Civilization: Call to Power

aka: CTP, CivCtP

Released

April 1999 on Windows

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Developers

Activision, Inc.

Moby Score

7.1

#10,589 of 155K

Critics

78% (32)

Players

(118)

Ranking

#301 on Macintosh
#3,689 on Windows

Collected By

110 players

Genre: Strategy
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Visual: Free-roaming camera
Isometric
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: 4X
Managerial / business simulation
Turn-based strategy
Interface: Multiple units/characters control
Point and select
Misc: Licensed

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Description official descriptions

Civilization: Call to Power is a turn-based empire building game. The players start a civilization in the stone age and lead them to the future through science, diplomacy, war, trade, and other actions. Eventually, the player will be building colonies in space and cities in the ocean if the player can survive.

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文明帝國：權傾天下 - Traditional Chinese spelling

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Director	Cecilia Barajas
Producer	Mark Lamia
Lead Designer	William Westwater
Lead Programmer	Steve Mariotti
Art Director	Rick Glenn
Associate Producer	Jeff Matsushita Stephanie O'Malley Deming
Programming	Linus Chen Ian Lane Davis Michael H. Douglas Ryan Higa Justin Lloyd Richard Myers Karl Meissner Joe Rumsey Eric Schmidt
Art	Franz Boehm James Mayeda Jody C. McMurrian Stanley Woo
Design	James Farley Jason Feffer Winnie Lee Brad Santos
Vice President of Production	Scott Lahman
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Civilization title

Call to Power is not related to Sid Meier's Civilization in any way. It is made by a completely different development team, and the only reason it shares a name is because it is based on the Avalon Hill board game Civilization. Trademark lawsuits related to MicroProse's franchise allowed one game based on the board game to be made with the Civilization name, and any sequel must drop the title. The similar gameplay is more coincidental than anything, though it may have been inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization.

Sales

In 1999, Civilization: Call to Power won the Gold-Award from the German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany) for selling more then 100,000 (but less then 200,000) units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.