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Civilization II

Starting out with just a single unit and knowledge of a small local area, your challenge is to guide your civilization into becoming the dominant force, either by conquering every other civilization or by sending a spaceship to Alpha Centauri. As you'd imagine, a lot of challenges come into such a task. You must locate cities so as to make use of food, construction and trade resources, which can be later improved by constructing irrigation, roads, mines, railroads, and farmland. Each city can construct one item at a time - civilian and military units, buildings or Wonders of the World (there are 28 of these across the different eras of the game, and each can be possessed by only one city). T...

Genre: Strategy
Year: 1999
Developer: Microprose
Publisher: Activision
Players: 1

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Achievements

69 achievements · 620 total points

Fit for a King Complete all the throne room improvements in a single game
50 pts
Veni, Vidi, Vici Achieve a domination victory
10 pts
To Space, and Beyond Achieve a science victory
10 pts
Lord of War Achieve a victory in Warlord difficulty or harder
3 pts
Little Prince Achieve a victory in Prince difficulty or harder
4 pts
King for a Day Achieve a victory in King difficulty or harder
5 pts
New Groove Achieve a victory in Emperor difficulty or harder
10 pts
On a Diet Achieve a victory in Deity difficulty
25 pts
Khufu, or Not Khufu? Build the Pyramids in one of your cities
5 pts
By the Rivers of Babylon Build the Hanging Gardens in one of your cities
5 pts
Having Laid to Rest the Brazen Wave of War Build the Colossus in one of your cities
5 pts
Light of Pharos Build the Lighthouse in one of your cities
5 pts
Heroes of the Mind Build the Great Library in one of your cities
5 pts
If You Make War, a Great Empire Shall Fall Build the Oracle in one of your cities
5 pts
The Dragon of the Earth Build the Great Wall in one of your cities
5 pts
Know Your Enemy and Know Yourself Build Sun Tzu's War Academy in one of your cities
5 pts
Heart of a Lion Build King Richard's Crusade in one of your cities
5 pts
A Myriad of Talents Build Marco Polo's Embassy in one of your cities
5 pts
The Vault of Heaven Build Michelangelo's Chapel in one of your cities
5 pts
Of the Movement of the Earth Build Copernicus' Observatory in one of your cities
5 pts
Nao Victoria Build Magellan's Expedition in one of your cities
5 pts
Mirth Becomes a Feast Build Shakespeare's Theatre in one of your cities
5 pts
The Rebirth of Knowledge Build Leonardo's Workshop in one of your cities
5 pts
The Art of Fugue Build J.S. Bach's Cathedral in one of your cities
5 pts
Making the Calculus Build Isaac Newton's College in one of your cities
5 pts
Led by an Invisible Hand Build Adam Smith's Trading Co. in one of your cities
5 pts
On the Origin of Species Build Darwin's Voyage in one of your cities
5 pts
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Build the Statue of Liberty in one of your cities
5 pts
La Dame de Fer Build the Eiffel Tower in one of your cities
5 pts
And Nothing Less Build Women's Suffrage in one of your cities
5 pts
A Boulder in the Riverbed Build the Hoover Dam in one of your cities
5 pts
Now I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds Build the Manhattan Project in one of your cities
5 pts
To Unite Our Strength Build the United Nations in one of your cities
5 pts
One Small Step Build the Apollo Program in one of your cities
5 pts
I Want to Believe Build the SETI Program in one of your cities
5 pts
Oncodegenesis Build the Cure for Cancer in one of your cities
5 pts
Aqua Decem As the Romans, build sewers in 10 of your cities in a single session
10 pts
Yuri's Revenge As the Russians, build the Apollo Space Program before 1969
10 pts
One Small Village of Indomitable Gauls As the Celts, win a game without ever having more than one city in a single session
50 pts
B.A.B.E.L. 3000 As the Babylonians, obtain a science victory with a complete spaceship
25 pts
Reformed Warlord As the Zulus, win a game with a Spotless reputation
25 pts
The Vermillion City As the Japanese, have all possible improvements on a single city
25 pts
Eternal Friendship, Betrayed As the French, capture an American city that built the Statue of Liberty
10 pts
Hasting Their Defeat As the Vikings, destroy 3 cities in one turn
10 pts
Pharoanic Feats As the Egyptians, build the Pyramids, the Great Library and the Lighthouse
25 pts
El Dorado As the Aztecs, fill up your treasury with over 30,000 gold pieces
10 pts
Primus Circumdedisti Me As the Spanish, circumnavigate the world before 1550 on a large map
25 pts
The Greatest Force for Good As an American Democracy, successfully declare a war
5 pts
The Silk Road As China, establish a trade route spanning at least 100 tiles
10 pts
Persian Postal Service As the Persians, establish a permanent embassy with 6 different civilizations in a single game
25 pts
Demokratia As the Greeks, be the first civilization to research and adopt Democracy
10 pts
It's the Industrial Revolution, Baby! As an English monarchy, build the first factory in the world
10 pts
Return to Sender As the Carthaginians, send Salt to a Roman city with a trade route
10 pts
Peace Was Never an Option As the Indians, use a nuclear device
5 pts
Great Great Grandfather As the Mongols, reach a population of 20 million citizens
25 pts
It's Ze German Engineering! As the Germans, research all existing advances in a single game
10 pts
At Least Five Horses of Power As the Sioux, research Automobile before any other civilization
5 pts
Commerce Changes the Fate of Nations Send a trade route to another tribe's city
2 pts
The Breadbasket of Empire Create a Farmland improvement
2 pts
The Children Yearn for the Mines Create a Mine improvement on a Hills tile
1 pts
You Shall Not Pass Garrison a unit on a Fortress improvement
1 pts
Pit Stop Refuel a bomber type air unit on an Airbase improvement on its second turn airborne
3 pts
Battle-Hardened Have a unit reach veterancy
1 pts
We Live in a Society Adopt an Ancient era government
2 pts
We The People Adopt an Industrial era government
4 pts
First Step into a Larger World Establish an embassy with another civilization
3 pts
A Solemn Understanding Form an alliance with another civilization
2 pts
A Tribute to Your Majesty Receive a gift from a tribal village
1 pts
Best. Ruler. Ever. Celebrate "We love the king" day
1 pts

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Civilization II frequently asked questions

How do I play Civilization II online with a friend?

Civilization II (PlayStation) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:

Download the Etera launcher for Windows or Linux and create your account.
Ask your friend to do the same and add them to your friends list.
Pick the game in the library and create a netplay room.
Invite your friend: they accept the invite and join the room.
The launcher keeps dependencies on the same version for both players, avoiding desync.

How do I play Civilization II on PC?

Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Civilization II in the PlayStation library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.

Does Civilization II netplay lag?

Etera uses a direct P2P connection between players, which usually means low latency. Results depend on each player's internet quality.

Does Civilization II have achievements?

Yes, Civilization II has 69 achievements worth 620 points. Achievements are counted and saved to your history and the leaderboard for subscribers and during the trial period.

Can I play Civilization II for free?

Yes. Every account gets a 5-day trial with premium features. After that, the free plan allows 3 new games per day and 1 netplay session per day. Premium raises those limits.

Play Civilization II on Etera

Download the launcher for Windows or Linux, find this game in the library and play solo or with friends.