Let's Play Civilization 2! - Roman Renaissance in the Gunpowder Era
Democracy & Gunpowder! Civilization 6 announced, so let's step back in time to Civ 2. Civilization 1's Abandonware Adventure : https://youtu.be/youJQPWzsug GamerZakh's Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/GamerZakh #AbandonwareAdventures is a format where I find a good old game that is no longer for sale and play some of it. These are often PC games from my childhood that have been abandoned and I think need to be looked at again. Wikipedia: "Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no product support is available. Although such software is usually still under copyright, the owner may not be tracking or enforcing copyright violations." Although some games may be 'officially' or technically labelled freeware, I will count it as a possible choice in this #abandonware series as long as it fits the definition above. How to run #Civilization II on modern operating systems: 1. Download the game 2. Install K-Codec Pack (it's included in the main folder) 3. Once installed, in Start Menu, find and run 'Codec Tweak Tool' 4. In the tool, in the section "Codec and Filter Management" click on 'ACM/VFW (x86)' 5. On the popup, scroll down to 'DISABLED CODECS' and check the box for 'Indeo 4' 6. Click 'Apply & Close' 7. Exit the tweak tool 8. Now you can launch the game executing 'Civ2.exe' inside the folder 'Civilization 2' NOTE ON MUSIC: This new method includes everything except the music! Still no music will play unless you have a CD with the music files mounted in D:\ drive. It's complicated, Civ 2 had music by basically being a CD with the music on the 'B-Side', as it acted as an actual music CD. Most ISO and disc image files you find won't have the music files at all and if you have a second hard drive already set to D:\ then it's a big mess. You can however download the songs you want online and play them in the background, it's just it will keep playing during monument cinematics and diplomacy screens, which is not ideal but likely what you have to deal with. .~ ■ Check out more stuff! http://www.youtube.com/GamerZakh ■ Subscribe! http://goo.gl/dP7iI » Website: http://www.gamerzakh.com/ » Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GamerZakh » Google+: http://www.google.com/+GamerZakh » Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GamerZakh Thanks for watching!
Democracy & Gunpowder! Civilization 6 announced, so let's step back in time to Civ 2. Civilization 1's Abandonware Adventure : https://youtu.be/youJQPWzsug GamerZakh's Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/GamerZakh #AbandonwareAdventures is a format where I find a good old game that is no longer for sale and play some of it. These are often PC games from my childhood that have been abandoned and I think need to be looked at again. Wikipedia: "Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no product support is available. Although such software is usually still under copyright, the owner may not be tracking or enforcing copyright violations." Although some games may be 'officially' or technically labelled freeware, I will count it as a possible choice in this #abandonware series as long as it fits the definition above. How to run #Civilization II on modern operating systems: 1. Download the game 2. Install K-Codec Pack (it's included in the main folder) 3. Once installed, in Start Menu, find and run 'Codec Tweak Tool' 4. In the tool, in the section "Codec and Filter Management" click on 'ACM/VFW (x86)' 5. On the popup, scroll down to 'DISABLED CODECS' and check the box for 'Indeo 4' 6. Click 'Apply & Close' 7. Exit the tweak tool 8. Now you can launch the game executing 'Civ2.exe' inside the folder 'Civilization 2' NOTE ON MUSIC: This new method includes everything except the music! Still no music will play unless you have a CD with the music files mounted in D:\ drive. It's complicated, Civ 2 had music by basically being a CD with the music on the 'B-Side', as it acted as an actual music CD. Most ISO and disc image files you find won't have the music files at all and if you have a second hard drive already set to D:\ then it's a big mess. You can however download the songs you want online and play them in the background, it's just it will keep playing during monument cinematics and diplomacy screens, which is not ideal but likely what you have to deal with. .~ ■ Check out more stuff! http://www.youtube.com/GamerZakh ■ Subscribe! http://goo.gl/dP7iI » Website: http://www.gamerzakh.com/ » Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GamerZakh » Google+: http://www.google.com/+GamerZakh » Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GamerZakh Thanks for watching!