Gotta scratch that Civ II itch. Any hope on Mac OS X?
July 10, 2012 1:12 PM Subscribe
I'm having major Civ II cravings. I have a iMac running OS X and an iPad. Is there any hope for me?
Alternately: Is FreeCiv acceptable?
posted by Tomorrowful at 1:15 PM on July 10, 2012
posted by Tomorrowful at 1:15 PM on July 10, 2012
There's FreeCol, which is a clone of Colonization, which is a brother to Civilization.
posted by Think_Long at 1:16 PM on July 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Think_Long at 1:16 PM on July 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
I guess you are asking about that specific version (not sure from the question), but since you mentioned the ipad, have you tried civ revolution for the ipad?
posted by advil at 1:20 PM on July 10, 2012
posted by advil at 1:20 PM on July 10, 2012
Response by poster: The question is: how can I play the original Civilization II on Mac OS X (or iPad)? Preferably legally.
posted by Conductor71 at 1:28 PM on July 10, 2012
posted by Conductor71 at 1:28 PM on July 10, 2012
If you have it the Win program, it should work with Crossover.
posted by General Malaise at 1:32 PM on July 10, 2012
posted by General Malaise at 1:32 PM on July 10, 2012
You could buy a (legal) Mac OS 9 version off eBay and run it in an emulator in OS X, but the emulator itself usually requires data files that are not easy to legally obtain or distribute.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:38 PM on July 10, 2012
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:38 PM on July 10, 2012
if you're on an OS X version lower than 10.6 (so... Leopard), what they're saying in this forum might work for you.
posted by koroshiya at 1:40 PM on July 10, 2012
posted by koroshiya at 1:40 PM on July 10, 2012
There are ways of emulating a Windows environment on the MacOS. This costs money, but you can do it. Once you've got that, Civilization Chronicles is available on Amazon and contains Civ I-IV.
Don't think this is gonna work on an iPad though.
posted by valkyryn at 1:49 PM on July 10, 2012
Don't think this is gonna work on an iPad though.
posted by valkyryn at 1:49 PM on July 10, 2012
You know, I quite like Civ Revolutions for iPad. It's very well done, except for the occasional accidental drop in the wrong place during drag/drop operations, but I've just trained myself not to use that feature.
posted by jeffamaphone at 2:07 PM on July 10, 2012
posted by jeffamaphone at 2:07 PM on July 10, 2012
The download link in korashiya's answer points to Megaupload, which has been disappeared, but there's another version at emulation site Macintosh Garden (the same site that let me figure out how to run Starship Titanic in a Windows emulator). There's more discussion and technical help on the download page, current to 2012.
posted by Rhaomi at 3:01 PM on July 10, 2012
posted by Rhaomi at 3:01 PM on July 10, 2012
I have had great success running windows programs with Wine, which is free and doesn't require installing Windows.
posted by munchingzombie at 3:50 PM on July 10, 2012
posted by munchingzombie at 3:50 PM on July 10, 2012
Best answer: Not free, but cheap and legal:
1) Virtualbox
2) Windows 98
3) Civ II
Total outlay is $30.
A Google search for "Civilization II download" finds lots of hits, can't tell you the quality of those.
posted by Runes at 4:02 PM on July 10, 2012
1) Virtualbox
2) Windows 98
3) Civ II
Total outlay is $30.
A Google search for "Civilization II download" finds lots of hits, can't tell you the quality of those.
posted by Runes at 4:02 PM on July 10, 2012
Response by poster: Thanks everyone. I like the cheap and legal option.
I have been playing Revolutions on the iPad and love it, but games are over all too quick.
posted by Conductor71 at 6:07 PM on July 10, 2012
I have been playing Revolutions on the iPad and love it, but games are over all too quick.
posted by Conductor71 at 6:07 PM on July 10, 2012
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posted by Tomorrowful at 1:15 PM on July 10, 2012