• Civilization was originally created by Sid Meier (who co-founded Microprose back in the 1980s)
  • The Civilization series has become wildly popular. It has sold over 2.5 million copies world-wide since its introduction.

  • Civilization has received the "Number one game of all time" from Computer Gaming World magazine.

  • Civilization led to the creation of Civilization II, Civilization Multiplayer Gold (Multiplayer version of Civilization II), Civilization: Call to Power, and Civilization III.

  • Sid Meier has now gone out and created a new company called Firaxis. The main product from Firaxis is another turn-based strategy game called Alpha Centauri. Firaxis is currently working on Civilization III.

  • Freeciv is an open source clone version of Civilization II.

• CTP is the third commercially boxed game available for Linux. The first two were Quake, and Quake II.

• CTP was originally created by Activision, but ported to Linux by Loki Software
  • CTP for Linux shipped in early May 1999. "Brick & Morter" stores such as CompUSA and Best Buy should have CTP for Linux in stock now.

  • With the success of the CTP for Linux port, Loki Software is now working on porting three other popular games: Myth II: Soulblighter, Railroad Tycoon II, and Eric's Ultimate Solitaire. All three are expected to be released in 1999.

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