| Vikings: The Strategy of Ultimate Conquest | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Random Games |
| Publisher(s) | GT Interactive |
| Platform(s) | Windows Macintosh |
| Release | March 1996 [1] |
Vikings: The Strategy of Ultimate Conquest is a 1996 video game from GT Interactive. The game was narrated by actor Michael Dorn of "Star Trek: The Next Generation. [1]
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Computer Gaming World | 1/5 [2] |
| Power Play | 32% [3] |
| PC Player | 1/5 [4] |
Computer Gaming World gave the game score of 1 out of 5 stating" Undoubtedly, this game would have looked good 10 years ago. But, today, this type of boring gameplay just looks old, canned and cliché" [2]
Sid Meier's Civilization II is a turn-based strategy video game in the Civilization series, developed and published by MicroProse. It was released in 1996 for PCs, and later ported to the PlayStation by Activision.
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Rome: Total War is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and originally published by Activision; its publishing rights have since passed to Sega. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in 2004. The Mac OS X version was released on February 5, 2010, by Feral Interactive, who also released the iPad version on November 10, 2016, the iPhone version on August 23, 2018, and the Android version on December 19, 2018. The game is the third title in The Creative Assembly's Total War series, following Shogun: Total War, and Medieval: Total War.
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Rebel Moon Rising is a first-person shooter computer game released in 1997 for Windows. It was produced by Theodore Beale, made by Beale's Fenris Wolf studio, and published by GT Interactive. A PlayStation version was also announced, but GT Interactive decided to put the PlayStation version on hold until sales figures for the PC version came in, and later cancelled this version. In the game, the Moon has been colonized, and due to political conflicts, the Lunar colonies are rebelling against the United Nations. The player is on the side of the Lunar alliance, fighting against United Nation forces. The game later takes a twist, when an alien species is discovered.
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The Settlers II, originally released as The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici, is a 1996 city-building game with real-time strategy elements for MS-DOS, Mac OS, and Nintendo DS. Developed and published by Blue Byte Software, the DOS version was released in Germany in April 1996, and in the United Kingdom and North America in August. In December, Blue Byte released an expansion, The Settlers II Mission CD, featuring new single-player campaign missions, new maps for both single-player and multiplayer modes, and a map editor. In October 1997, they released The Settlers II: Gold Edition, containing the original game, plus the Mission CD expansion, along with minor graphical enhancements and gameplay tweaks. The Gold Edition was also ported to Mac OS in September 1997. In 2006, an enhanced remake, The Settlers II , was released for Windows. In 2007, the Gold Edition was ported to the Nintendo DS, under the title The Settlers and released in Germany in July, and the United Kingdom and North America in August. Although adapted for the dual-screen display of the DS, and with controls specifically programmed for use with the DS stylus, the gameplay, game mechanics, graphics and storyline are unaltered. In 2009, the original Gold Edition was released on GOG.com, and in 2018, it was re-released for Windows as The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici - History Edition. It is the second game in The Settlers series, following The Settlers (1993).
The Need for Speed is a 1994 racing game developed by EA Canada, originally known as Pioneer Productions, and published by Electronic Arts for 3DO. It was later ported to other platforms with additional tracks and cars, including to MS-DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and Microsoft Windows in 1996, on which it was subtitled SE.
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