A classic. Newer versions look more polished but the game play in Civ3 is unique.

8/10. Spend a lot of hours in my childhood playing this game. I remember I was cheating a lot but it felt really good to conquer nations anyway

Please... I can't stop... I played this game so much as a wee child, and the music + pixel art have aged so well. The game mechanics are certainly simpler than the later games in the series, but for some reason I find this one the most addictive.

I bought this again on Steam, even though I know I have the CDs somewhere, just because it called to me so strongly. There are some bugs, namely with the audio, which I imagine are probably also present in the original version when played on modern hardware, but you can download some third-party audio thing to fix them. There are also occasional crashes (they seem to only happen occasionally when moving a stack of units off of a transport) that I don't know how to fix, but they are honestly not that annoying, since even if you forgot to save, it autosaves every turn.

I love the simplicity of play combined with multiple paths to victory,
and a wide variety of AI opponents. I like the customization features that let you change up your level of challenge and play style. Hours of play only reflect the time I've played it on Steam. I bought a hard-copy of this game when it came out.

This is one of my favorite games of all time. Great strategy game to fall back on in between playing other titles.