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Sid Meier's Civilization V is a 4X turn-based strategy video game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis Games.It is the sequel to Civilization IV (2005), and was released for Windows in September 2010, [1] for Mac OS X on November 23, 2010, and for Linux on June 10, 2014.
Mod packs are groups of mods put into one package for download, often with an auto-installer. A mod pack's purpose is to make it easier for the player to install and manage multiple mods. [73] Mod packs may be created with the purpose of making the original game more accessible to new players or to make the game harder for veterans to enjoy.
In 2012, 21 years after the original Civilization was released, the TV Tropes page for Civilization was edited by user Tunafish to add a claim that a software bug caused Gandhi to act much more aggressively, but did not include any proof for the claim. [15] [4] [3] In November, the same information was added to Wikia. [4]
Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy video games, first released in 1991. [1] Sid Meier developed the first game in the series and has had creative input for most of the rest, [2] and his name is usually included in the formal title of these games, such as Sid Meier's Civilization VI.
This is not a crash screen, however; upon crashing, Windows 1.0 would simply lock up or exit to DOS. This behavior is also present in Windows 2.0 and Windows 2.1 . Windows 3.0 uses a text-mode screen for displaying important system messages, usually from digital device drivers in 386 Enhanced Mode or other situations where a program could not run.
Sidney K. Meier (/ ˈ m aɪər / MIRE; born February 24, 1954) is an American businessman and computer programmer.A programmer, designer, and producer of many strategy video games and simulation video games, including the Civilization series, Meier co-founded MicroProse in 1982 with Bill Stealey and is the Director of Creative Development of Firaxis Games, which he co-founded with Jeff Briggs ...
Around May 1990, Meier presented Shelley with a 5-1/4" floppy disk which contained the first prototype of Civilization based on their past discussions and Shelley's list. [8] Meier described his development process as sculpting with clay. [9] His prototype took elements from Empire, Railroad Tycoon, SimCity and the Civilization board game. [8]
Jon Shafer is an American designer and programmer of video games.He was the lead designer of the strategy game Civilization V, developed by Firaxis. [1]Shafer is the president of Conifer Games, a video game development company he founded in 2012.