live in the great state of Georgia please close your eyes) evolutionary leap over AC.

It was better than MOO3 though. That is a labour of love.

Where oh where has my dear Harpoon 4 gone? Oh where oh where can it be?

LRave · 02-06-2004, 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by portwineboy
Reynolds got it right with AC and I felt like I was playing a continuation of my great Civ triumphs.

Yeah, AC was a real masterpiece. Civ III is a good game, actually a very good game, but personally, I don't think it comes close to AC. Reynolds really hit that one out of the park.

losthellhound · 02-06-2004, 11:02 AM

Sid. Is a god.. THE gaming god. I read a great article by him on Ironman gaming.. Great stuff. I would love to have the chance to meet him..

I have a CD of Crossfire.. makes things easy

feelgood · 02-08-2004, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by losthellhound
Sid. Is a god.. THE gaming god. I read a great article by him on Ironman gaming.. Great stuff. I would love to have the chance to meet him..

I have a CD of Crossfire.. makes things easy

Just out of the curiousity...did you get it working without the original AC?

Sun Tzu · 02-09-2004, 08:21 AM

I've attempted getting into both Civ 3 and AC, but Im about to give up on them. I see the potential; but frankly theres to much detail for my taste. Thats why I get into Age of Empires, Rise of Nations, etc. The playing is more straightforward; but still with a civ play. I do understand whatthere is to like about Sid's games I just dont have the patience to read the amount of background to get anywhere in the games.

feelgood · 02-09-2004, 08:55 AM

Well, some people like straight forward gaming. Some like in-depth gaming.

AoE, Rise of nation, Wolfenstein, Quake, Unreal Tournaments are straight forward.

AC, Civilization, Mechwarrior (That's on a fine line of Straight forward gaming and not so straight) etc.

bt8624 · 02-09-2004, 08:51 PM

Yeah i still mess with Alpha Centauri, and I have his Gettysburg....
His games are great...you can play them for hours on end.

cyclone · 02-09-2004, 09:14 PM

I love him

Sun Tzu · 02-10-2004, 09:57 AM

Ofcourse the fact I cant seem to survive for very long may have something to do with it.

Q: In Civ3 if Im building mines on spots with gold on them and make roads to my cities I should be getting wealth right? Theres no effect.

djtestudo · 02-10-2004, 03:33 PM

You only get the wealth if you have citizens working those spots.

lyxo · 02-10-2004, 08:53 PM

nobody liked colonization?

feelgood · 02-10-2004, 08:56 PM

Apparently Colonization is too much of a hassle these days...everyone pretty much just wants to rush into war and use nuclear weapons whenever possible...

Think Bush...

Randerolf · 02-10-2004, 10:59 PM

I love Sid.

I'd jsut like to point out that the propper apriviation for the beloved game is SMAC not AC, for obvious reasons.

Sid has taken up so many hours of my life. It's a fair trade though.

Slacks_01 · 02-12-2004, 01:09 AM

why did he make civ3 so hard, i can't beat the crazy levels

m0rpheus · 02-13-2004, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by feelgood
I remember when I used to play Sid Meier's Alpha centauri game for hours and hours without taking a single break.

Used to play? I still play AC for hours and hours.

The Final Fantasy games used to hook me this way but the latest ones i've found just... lacking somehow.

Cordachine007 · 02-13-2004, 12:12 PM

It has been said that Sid Meier's is the Steven Spielberg of video games...I disagree...I say that Steven Spielberg is the Sid Meier's of movies. Sid is by far the best developer ever. I use to wake up at 400am in the morning ever day before school to Play CIV I. It was like i was hooked on it like a drug and couldn't get off. The only other game that I played even half as much was C&C Red Alert when it came out. In my life of gaming, Sid owns more hours of my gaming than all other games put together!!!! nuf said

Mantus · 02-13-2004, 03:55 PM

By your opinions is Alpha Centauri better then Civ III?

VF19 · 02-13-2004, 09:03 PM

I love Civ3, I should install it, it runs really fast on low end machines. I should also get the expansions, how are they?
I think there is an online expansion and like Conquests.
Anyone got them?

01-30-2004, 11:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Sid Meier I cannot absolutely stress this enough. He is one of the world greatest game developer. You've may have heard this many times from game reviewers but take it from me, HE. IS. THE. MAN. Period. I remember when I used to play Sid Meier's Alpha centauri game for hours and hours without taking a single break. The game was absolutely the best in its catelogy of gaming. Civilization is striking similar to Alpha Centauri, although Civilization was released before AC. The game will allow you to test all kind of scenario and tinker with technologies and history to any way you want to with limitation of course. You're not god right? But I lost the game and I have Alien Crossfire but I still need AC and now I find myself really wanting to get AC and start going hours without a break. I never felt like this with other games, not even Unreal Tournament or Quake. SM:AC and SM:Civilization is truely one of the best game ever. In short, Sid Meier is one of the greats in the gaming industry. Have you ever felt like this with other games? __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

01-30-2004, 12:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
mrquackers Exhausted Location: Northeastern US - please send help!	Sid's an amazing developer, but the last time I talked with him was when he was giving me a one-on-one demo for Sid Meier's SimGolf. As ashamed as I am to say this... I damn near nodded off. The game was far from his best - and his presentation was so monotonous that it lulled me into unconsciousness. That said, I'll be bugging him to show me Pirates later this year. __________________ "If you're walking on thin ice, you may as well go ahead and dance."

