Colonization

Colonization is a turn based strategy 4x game. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are similar to Civilization, another Sid Meier game. However, there are some differences between Civilization and Colonization: playable nations (European powers), resources and commodities, declaration of independence, etc.

NOT abandonware (why?)

Genre:

strategy / turn-based strategy

system:

DOS

released:

1994

publisher:

MicroProse Software

developer:

MicroProse Software

designers:

Jeffery L. Briggs, Douglas Kaufman, Sid Meier, Brian Reynolds

keywords:

historical, turn based, procedural generation, North America, 4x, top down

Downloads for Colonization

Buy Colonization on gog.com Manual

Trouble running this game? Check out the F.A.Q.

Screenshots

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Video

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Additional info

Player modes: single player

Input: keyboard, mouse

Distributed on: 3,5 floppy disk, cd-rom

Graphics: VGA

Sound cards supported: Adlib, Sound Blaster, Pro Audio Spectrum, Roland

Abandonware DOS views: 6154

Comments

chezus - 23/11/2017 11:04
As long as you are aware that this game has nothing to do with the actual history (slavery...), this is the best "civilization" game of all time. it's even better than its civ4-based remake, the wagon train/ship trade system is massively powerful, and you can move your pops to different cities. therefore, specialized cities are king in this game, to a much larger extent than in any civilzation out there.

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