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Alpha Centauri (PC)

Platform : Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT
3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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  • Custom build fighting units that meet your mission's specific needs, or accept your governor's recommendations
  • Dynamic personalities react individually to your actions. Your diplomatic decisions dictate your path to one of five ultimate resolutions
  • A random 3D world generator, unlimited strategies, five paths to victory, six levels of difficulty, seven unique factions, fully featured map/game editor and a whole host of customisable options ensure unlimited gameplay
  • Intelligent city governors, global commands and an in-game tutorial assist you in building and managing your empire
  • Unite or fight with your friends via the Internet, a LAN, modem, or serial link

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  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Rated ‏ : ‎ Unknown
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.6 x 13.6 x 1.6 cm; 81.65 g
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 31 July 2003
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000AN2C5
  • Customer reviews:
    3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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Legendary designer Sid Meier presents the next evolution in strategy games, with the most addictive, compelling gameplay yet. Explore the alien planet that is your new home and uncover its myriad mysteries. Discover over 75 extraordinary technologies. Build over 60 base upgrades and large scale secret projects for your empire. Conquer your enemies with a war machine that you design from over 32,000 possible unit types.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 September 2014
Very good!
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 November 2020
Wanted to try something different from my Civ2. Very good price, worked straight out of the box on my old lap top with XP which I keep (& never connect to the internet) just for old games. Very early days to comment on the actual game. Overall pleased with my purchase.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2017
bang average, bordering on poor
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2007
I really agree with everything everyone else has said, this game is FAR superior to Civ 1,2 and in a lot of ways, Civ 3 as well. The only downside to it is that in order to play hotseated with a friend, you have to download a patch for it. This is not really an issue, but is a little annoying.

You can also download some new factions others have created if you know where to look, the best ones already come with the game, but there are some pretty decent ones available online as well.

It also doesn't work brilliantly on very new PCs, I bought mine a few months back (mid-high spec) and tried to play Alpha on it. The menus just didn't appear, I was quite disappointed.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2016
Good game
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2009
The planetary pack also contained Alien Crossfire, which is an expanded version of Alpha Centauri.

Alien Crossfire is the best version of Civ, bar nothing. Alpha Centauri is second best, but better than the rest. Why they don't include the Alien Crossfire expansion in this I can't understand, it has more tech (not by a huge amount, but it seems to me at least 10%), and more interesting (less likely to attack you at random for no real reason) AI, and (as in Alpha Centauri?) automated units are quite capable of fighting without being micro-managed.
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Mauris Nicolas
5.0 out of 5 stars Un classique du jeu de stratégie!
Reviewed in France on 7 November 2011
Par l'auteur de la série des "Civilization", Alpha Centauri est un très bon jeu de stratégie au tour par tour se déroulant dans le futur, avec pour thème la science fiction. Très bon jeu, qui sera apprécié par tout les stratèges en herbe!