01-30-2004, 12:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	Man i LOVED sim golf! I played that game for hours and hours and hours.... I have some great stories about Alpha Centauri, like having my neighbour allied with me then nuking him! HA teach them to trust me in the virtual world. I loved how it gave you so many options, like winning via becoming the head of the council, or winning due to conquest. So much fun with AC... I still want to get Civ 3, but i cant poney up the dough __________________ Feh.

01-30-2004, 02:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
japhyryder no one special Location: Charlotte, NC	I have always loved Sid, I think I have almost all of his games, I am currently still play the original RR Tycoon, it is one of the best. (pretty disappointed in 3) __________________ It's only entertainment, someone's sick idea of a joke.

01-30-2004, 04:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
nanofever Huzzah for Welcome Week, Much beer shall I imbibe. Location: UCSB	Since AlienCross is no-longer being produced and Firaxis basically said "good luck finding a copy" ,theunderdogs.com have a version of it along with hundreds of other abandonware titles. mods if abandonware is considered warez here please delete my comment __________________ I'm leaving for the University of California: Santa Barbara in 5 hours, give me your best college advice - things I need, good ideas, bad ideas, nooky, ect. Originally Posted by Norseman on another forum: "Yeah, the problem with the world is the stupid people are all cocksure of themselves and the intellectuals are full of doubt."

01-30-2004, 12:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	juan got me addicted to Alpha Centauri our... freshman? year. It was BAD for awhile... It's a fun game, and i couldn't even explain why other things i get hooked on: WC3, Zelda Windwaker, and Diablo 2...

01-30-2004, 11:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
oldbob Insane Location: Detroit	Ladies and gentlemen, if I could get serious for a moment... Huns. What's up with that? Seriously though, RR Tycoon and Civ are hands down two of the best pc/console games I've ever played. Although I did get sucked into Baldur's Gate once for a month or so. __________________ children who refuse to brush will have inordinately bad breath. Last edited by oldbob; 01-30-2004 at 11:26 PM..

01-31-2004, 02:31 AM	#9 (permalink)
BuddyHawks Swashbuckling Location: Iowa...sometimes	I used to be addicted to Diablo 2 LOD. Now it's Warcraft 3 TFT. Alpha Centauri is a good game, the only real turned based game I've gotten into. __________________ Watch More TV

01-31-2004, 10:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
Arc101 Addict Location: Nottingham, England	I've have spent far too much time playing Civ II. It's a great game, and something that you can always come ack to years later.

01-31-2004, 08:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
charlesesl Psycho	civ was ok, but alpha centeory was great. I remember one time I used too many nukes which caused global warming. The see level was rising and all of my land cities were being floaded. So I proposed to the counsle to build a solar shield only to have all of the factions reject my proposal. Guess that was the price i have to pay for waging war on every other faction. __________________ It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. Dr. Viktor E. Frankl

01-31-2004, 11:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
Sun Tzu Conspiracy Realist Location: The Event Horizon	I just got CIV3 and AC. Im used to Age of Empires 2, Empire Earth, and Rise of Nations. Compared to those both the Sid Ms games seemed really complicated, and to complex. It seems from what everyone is saying its worth sticking out the learning period to get into the playing, so Ill give them another chance. __________________ *To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking*

02-01-2004, 09:52 PM	#16 (permalink)
Vaultboy Addict Location: Third World	Ac was fun at first. but then it became boring. Civ 3 was even worse. It starts out better than AC did, but AC kept me involved for longer. And like Cyberstorm, it has little replay value. Wit hthe exception of X-com, I think it is a general thing about Turn-based games for me. I'm too dyed-in-the wool RPG to find other games interesting. __________________ "Failing tastes of bile and dog vomit. Pity any man that gets used to that taste."

02-01-2004, 09:55 PM	#17 (permalink)
djtestudo Baltimoron Location: Beeeeeautiful Bel Air, MD	Civ III is my favorite computer game ever. I always come back to it. __________________ "Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen." --Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun

02-02-2004, 09:30 AM	#18 (permalink)
Mantus lascivious	I am hooked on Civilization III...cant....stop...playing...must go play now!

02-02-2004, 11:41 AM	#19 (permalink)
NeverBorn I'm a pepper bitch..	Genius..nuff said.

02-03-2004, 11:29 AM	#21 (permalink)
LRave Upright Location: Austin, TX	Sid Meier is a great developer, but he did not do Alpha Centauri. All he did was lend his name to it. Alpha Centauri was done by his protege, Brian Reynolds. His most recent contribution was Rise of Nations, which is also brilliant, though a different genre. Alpha Centauri is one of the great games of all times. It is a true shame that the terms of Brian's departure from FireAxis means that we ill probably never see a sequel. Last edited by LRave; 02-03-2004 at 11:34 AM..

