Civilization: Call to Power

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Description

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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Alternate Titles

• "文明帝國：權傾天下" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
• "CTP" -- Common abbreviation
• "CivCtP" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Civilization: Call to Power series
• Gameplay feature: Fog of war
• Games that include map/level editor
• Games with randomly generated environments
• Green Pepper releases
• Middleware: SDL
• Setting: Totality of history
• Software Pyramide releases
• Sound engine: AIL/Miles Sound System

User Reviews

They tried. They really did... ...	Windows	Kelvin Chan (4)
A great game without a name	Windows	Isak (624)
A very good successor to Civilization 2 !	Windows	Yeba (65)
A sad, sad Civilizatioon game...	Windows	James Kirk (168)
Boring and full of pesky details.	Windows	El-ad Amir (124)
I keep trying to like this game, but I can't	Windows	Richard Agnew (8)
Sid Meier is god. This game proves it.	Windows	Tomer Gabel (4634)

Critic Reviews

Hacker	Windows	May, 1999	96 out of 100	96
Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Apr 01, 1999	90 out of 100	90
Gamesmania.de	Windows	1999	90 out of 100	90
Power Play	Windows	Mar, 1999	89 out of 100	89
PC Joker	Windows	Apr, 1999	85 out of 100	85
Gamer's Pulse	Windows	1999	8.5 out of 10	85
Power Unlimited	Windows	May, 1999	8.4 out of 10	84
Amiga Dream	Linux	Jul, 2000	7.5 out of 10	75
All Game Guide	Macintosh	1999		50
AppleLinks.Com	Macintosh	Mar 09, 2000		20

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Trivia

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.

Awards

• Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland
  • 1999 - Gold Award

Information also contributed by Xoleras and Zack Green