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Date: Jan 10 1999 20:19:48 EST
From: Apolyton Announcements (Apolyton Civilization Site)
Subject: Apolyton News 10/Jan/99


Greetings everyone!
I'm back from my Christmas vacation, I hope you all had some great time
during Christmas, here is what happened on our site from 2-10/Jan/99

But first the big news of our merger with Beyond Alpha Centauri, the best
site on SMAC. Read all the details at
Other big news is C:CTP's beta test and the MGE patch...

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**Civilization II Section

*News
CIVII FOR THE PLAYSTATION! January 8, 1999
Believe it, baby! You can view the three screenshots here, here, and here;
yes, they make look familar to you. Who's it being brought to you buy?
Activision (click to visit official site)! No word yet on an anticipated
release date, but we'll keep you up-to-date!

CIVCHAT; mIRC UPDATE January 9, 1999
Apolyton CS and SidGames.COM would like to announce the first Civer's
Chat. This joint venture between SidGames and Apolyton CS promises to be
tons of fun, and a great way to meet Civ'ers from around the world. The
Chat will be held on January 16th @ 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time [-5:00
GMT] on Channel #CivChat on < B>irc.dal.net. Hope to
see you there!
This is a good lead-in to a side note... mIRC v5.5 was released yesterday.
You can download it from mirc.com.

MGE/UCC PATCH RELEASED January 6, 1999
The much talked about MGE/UCC patch has arrived! MPS released it today. No
doubt MPS' servers are jammed with server requests for it, but we're happy
to be one of the first mirror sites for the patch! Both the US (MGE) and
UK (UCC) versions are available for downloading below. If you would like
to have another look or didn't have the opportunity to do so before, you
can view the MGE readme file here. Keep On Civ'in! :)

CIVLEAGUE OUT OF BETA! January 5, 1999
The fellas over at CivLeague are pleased as punch to announce the biggest
news in its history: it's out of beta! The biggest feature that was added
is called "Report Win", which will automatically process reports. The
process is simple: when one wins a game, they send it to Report Win and
it'll update the ladder accordingly. A copy of their report is also sent
to all participating members in order to discourage falseified ones. Visit
their site for more info.

OFFICIAL CIVII SITE REVAMPED January 1, 1999
MicroProse gave the official site for Civilization II much needed
revitalization today. A couple of the sections of the site are
still under construction, but it is definately an improvement! You can
visit it here and judge for yourself!

*Site News
SITE NEWS
10.Jan Links page updated
10.Jan Old news archived
9.Jan MarkG's latest column: Part 1
3.Jan New screenshots(courtesy MPS)
2.Jan DanQ covers first column of '99
1.Jan Updated Links

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**Civilization: Call to Power Section

*News
REPLAY! REPLAY! (Jan. 10)
Several things seem to excite you about C:CTP. In our third poll we gave
you lots of choices. If we exclude "All of the above" which got 41%(416
votes), the most exciting features of C:CTP are Sea and space
colonization(22%, 226 votes) and the Anti-micromanagement features. You
can see the complete results on the link on the poll box. We now have a
new poll about the replay feature civ1 had. Lt John has said that it wont
exist in C:CTP. Here is your chance to send a message to Activision! :)

CIVERS CHAT (Jan. 10)
Apolyton CS and Sidgames.com are organizing a big civ chat. The Chat will
be held on January 16th @ 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time [-5:00 GMT] on
Channel #CivChat on irc.dal.net. Hope to see you there!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? (Jan. 8)
The title says it all! Gamespot's Beta Test Center opened its CTP beta
sign-up site. On the site, you will be asked to fill out some general
information (i.e. name, mailing address) as well as your system specs.
Here the minimum requirements: Pentium 133, 16MB RAM, and Windows 95 or
98. To the best of our knowledge, you have until this time next week to
fill out and submit this form. Applicants chosen to participate in this
public beta test will be notified by e-mail within the coming weeks(so be
to fill out all fields). Good luck!

CTP BOX ART (Jan. 8)
Due to popular demand, Activision today released CTP's box art. Click on
the thumbnail at right to view a larger image. Doesn't it look purrtty? :)

INTERVIEW WITH RICK GLENN (Jan. 8)
Our latest installment in our exclusive series of interviews with C:CTP
development staff has arrived! Rick Glenn took the time to answer our
questions; enjoy!

MAC PORT CONFIRMED! (Jan. 6)
You asked, they listened. Mac gamers will have the same crack at C:CTP as
their PC cousins. MacSoft, which ported MicroProse's Civilization II, made
the announement yesterday. You can read the full press release here.

*Site News
10.Jan Replay poll
9.Jan First CivChat
8.Jan Rick Glenn, C:CTP's Art Director, interviewed
6.Jan New animations

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**Scenario League (hosted site)

January 7
Updated our commentary on MGE, added announcement about contest change.
Tutorial Files:
+Adding descriptions to Wonders in the pedia.txt file
+Avoiding the bugs in Fantastic Worlds
+Fun with barbarians - creating barbarian units that won't vanish,
barbarian cities, and events that create barbarians
Review of Fantasy/Sci-Fi Scenarios: Liortage [+1]

Janaury 1-2
SLeague's official position on Multi-Player Gold Edition and how it
relates to scenario design.
Reviews of Historical Scenarios: Indian Wars [+2]
Reviews of Fantasy/Sci-Fi Scenarios: Liortage [+1]

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**H.A.C.(hosted site)

January 5
Clarifications of site specs and new search team members

That was all, ladies and gentlemen
Until next time...
Markos, Apolyton CS

ps. I think we made a new record for the length of this newsletter, 7.1k:)