Sid Meier's Civilization III

German version

Because they didn't want to wait for Firaxis to release a German version of Civilization III, some German fans started to translate the game. They were about halfway through when they were forced by Infogrames to stop distributing their translation with an injunction, citing copyright infringement. The reason was not so much ill will, but Infogrames' responsibility towards the game's developer Firaxis on the one hand and commercial aspects on the other -- Infogrames wanted to sell its own localized version. As a sign of goodwill, Infogrames payed for the injunction's legal costs, so the fan project came away unharmed.

Music

You may notice that some of the original themes from previous Civ/Sid Meier games have made their way into Civilization III. For example, the Middle Age music for Oriental Civilizations is the Chinese theme song and the Middle Age music for North American Civilizations is 'Tenochtitlan' from Colonization and Civilization II.

References

The game's initial advertising campaign featured Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln wrestling. This is a reference to a comment made by Brad Pitt after filming Fight Club about the two people he'd most like to see fight each other.

References: Music

1) Let the credits roll through and right at the end, after Shakespeare's quote and after about two or three seconds of the credits screen being blank, a picture of Elvis Putnam appears.

To view this picture manually: Find folder: Infogrames\Interactive\Civilization 3\Art\credits

Then one of the pictures there is called "Elvis Putnam" obviously an Elvis joke of some kind.

2) Access your computer's clock by double-clicking on it, and change the date to January 8. January 8 is Elvis Presley's birthday.

Play any game with either "Regicide" or "Mass Regicide" mode on, and notice that your King unit looks like Elvis! If your Elvis gets into a fight, he will just stand there and say things like "Thank you, thank you very much!"

3) In the screen where you talk to your domestic advisor, you have the option to change your form of government. She will ask you, "You say you wanna revolution?" And you can select either "Yea, you know it's gonna be alright," or "No, you can count me out." Both are lines from the Beatles song Revolution.

Awards

• Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
  • 2001 - Strategy Game of the Year
• Computer Games Magazine
  • 2001 - Game of the Year
  • 2001 - Strategy Game of the Year
• Computer Gaming World
  • April 2002 (Issue #213) – Best Game That Didn't Win an Award
• Gamepen
  • 2001 - PC Strategy Game of the Year
• Game Revolution
  • 2001 - PC Strategy Game of the Year
• GameSpot
  • 2001 - Best Single-Player Strategy Game of the Year (Editors' Choice)
  • 2001 - Best Single-Player Strategy Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
• Gamespy
  • 2001 - PC Strategy Game of the Year
• GameStar
  • Issue 02/2002 - Best Game in 2001
  • Issue 02/2002 - Best Strategy Game in 2001
• Wargamer.com
  • 2001 - Strategy Game of the Year

Information also contributed by -Chris, Indra was here, Itay Shahar, phlux, Rambutaan and Zack Green