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Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition

This is Civilization III and the add-on Civilization III: Play the World, packed together.

4 November 2003

Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition is a simulator developed by Firaxis Games, released 4 November 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition is

Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition is a simulator game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2003. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

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: Gold Edition is the 11th of 41 entries we hold in the Sid Meier series. It arrived a year after Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World. The next entry was Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests in 2003.

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What it launched against

Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition launched on 4 November 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

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When did Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition come out?
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition was released on 4 November 2003 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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