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PR: Galactic Civilizations GOLD!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Wardell)
Fri May 1 23:47:58 1998
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.mit.edu
Date: 01 May 1998 23:10:00 -0400
From: bwardell@nospam.stardock.com (Brad Wardell)
Reply-To: bwardell@nospam.stardock.com (Brad Wardell)
Reply-to: bwardell@nospam.stardock.com (Brad Wardell)
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In 1994 Stardock Released its first game: Galactic Civilizations
Winner of:
"Game of the Year!" -Internet Top 100 PC Game Charts
"Editor's Choice Award" -OS/2 Magazine
"Best OS/2 Game" -OS/2 Inside
"GalCiv's depth is nothing short of breathtaking" -PC Gamer
In 1996 Stardock Released the sequel: Galactic Civilization II
Winner of:
"Best OS/2 Game 1996" -OS/2 e-Zine Reader's Choice Awards
"Best OS/2 Game 1997" -OS/2 e-Zine Reader's Choice Awards
"Number One with a Bullet" -Computer Gaming World
And now... in 1998 Stardock Releases its Finale for Galactic Civilizations
for OS/2...
Galactic Civilizations GOLD
Galactic Civilizations Gold is a turn based strategy game in which you must
guide an interstellar civilization from basic survival to galactic union
through either military, economic, or political tactics.
As the leader of your civilization, you must decide what your planets
build, what star ships to create, and what technologies to research. All
the while, you must also defend your fledgling empire from hostile alien
empires who are bent on the destruction of humanity.
Galactic Civilizations is somewhat similar to Civilization and is the most
popular OS/2 game of all time. But it adds a great deal of depth to the
genre with intense diplomatic options and brings in economic power as well
as military power.
The game boasts 24bit graphics (16.8 million colors), hi-fidelity sound,
and a 3 minute introductory movie to the game. Galactic Civilizations Gold
begins where Galactic Civilizations II left off and integrates Shipyards
and The Expansion pack, which were once separate products. Galactic
Civilizations Gold also adds more diplomatic options to you, a host of new
technologies, enhanced graphics, a greatly beefed up AI, add in scenario
features, and World Civilization, the option to play on land. With the
World Civilization module, you can now take mankind from the stone age to
the space age.
Any OS/2 user who plays games will consider Galactic Civilizations Gold a
must-have. It is without a doubt the pinnacle in OS/2-only game
development. Using OS/2's multithreaded features to the maximum, Galactic
Civilizations Gold provides depth in a strategy game that is simply not
available on any platform.
Galactic Civilizations Gold will be made generally available on Monday, May
4 and is available from Stardock Systems, Inc.
List price is $49.95, an upgrade price of $34.95 is available to OS/2 users
who already have Galactic Civilizations II.
The third installment of Galactic Civilizations is the best yet, visit
http://www.stardock.com and click on the order button to order Galactic
Civilizations Gold or call 1-800-672-2338 (or 734-762-0687). Galactic
Civilizations Gold will also be available from Indelible Blue shortly.
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