Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (includes Crossfire expansion pack!)

Will not run on AMD processor, not sure if any other processors have the same problem. But previous experience of Alpha Centauri allows me to recommend this game to lovers of turn based strategy games. Like all Sid Meir games this is better than most of the competition for the time it was created. I remember being impressed by the graphics the first time I played it, better than Civ2, not as advanced as Civ3. It also uses many features from other games (like goodie huts) and adds new ones like the way you design, construct and upgrade the ships (which can be time consuming) The goodie huts can give you a big advantage, giving Techs, units or cash. Like Civilization 1 – 4, Colonization (original and Civ 4), Railroad Tycoon 1 & 2 this game is capable of long hours of game play that really fly past. A truly great game.

Will not run on AMD processor. Not sure if it is the processor or Windows 7 but I have been unable to get the programme to run. It installs fine and the Menu comes up but when play is selected the screen goes blank and it shuts down.

*****Make sure you check your system before buying this******

I used to have a demo version of this many years ago which I loved, but now having the complete game I am enjoying it even more! Endless combinations of philosophies and resources mean this game is infinately re-playable and there is so much depth to the technologies that each faction develops you'll always discover something new.

Truly one of the greatest Turn-based strategy-games of the modern age of gaming, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is the pinnacle of Science-fiction games, one of the most engrossing and all-encompassing story-lines to have been published. Not only does one square off against rivals, the last factions of a scorched earth, remnants of a now-ancient war, vying for the precious land on Earth's last hope, Alpha Centauri, but Alien Lifeforms begin to fit back, protecting their native planet. At the same time, the endless population of the ‘working classes’, Drones, seek some form of comfort in life, allowing a player to be anything from a beneficent ruler, caring for the masses, to a brutal dictator, putting down riots with military force. All units have the ability to be upgraded, from turning a lowly unit-transport in to a heavily-armoured dropship, to making a fully-defensive infantry-man, armed with Tachyon cannons and a silksteel armour-carapace. Research follows many paths, some only being unlocked when certain, seemingly unrelated, paths of research have been taken. A must for any Strategy-lover, indeed, any Sci-Fi lover, and a great introduction to turn-based strategy for anyone.

The plant you send your ship to in the space victory of the CIV series . Now you get to finish the story so to speak. That was the reason I purchased this game bit then it turn out I liked it more than CIV 2 because it had all the fun of CIV 2 plus customizable units and the multi-player was hours of fun. I seem to have lost a week to it without noticing . Despite the older graphics they take nothing away form what has got to be one of my all time favorite games.