Centurion: Defender of Rome

Centurion: Defender of Rome, is a turn based strategy game set in ancient Rome. As a centurio of the Roman Empire, you will battle against the enemies of Rome in real time battles, be a gladiator, race chariots, and fight naval battles.

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Genre:

strategy / 4x

system:

DOS

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keywords:

historical, ancient Rome, mini-games, turn based, Europe, top down

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Download Centurion: Defender of Rome Manual Manual

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Additional info

Facts, trivia and collector's notes are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. These texts use material from this Wikipedia article.

It is possible to seduce Cleopatra after forming an alliance with Egypt.

The game's designer, Kellyn Beck, was also the creator of Cinemaware games such as Defender of the Crown, and was similar in look and feel to those games, featuring advanced ("cinematic") graphics, animation and sound effects.

Bits of Magic, who co-designed and programmed the game, consisted of Evan Robinson, Nicky Robinson, and Ken Zarifes.

Originally released in 1990 on the MS-DOS platform for the IBM-PC, the game was later ported to the Amiga and the Sega Genesis console in 1991.

players: single player

input: keyboard, mouse

distribution: 5,25 floppy disk

graphics: EGA, Tandy, MCGA, VGA

sound: Adlib, PC speaker, Roland

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