Video: Ars talks Civilization with the man himself: Sid Meier

This "War Stories" video explores how <em>Civilization</em> almost wasn't a turn-based game.

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[f00barbob]

I remember him more for the Microprose simulators he helped develop. F-15 Strike Eagle and Silent Service were the first two video games I ever bought.

Never had the Strike Eagle games, but I did play F-19 Stealth Fighter quite a lot as a kid! I have a copy of Silent Service for the Atari ST, I suppose I should break that out some time soon. (I guess we did get F-15 SE III from some sort of mail-in offer, but couldn't get it to run on my parents' computer.)

 

[f00barbob]

great video!

This copy of Civilization is coded with a unique ID number and is intended for the personal enjoyment of XXXXXXX.

good old school personalized anti piracy tech


...and yeah be careful booting up those old computers, there's a non trivial chance of fire and smoke shooting out of the vents.

Tantalum capacitors can make for some mildly amusing, if somewhat malodorous, fireworks.