Pharaoh (Windows)

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Description

The fourth in Impressions Games' city building series, Pharaoh takes place in ancient Egypt. Take on the role of a family and follow it through Egypt's dynasties, perform well and one day you might become pharaoh! This is a SimCity-like game, but offers much more. Manage trade, immigration, farming and the military, all while building grand monuments.

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Alternate Titles

• "法老王" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "法老" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
• "Фараон" -- Russian spelling
• "Pharaon" -- French title
• "Pharao" -- German title
• "Faraón" -- Spanish title
• "Faraon" -- Italian / Russian / Polish title
• "Faraó" -- Brazilian title
• "Farao" -- Swedish title

Part of the Following Groups

• Covermount: Fullgames
• Games that include map/level editor
• Impressions Games' City Building series
• Pharaoh series
• Setting: Egyptian

User Reviews

...and they say drugs and smoking are addictive...there should be a government warning for this fine game!	Indra was here (20911)
Fun historical city-building sim	Afterburner (496)
"Caesar III Enhanced" (ENGLISH/GERMAN review)	DaHero (974)	unrated

Critic Reviews

Game industry News (GiN)	2000		90
Strategy Gaming Online	Jan 11, 2000	9 out of 10	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Nov 09, 1999	17 out of 20	85
Power Unlimited	Dec, 1999	8.4 out of 10	84
PC Games (Germany)	Nov, 1999	81 out of 100	81
Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov 29, 1999	81 out of 100	81
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Nov 14, 1999	75 out of 100	75
Gry OnLine	Dec 22, 2000	7.5 out of 10	75
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Dec 18, 1999	7 out of 10	70
WomenGamers.com	Nov 21, 2000	4.16 out of 10	42

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Trivia

Italian version

The Italian version is not so well done. Ostrich (struzzo in Italian) was translated as oyster (ostrica in Italian). Imagine the game speech saying how the oyster hide their head under the sand...

Polish version

The Polish initial release had a coupon in the box allowing you to exchange the English game disc (included) with the Polish localized edition (which was supposed to be in the box instead, but they didn't make it in time) when sent to the distributor. To make it up there was a book in the box: a XIXc. historical novel Faraon [Pharaoh] by Bolesław Prus.

Awards

• PC Player (Germany)
  • Issue 01/2000 - "Best Managerial Simulation in 1999
• Power Play
  • Issue 02/2000 – Best Building Strategy Game in 1999

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