Sid Meier's Civilization III: Game of the Year Edition
Sid Meier's Civilization III is patched up and repackaged with extras in this "Game of the Year" reincarnation. In addition to the original 4X conquer-the-world classic, new features include several new maps…
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Game of the Year Edition is a simulator developed by Firaxis Games, released 24 October 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Sid Meier's Civilization III: Game of the Year Edition is
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Game of the Year Edition is a simulator game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2002. It was published by Infogrames. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sid Meier's Civilization III is patched up and repackaged with extras in this "Game of the Year" reincarnation. In addition to the original 4X conquer-the-world classic, new features include several new maps, a keyboard command reference card, a behind-the-scenes "making of" documentary, and an excerpt from the official strategy guide.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), educational, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Sid Meier series
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Game of the Year Edition is the ninth of 41 entries we hold in the Sid Meier series. It arrived 9 months after Sid Meier's SimGolf. The next entry was Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World in 2002.
What it launched against
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Game of the Year Edition launched on 24 October 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, TimeSplitters 2 and Age of Mythology.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, TimeSplitters 2, Age of Mythology.
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