MOVING UP ON REVISED `TOP 100` INDEX
(29 July 2005, 16:50 | Civ2) Gaming site IGN has re-compiled their "Top 100 Games" list they originally published more than two years ago. Civilization II has moved from 15th on the first [see story] to 4th position on the new chart. The description as to why CivII made the list has changed as well.

You can`t make a list of the best games ever without including at least half a dozen of the old [publisher] MicroPROSE [(MPS)] titles. [This is o]ur favorite by far... Building on the addictive historical strategy concept pioneered in the original game, [CivII] is one of the deepest and most complex games ever made.

CivII was published by (MPS) to which Civilization III publisher Infogrames (IG), now Atari, acquired the rights to through its purchase of Hasbro Interactive in January, 2001. Hasbro had previously purchased MPS. Four years later, it was announced that Atari had sold the Civ franchise to fellow game publisher Take-Two Interactive [see story]. - DanQ

GAME MECHANICS REFERENCE BOOKLET
(29 May 2005, 15:07 | Civ2 | 10 comments)
Starlite has created a 22 pages reference booklet covering Civilization II game mechanics.

The booklet aims to take the guess-work out of managing a civilisation. If you’ve ever asked, “When is it profitable to build a Bank?”, “Should Wine be mined or irrigated?” or “Why is my industrialised city starving?” this booklet is for you.

Tables include Wonders of the World, Spaceship construction details, Tax earnings calculations, Unit upgrades from Leonardo`s Workshop, terrain conversion charts (I`m especially proud of these), the effect of City Improvements and Governments, and even the mix of terrain needed to build the perfect city. - Gramphos

DROPPING FROM SECOND TO THIRD
(6 March 2005, 10:33 | Civ2) In the April 2005 of PC Gamer magazine, Civilization II is placed third on their list of the "50 Best Games of All Time". It had been listed as second the last time around; now, it trails Half-Life in second and DOOM in first.

Thanks to snoopy369 for the news tip. - DanQ

SIXTH OUT OF 1,100+: `METACRITIC`
(5 March 2005, 23:46 | Civ2) On Metacritic, Civilization II ranks an incredible sixth out of more than 1,100 PC games rated on an ongoing basis by participating, recognized critics. Based on seven total reviews, its average score stands at 94. - DanQ

SEP04 TOURNAMENT: ZULU TO ALPHA
(16 September 2004, 08:06 | Civ2 | 76 comments) Our Civ2 September tournament has begun.

You are in command of the Zulus in 4000 BC and your goal is to reach Alpha Centauri at the earliest possible date and without the use of any wonders (except the Apollo of course)

- Read all the details of the tournament
- Download the tournament game
- Visit tournament Thread

1 Month of ApolytonPLUS awaits the holder of the earliest victory. Tournament ends on October 15th. - MarkG

AUG04 TOURNAMENT ENTRIES CLOSE
(16 September 2004, 01:15 | Civ2 | 76 comments) August 14 has passed and the Civ2 August Tournament is now closed for "first time" entries, pending entries from people using our extended deadline option, (Klaatu, Old n Slow and debeest to be exact).

Final closing for the official results and the... awards ceremony :) date is September 21st. Second attempt games (please note so in the description of your game) can be entered after the 21st. The tournament entry of the Hall of Fame will remain open for anyone who havent goten into the game at all, to enter a "unofficial" entry.

Our September tournament is coming up... - MarkG

DIR: INDEO DRIVERS
(14 September 2004, 06:56 | Civ2 | 27 comments) If there was a problem with your civ2 cd or you`re re-installing civ2 and for some reasons you make the Indeo drivers (needed for the wonders and other movies), we have them hosted now in the Directory:

- Civ 2 Indeo drivers (Win98/2000)
- Civ 2 Indeo drivers (WinXP)

Thanks to Ben Kenobi for the interest and packaging. - MarkG

TRANSLATION EFFORT BEGINS
(4 September 2004, 23:00 | Civ2 | 33 comments) A German-language strategy guide for Civilization II is one project that Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS) forum user `ramses II` has decided to take on. Since Apolyton and its members are the source of all civ knowledge, I`d like to translate some of the really very excellent threads, he writes. It`s nearly impossible to name all the masters of civ who share their experience with the common folks like me.

Authors of would-be included threads who would rather not have their work translated is asked to let `ramses II` know of their position via ACS` forums. The non-commercial work will be titled "The Civilinic Books". There will be two differ[e]nt versions[:] one for downloading, one with some PHP-Functions and a MYSQL-Database for online reading, the compiler notes. - DanQ

AUG04 TOURNAMENT MID-MONTH REPORT
(3 September 2004, 14:19 | Civ2 | 76 comments) With 6 official results our August 2004 Civ2 Tournament is still running.

A few more players have finished the game and posted results in the spoiler thread (dont read it if you dont want to learn any details about the game) but havent bothered to add an entry in the official tournament results page :D

DaveV is leading the tournament with a both top-score (1864) and earliest-victory (740 AD) game.

You can still enter the tournament and post your result even after the official ending on September 14th if you declare your participation. We`ll for players to finish the game for one more week until September 21st

We`re also adding a prize(two prizes actually): 1 ApolytonPLUS month for the Best Score and Earliest Victory game!

Suggestions for the September Tournament that will start on the 15th are more than welcome. - MarkG

NEW CIV2 TOURNAMENT
(16 August 2004, 13:24 | Civ2 | 76 comments) After.. years of absense, Civ2 Tournaments return to Apolyton.

The single player game availiable in the Hall of Fame entry of the tournament will place you in charge of Greeks facing Russians, Japanese, Germans, Spanish, Chinese and Mongols.

The "vanilla" Civ2 2.42 version is required. Tournament will run until September 14, 2004. - MarkG