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Posted: Dec 2nd 2006 10:10PM chaosrabbit said

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If it forces Microsoft to allow a mouse on the 360 I am all for it!
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Posted: Dec 2nd 2006 10:14PM Premaximum said

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What incredible timing for this article. I've been playing Civ 4 and it's Warlords expansion pretty actively for the last few days. It's actually the first time I've played one of the Civ games, though I played Alpha Centauri around it's release.

On that note, I would -really- love to see a new Alpha Centauri release. Even the same game ported with better graphics would be fine with me, though of course it would be awesome to see some gameplay changes.
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Posted: Dec 2nd 2006 10:30PM Sub said

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God I hope that Civ never goes to a console again. It was already on the PS1 and that game was a disgrace to the great game that Civilization 2 was.
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Posted: Dec 2nd 2006 10:37PM Draco84 said

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Civ on NES and SNES was actually a pretty good port, the game worked well with a controller, except for the diagonal movements, the newer Civ games would be much harder, Alpha Centauri would work well on consoles.

no need for a mouse in CIV. the entire game can be played with just a keyboard.

all they need to do is change the dpad from move up/down/left/right to a selection field.
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Posted: Dec 3rd 2006 12:20AM (Unverified) said

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Civ II on the PS1 wasn't awful...it just had a steep learning curve because the control scheme sucked. Once you overcame that hurdle, it wasn't all that bad. I didn't have a PC at the time and it was a decent substitute. I've been playing the series since the first one came out (Had it for my Amiga 500), and I can't really think of anything bad to say about it except for the controls.

Here's the Gamespot review of it:

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/196927.asp?q=Civilization%20II

GameRankings.com has it at 82%
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Posted: Dec 3rd 2006 1:19AM (Unverified) said

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Civ on DS, lets do it. seriously.
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Posted: Dec 3rd 2006 8:01AM (Unverified) said

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When will they ever release a sequel for Alpha Centari? That game rocked! I even liked it better than a lot of the Civ games I've played.

Another game that would be cool to see is a Civ game in which you continue on to Alpha Centauri and manage your empire across two worlds.
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Posted: Dec 3rd 2006 10:09AM (Unverified) said

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Actually I have what was marketed "Civ III" on my cell phone. It looks and plays more like the original Civilization, but it's still a lot of fun. I can't tell you how much time I've waisted in meetings on that thing!
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Posted: Dec 3rd 2006 11:30AM AixelSyd said

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The mere thought of Civ coming to any console is enough to get me lathered up. I agree with the earlier poster that the DS is the ideal console. The stylus removes many control hurdles.
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Posted: Dec 3rd 2006 1:58PM fragmit said

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The super nintendo version of Civilization worked with the mouse that came with Mario Paint. Was great.
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Posted: Dec 4th 2006 1:53PM (Unverified) said

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"When will they ever release a sequel for Alpha Centari?"

Alpha Centauri is an EA property, so 2k Games would have to get it from them if Firaxis had any interest in pursuing a sequel.
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