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SACRIFICIAL BLOOD
(2 February 2000, 7:44 EST)  Shay Yates Roberts, known for Age of Piracy(the first scenario to widely use events if I remember correctly), has come again with an impressive scenario. Titled Sacrificial Blood: Rise of the High Native Empires and created for civ2:mge, it contains 57 new technologies, 62 new units,
25 new sounds, 12 pieces of new music, 24 new wonders, and 12 new improvements. The scenario takes place in the pre-Columbian America, with your choices being the Aztecs, the Mayans and the Incas. There is really to much stuff in there to post in a simple news item, check it's site and be prepared for 10mb download!
But that's not all, as there is contest with a $250 prize involved! Check the site and post your impressions on the forums. -MarkG
PLAYING AN EARLY BUILD OF CIV3...
(4 February 2000, 16:10 EST) No, no, no, there isn't chance a think in our hands, nor to the ones of someone we know :) It's just that raingoon had a cool idea: he posted something like a part of a "viking scribe" but from civ3 not civ2! It was all of course part of the civ3 of his dreams. How do YOU dream civ3 being?? :) -MarkG
DIPLOMACY SUGGESTIONS
(31 January 2000, 19:40 EST) Harel, the Diplomacy TM of the List, has posted the proposed diplomacy options , separated in the following: diplomacy screen options(45), trade menu options(19), spy operations(26), treaties(23). Yes, the numbers in brackets are the different proposed options for each part of the diplomacy model!
Btw, a full summary of links of the List threads is available. -MarkG
AWARDASAURUS `99
(2 February 2000, 15:40 EST) Awardasaurus '99 is Daily Radar's award galla for the best and worst games of the past the year, as voted upon by the gaming public. On February 15th, the winners will be announced on DR's website.
To vote, simply input your email address and choose which of the games in each of the corresponding categories is the best of the best. -DanQ
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AL&PD TOP RATED!
(1 February 2000, 3:34 EST) It's two months since we started AL&PD(initially as ALD), and as of this month we will begin posting on the first day of the month the best of the best as you rated them. Here goes(all lists are sorted by Rating)
Top 10 Links
1. 10.00 Apolyton Civilization Site: CTP Section
-. 10.00 Grosse deutsche Civ2-Seite
3. 9.67 Apolyton Civilization Site: Civ2 Section
4. 9.33 Civilization II Scenario League
5. 9.00 The Spanish Civilization II Site
6. 9.00 GameLeague
7. 9.00 Civilization Scenario Collection
8. 8.86 The Mod Asylum
9. 8.67 Civilization II Fanatics' Page
10. 8.67 Alpha Centauri Nexus @ SidGames.Com
Top 5 Games
1. 9.50 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
2. 8.00 Civilization: Call to Power(Linux)
3. 7.67 Civilization: Call to Power
4. 7.00 Civilization II: Test of Time
5. 6.67 Civilization: Call to Power(Mac)
Top 4 Books
1. 7.50 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri : Power of the Mind Worms
2. 4.50 Civilization: Call to Power Official Strategy Guide
3. 2.00 Civilization II Strategies & Secrets
4. 1.00 Civilization II: Test of Time: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
It is pretty obvious that we need more reviews from you in order to have more accurate ratings. But it's a start!
Comments forum thread -MarkG
PC DATA: 1999 GAMES WRAP-UP
(2 February 2000, 17:27 EST) From PCData:
Reston, VA, (February 2, 2000) -- U.S. retail sales of interactive console and PC games reached a new high with more than $7.4 billion in 1999, according to figures by PC Data. This represented a 20.7 percent increase over 1998 with most of the growth coming in the videogame market.
Of the three segments that comprise the industry, sales of console video game software were $3.75 billion and accounted for 50.5 percent of the industry's total revenues. Console video game hardware and PC game software split the remaining 30.9 percent and 18.6 percent respectively.
The Sony Playstation remained the
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dominant console platform and accounted
for 47.4 percent of all video game hardware and software units sold and 43.2 percent of revenue.
To read the rest of the press release, visit PCData's website. -DanQ
WIN SOME COOL HARDWARE
(30 January 2000, 20:55 EST/Misc) Gamestats is offering a chance to win some great hardware. The contest will last four weeks and the prizes are
Week One: DIAMOND VIPER 770 (OEM) 32MB AGP
Week Two: 3DFX V3 3000 AGP W/16MB
Week Three: APOLLO RIVA TNT-2 32MB AGP (RETAIL)
Week Four: SB PCI 512 (OEM)
You can enter the drawing once per day for a total of seven entries per week. ENTER NOW! -MarkG
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PC DATA: JANUARY 16-22, 2000
(2 February 2000, 16:45 EST) Below is PCData's Top Ten Games list for the week January 16-22, 2000.
Summary: classic game remakes rule the day.
1 | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire | Disney
2 | Centipede | Hasbro Interactive
3 | Parker Brothers Classic Card Games |Hasbro Interactive
4 | Milton Bradley Classic Games | Hasbro Interactive
5 | MP Roller Coaster Tycoon | Hasbro Interactive
6 | Microsoft Age of Empires II: Age Of Kings | Microsoft
7 | Quake III Arena | Activision
8 | MP Roller Coaster Tycoon Corkscrew Follies |Hasbro Interactive
9 | Deer Hunter III | GT Interactive
10 | Hoyle Board Games 2000 | Havas Interactive -DanQ
HOSTED SITES
1000 HITS IN ONE DAY
(GAMELEAGUE January 30, 2000) Yesterday, Satudray the 29th GameLeague had exactly 1000 hits. This marks the first time we have reached 4 digits in one day. A big thanks goes out to all of you who visit GameLeague daily.
DREAM TEAM TOURNEY OVER
(GAMELEAGUE January 30, 2000) After over a month we
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are proud to anounce that Nappy won the Dream Team Tourney.
TEAM SWISS TODAY!
(GAMELEAGUE January 29, 2000) Don't forget that the Team Swiss tourney is today in the chat room. Even if you don't have a partner (shame on you!) you can come and hopefully meet someone else that doesn't have a partner. Check out the tourneys page for more information on this and other tournaments.
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