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Civilization (officially known as Sid Meier’s Civilization) is a franich of turn-based strategy 4X video games and tabletop board games mainly produced by Canadian designer and developer Sid Meier. In all titles within the franchise, the player must explore uncharted territories, train and utilize a wide range of units, construct a network of cities, research new technologies and compete against or forge alliances with other civilizations through different times of history on a macro-scale, from the prehistoric era up to the near future. The end objective of most games in the series is to win by military conquest, cultural dominance, scientific breakthrough in interstellar exploration and other achievements of supremacy.
History
In 1980, Francis Tresham designed the Civilization board game and published it through his company Hartland Trefoil, and in 1981, Avalon Hill obtained from Hartland Trefoil a license to sell the Civilization board game in the United States. In 1991, MicroProse, a video game publishing company founded by Canadian developers Sid Meier and Bill Stealey, obtained the license from Avalon Hill to use the name “Civilization” for their game.
Civilization
Civilization, a turn-based single- and multiplayer strategy video game and the original title in the franchise, was created by Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley and published by MicroProse in 1991, initially for DOS on PC and subsequently ported to various platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Atari ST, PlayStation and Super NES, among others. The game was designed with an objective to “build an empire to stand the test of time,” with its arc and mechanics of gameplay heavily influenced by history of civilization spanning from the ancient times in 4000 BC to modern and near-future eras in the post-21st century.
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Nuclear Ghandi
Nuclear Gandhi is the nickname given to the Indian historical figure Mahatma Gandhi as portrayed in the Civilization franchise. Among the fans of the games, Gandhi has gained much notoriety for his obsessive nuclear warmongering, in stark contrast to the pacifist reputation of the real life counterpart.
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External References
[1]Wikipedia – Civilization
[4]Gamasutra – The History of Civilization
[5]CyberChimp – The Culture of Digital Games
[6]Steam – Sid Meier’s Civilization Franchise
[7]Facebook – Civilization
[8]IGN– Civilization V
[10]Steam Community – Civilization V
[11]Wikia – Civilization
[12]CivFanatics – Civilization Fanatics’ Center
[13]Metacritic – Civilization V