02-05-2004, 11:36 AM	#22 (permalink)
jobu Crazy	I can't stop playing Civ III. It has to be one of the most addicting games I have ever played.

02-05-2004, 07:40 PM	#23 (permalink)
portwineboy Master of No Domains Location: WEEhawken, New Joisey	I'm sort of jonesing for AC. Does it play under XP does anyone know? I loved the first Civ but I guess you had to be a gamer back then to truely appreciate it. There was nothing like it when it came out. I lost an entire week. I called my office and told them a grandmother died (no lie) and played and played. Reynolds got it right with AC and I felt like I was playing a continuation of my great Civ triumphs. Call to Power was horrid and as I understand it was the big drama in the gaming world back in the day. Sid wasn't involved or something. Civ 3 is good just not great. I like it and return to it often, esp. on my laptop, but I was hoping for an (if you live in the great state of Georgia please close your eyes) evolutionary leap over AC. It was better than MOO3 though. That is a labour of love. Where oh where has my dear Harpoon 4 gone? Oh where oh where can it be? __________________ If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a veteran.

02-06-2004, 11:02 AM	#25 (permalink)
losthellhound Thats MR. Muffin Face now Location: Everywhere work sends me	Sid. Is a god.. THE gaming god. I read a great article by him on Ironman gaming.. Great stuff. I would love to have the chance to meet him.. I have a CD of Crossfire.. makes things easy __________________ "Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?" -- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

02-09-2004, 08:21 AM	#27 (permalink)
Sun Tzu Conspiracy Realist Location: The Event Horizon	I've attempted getting into both Civ 3 and AC, but Im about to give up on them. I see the potential; but frankly theres to much detail for my taste. Thats why I get into Age of Empires, Rise of Nations, etc. The playing is more straightforward; but still with a civ play. I do understand whatthere is to like about Sid's games I just dont have the patience to read the amount of background to get anywhere in the games. __________________ *To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking*

02-09-2004, 08:55 AM	#28 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Well, some people like straight forward gaming. Some like in-depth gaming. AoE, Rise of nation, Wolfenstein, Quake, Unreal Tournaments are straight forward. AC, Civilization, Mechwarrior (That's on a fine line of Straight forward gaming and not so straight) etc. __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

02-09-2004, 08:51 PM	#29 (permalink)
bt8624 Upright	Yeah i still mess with Alpha Centauri, and I have his Gettysburg.... His games are great...you can play them for hours on end.

02-09-2004, 09:14 PM	#30 (permalink)
cyclone Upright	I love him

02-10-2004, 09:57 AM	#31 (permalink)
Sun Tzu Conspiracy Realist Location: The Event Horizon	Ofcourse the fact I cant seem to survive for very long may have something to do with it. Q: In Civ3 if Im building mines on spots with gold on them and make roads to my cities I should be getting wealth right? Theres no effect. __________________ *To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking*

02-10-2004, 03:33 PM	#32 (permalink)
djtestudo Baltimoron Location: Beeeeeautiful Bel Air, MD	You only get the wealth if you have citizens working those spots. __________________ "Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen." --Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun

02-10-2004, 08:53 PM	#33 (permalink)
lyxo Crazy	nobody liked colonization?

02-10-2004, 08:56 PM	#34 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Apparently Colonization is too much of a hassle these days...everyone pretty much just wants to rush into war and use nuclear weapons whenever possible... Think Bush... __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

02-10-2004, 10:59 PM	#35 (permalink)
Randerolf Fireball Location: ~	I love Sid. I'd jsut like to point out that the propper apriviation for the beloved game is SMAC not AC, for obvious reasons. Sid has taken up so many hours of my life. It's a fair trade though.

02-12-2004, 01:09 AM	#36 (permalink)
Slacks_01 Tilted	why did he make civ3 so hard, i can't beat the crazy levels

02-13-2004, 12:12 PM	#38 (permalink)
Cordachine007 Tilted Location: MI....GO BLUE!	It has been said that Sid Meier's is the Steven Spielberg of video games...I disagree...I say that Steven Spielberg is the Sid Meier's of movies. Sid is by far the best developer ever. I use to wake up at 400am in the morning ever day before school to Play CIV I. It was like i was hooked on it like a drug and couldn't get off. The only other game that I played even half as much was C&C Red Alert when it came out. In my life of gaming, Sid owns more hours of my gaming than all other games put together!!!! nuf said

02-13-2004, 03:55 PM	#39 (permalink)
Mantus lascivious	By your opinions is Alpha Centauri better then Civ III?

02-13-2004, 09:03 PM	#40 (permalink)
VF19 Banned Location: back to my old location	I love Civ3, I should install it, it runs really fast on low end machines. I should also get the expansions, how are they? I think there is an online expansion and like Conquests. Anyone got them?