Civilization 2 Wonder King Richard's Crusade

[SovietLenin1]

I cant see how this is something you must build wich is a "wonder" and if you did BUILD it the civilization who did sure made a hell lot of statues!

[Zylo587]

Every Christian and Jew living in the Middle East are now persecuted.

[frankonavarro]

What is the name of the Symphony that is being played? for god sake!

[TheLeon96Ahuel]

@frankonavarro I have already heard this music, but I cannot remember the name.

[Paalsmyname]

@frankonavarro It's Christoph Gluck's "Dance of the Furies", from the opera "Orfeo ed Euridice".

[PrinceOfSpane]

Civ 2 sure had a hell of a lot of wonders

[MJ0428]

This was the first crusade, and the greatest and most successful. This is in fact the one most often remembered since the others...well...they didn't turn out so well.

[stonem001]

@MJ0428

fooool...Richard's crusade wasn't the first it was the 2nd

[Gunnarr123abc]

@stonem001

fooool...Richard's crusade wasn't the second it was the 3rd

[stonem001]

@Gunnarr123abc

lol typo :P

[Ricky156]

@stonem001 Richard the I took part in the Third Crusade.

[shallowlake]

@MJ0428 The most recent crusade is the one by Al-Qaeda.

[NKL77]

Nostalgia

[PashaPetrovich]

This Gluck's song is awesome.

[Agent1W]

Shields are symbols of production.

When I go to work at my job, I'll be sure to keep this famous crusade in mind so I can be a much more productive employee!!!

[vanaik]

I love how arbitrary and anglo-saxon centered some wonders in Civ2 are.

[Ricky156]

@vanaik Civ to Civ III are very Western-centric.

[Ricky156]

@gryphonne695 Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Ireland, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany he also held.

[milolouis]

what is the name of the song

[djackl]

@milolouis Orphee et Eurydice Act II - Dance of the Furies

[calebkreegan]

@gryphonne695 "just"

[milolouis]

please tell me the name of the song

[nydaimyo]

The Templar Knights in Civ 3 is more appropriate. The Franks took Jerusalem and another kingdom was established there. Although King Richard I didn't succeed, the crusades themselves were the result. And free military units in Civ 3 were more useful to me than extra shields in Civ 2.

[cashews678]

I have a question. Was King Richard part of the Knight's Templar or not?

[sebasitya]

lol i always made this wonder and the colossus just cause i loved those wonder´s vids

[sebasitya]

anyone knows what music sounds in this vid?

[Kain5th]

look this game up on wikipedia they have a listing of where the song's originated.

[vasjaforutube1]

This is "Dance of Furies" from Orphèe et Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck ;)

[sebasitya]

Thank you !!!!!!!

[wishingwell12345]

I don't see the connection, as historically the Crusades stripped the land of workers, which should surely have had the opposite effect, i.e. of decreasing productivity?

[IroLiyulio]

Probably the idea that wartime boosts production of armaments and hence production in general.

[RadDreamer1]

Historically, the Crusades saved Europe from costly wars between tiny states, instead directing the restless knights outward towards an enemy that needed reduction.

The Pope was very clever to orchestrate them.

[5ick1ntheH3AD]

There were also so many knights who were second born sons... which meant their lives revolved around garrison. They would never inherit their fathers' titles or estates as their older brothers did. What the Pope also opened up for these restless knights were opportunities of land rights and their own title.

[OniLunchbox]

Its not what the crusades brought with them that affects productivity, but what the crusaders brought back; ie new technologies and realms of thought.

[jamesgravil]

Pointless if the city you build it in is over size 8 and already has a lot of resources, you end up producing pollution every couple of turns and half your settlers which should be building improvements end up doing whack-a-mole for the next hundred turns.

Pollution's the one thing I hated about Civ 2, it made the end-game so repetitive and pointless. Not much you could do about it till you got Mass Transit and Recycling.

[Ironman1o1]

Pollution was annoying in every Civ before 4 (and damn well close to a game breaker in 3)

[JediJoe07]

Hear hear!

[vasjaforutube1]

And even if you get their tech, you'd better still concentrate on increasing production, cause Nukes tech is very close and you should manage to be the first to develop it and SDI and strike in the final war.

[StealthDonut]

One of my very favorite Wonders. This turns the city that gets it into a manufacturing super powerhouse, where you can pump out several other leftover Wonders in a matter of 40 turns. It really gives you the edge towards the beginning.

Plus the music and imagery rocked. :)

[crazyedy29]

Oh the wasted hours or were they.....

[breadboy123]

This game gave me tons of info as a little kid

[Baldr2]

couldn't agree more. One of the reasons I aced history class was because of this game ;-)

[ClingyClangy1]

@Baldr2 lol me too the one video game my mom actually wanted me to play :D

[Civfan26]

@Baldr2 and they say video games rots your mind. :p

[tourental]

@breadboy123 lol me too! :D i learned some stuff from this 

[RuthlessJS]

"eugenioalvim" thanks for the song :)

[vycaso]

king Richard's crusade video very cool :)

[eugenioalvim]

The song is "Dance of the Furies" by Gluck,

from Orfeo.

[NaturalBornHedonist]

right !!! 5-10 years ago it was hard to find the composer for this wonder... BUt I am glad that the internet has progressed sice then^^ MY favourite Civ2 wonder technicaly and musicaly as well ^^

[RuthlessJS]

I have loved this video since I first played the game in 1997. Would anyone happen to know what classical song is used in the background?