IE PC Strategy: Colonization Strategy(1994)

A Strategy warmup from IE (Interactive Entertainment), a defunct (RIP) before their time CD Magazine. Colonization is one of Sid Meier's cult classic strategy games and one of the greatest of all time. It has even recently been remade with the Civilization 4 engine put to it. One of the many addictive early games from Microprose. IE provides tips on how to manage your colonies to maintain a winning game.

Lost your game or want to try it or something close to it?
Download Freecol:
http://www.freecol.org/

You can also buy the new official remake on Steam.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/16810/

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[Naserve]

Wow I never knew that they made an older Colonization, I thought the one on Civ 4's engine was the only one.

[Shyranis]

Yeah, the new one is a fairly faithful remake of this classic. But it was also remade for Windows shortly after the dos version, rescalable like the win versions of civ1 and 2 (so you could play at any resolution=)

[guitarismysword1]

i like old graphics better

[JerFhilm]

I diasgree with neglecting manufactured goods. All it takes is a small town with a good food source or two (minimum) dedicated colonists for a profit usually 3X the worth of raw materials.

Hell, you don't even need the food source with trade routes.

[KamikOzzie]

lol I remember this game spent so much time playing it loved it!

[frajiki]

I love this game (and the remake) even more than the Civ series. I also still have my old IE CD from the mid 90s. Nostalgia++

[byf43]

I miss this game so much. Played it again and again....

[membio]

this was a great game, i played it over and over. i even translated it to Portuguese using the text files :)

[warvaldance]

01:23 "but don't pay to train them" - I never recruit colonists, cause it gets too expensive later and makes the crosses less effective. Insead I always train ore miners for 600 gold (the cheapest unit), cancel their specialization and train into other units. My galleons travel constantly across the ocean with those miners. In the year 1640 I have 1321 points for colonists only :D

[Rickokun]

OH MAN, I had so much fun with this game! However, we had an illegal version (yeah, shoot me), and the game crashed if a Independent Father (or w/e the name was) was chosen. So, I had to press ESC every turn, not to pick a Father.

That sucked, because when you have 14 colonies, you had to press ESC 14 times. (AND I couldn't harvest the bonusses ;( )

[Decnet01]

Omg.. I remember sitting down translating the entire game into swedish through the config- and text-files just because i was bored.. lol.. This game is still one of the best there is..

[Gitbitz]

BEST GAME EVER!