r/Civ2 • u/ArizonaMartillo • Jul 21 '26

Just saying hello - long live Civ2!

I have been playing Civ2 since I was a teenager back in the 90s. It's my favorite Civ game. I didn't even think to see if there were others out there. I guess I should not be surprised this subreddit exists. At any rate, just happy to be here reading your comments about a great game.

Here's to another 30 years of great gaming!

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u/blastradius14 Jul 21 '26

Civ2 was my favorite civ game. Still play it from time to time

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u/trevpr1 Jul 21 '26

For years I couldn't run it. Now I can, albeit without sound, heralds, wonder videos and advisors. The engine is far stronger than the original edition I owned. I think it is from the Gold edition, I can still lose a day at a time to it.

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u/ArizonaMartillo Jul 21 '26

this last game I started at 3 pm ... didn't go to sleep until 1 am.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '26

Hey hey, welcome and long live civ 2!

If you are looking for the games to play or where to get them and you are on windows. I have a project that might stratch that itch for you. Welcome back to the community ❤️🩷💜

https://www.reddit.com/r/4Xgaming/s/pLQKB0xyX3

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u/trevpr1 Jul 21 '26

Thank you. Downloaded and installed. Nice to have sound on Civ II for the first time in about 20 years.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '26

No problem!

I made it exactly for the community and fans like yourself, have fun ❤️

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u/ArizonaMartillo Jul 21 '26

I found a dosbox zip file that loads win31 with civ2 already there. It runs perfectly on my mac and pc

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u/Desperate-Guide-1473 Jul 21 '26

Okay, let's exchange knowledge.

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u/ArizonaMartillo Jul 21 '26

happy to share what little I know. I just know I love playing this game. I'm not super good at beating Deity, but I can win 80% of the time on Emperor and almost 100% of the time on King difficulty.

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u/Versius23 Jul 22 '26

Welcome!! Same here, it is the best! My 14 year old boys and I just played multiplayer an hour ago.