Getting Sid Meier’s Civilization 1&2 + Test of Time back into digital stores – 2 Year Update

Well it’s been 2 years now since I started a campaign of sorts to get the classic Microprose 90s Sid Meier’s Civilization 1 & 2 (+Test of Time) back into digital stores like GoG & Steam and ensure these great old games are not forgotten to time. Since I last posted here about it all the GoG vote threads have accumulated roughly 6,650 more votes since the start which is great work (thank you everyone!!! 🙂 )! I got a tip last year that companies have been contacting the licence holder 2K trying to get this sorted but that these things take time and nothing was certain. Well considering another year has gone by it looks like more work is needed to get the message through to 2K that they can still make money off Civ1&2, it would be a nice addition to their upcoming Civ7 marketing, and that the classic Civ fans want this fixed, so let’s get busy! GoG voting is probably the easiest way as it pushes them to contact rights holders so if you haven’t already voted please check out the link below!

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/vote-for-civ1-and-2-to-be-added-to-gog.675301

_{Disclaimer: Yes there’s probably little chance of this working, yes many of us still have our CDs, yes many ‘interesting’ sites offer free copies of them, yes there are similar alternatives like FreeCiv & C-Evo, and yes maybe you like one of the sequels more. However none of that means Civ1 & Civ2 should not be brought back from exile and sold in modern digital stores like Civ3-6 are, like plenty of other formerly lost Microprose games are, and like many other games from that mid 90s era are that were FAR less successful. This is about getting these great old games back out into the world, getting them out of exile and the lost backwaters of the internet, injecting a bit of fresh life back into their fan communities, and also making them easier to get working. A lot of people struggle to get Civ2 in particular working on modern machines (with the CD based vids & music) so pre-packaged versions on GoG & Steam with 64bit fan patches applied and CD content included all in easy to use installers would help a lot. More info on the situation and the various technical issues & existing workarounds can be found in the thread’s expandable ‘full pitch’ section of the thread linked to above.}

Civ1, Civ2 & ToT all being played in HD