Civilization
Released: 1991
Published by: MicroProse Software
Developed by: MPS Labs
Author(s): Sid Meier, Bruce Campbell Shelley, Michael Haire, Harry Teasley, Barbara Miller, Todd Brizzi, Stacey Clark, Brian Martel, Errol Roberts, Chris Soares, Jeffery L. Briggs
System Requirements
| System Requirements | Intel 8088 or 8086 CPU. 640 KB RAM required. Graphics support for EGA, MCGA, Tandy/PCjr or VGA graphics. Audio support for PC speaker, Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Tandy/PCjr or Roland MT-32 (and more with custom sound driver). Keyboard and Mouse supported. |
|---|---|
| Original Media | Four 3.5" 720 KB (DD) floppy disks. |
| Installed Size (MB) | 2.7 MB |
From where can it be run?
The game can be played from floppy, but is recommended to be installed to your hard disk. If you have a high-density 3.5" floppy drive and no hard disk you may copy disks 1 and 2 to one floppy and disks 3 and 4 to another. This will reduce the amount of disk swapping while playing. The program automatically recognized this configuration and will prompt only for Disk 1 or Disk 2.
2.7 MB of free space is required for hard disk installation. The first disk comes with 3 batch files called INSTALLC.BAT, INSTALLD.BAT and INSTALLE.BAT which can be used to copy the product to either your C:, D:, or E: drive. The default folder will be \MPS\CIV on the drive you choose.
Copy Protection
Civ implements manual copy protection.
Your game will first be interrupted at 3000 BC and ask you which two civilization advances are required to learn the advance pictured by referencing a manual page where the answer could be found:
If you get the question wrong twice your soldiers will "return home" leaving your civilization without any units!
This will be checked every 50 turns (which is 1000 years at the start of the game) until you get it right and is asked again upon loading too.
Thanks to Dom Hastings for providing this information.
How to Setup
To configure the game for your hardware, simply run civ.bat. You will be presented with setup options before the game is started:
1) Choose video:
2) Choose audio:
3) Choose input device:
Custom Sound DRIVERS
New sound drivers were released later for Civ by the MPS Labs Sound Department. This added support for:
* OPL3-based cards (Pro Audio Spectrum Plus, 16 and Studio, Sound Blaster Pro, 16, 16ASP, and AWE32, Ad Lib/Cardinal Gold, Microsoft Windows Sound System and all compatibles)
* General MIDI or external synth via a standard MPU-401 type MIDI interface. The General MIDI driver is optimised for the Roland SCC-1 but works well on any GM device.To install, just unzip civsnd.zip to your mps/civ directory and run 'SOUND' to specify your card's type and address. Then when you run Civ, choose option 6 for 'Custom Sound Driver'.
The Address and IRQ options change depending on what sound card you select on the left.
Problems
Symptom: ?
Cause: ?
Resolution: ?
To Quit the Game
Open the Game menu by pressing ALT-G, hit 'Q' for 'QUIT to DOS' and press Enter. At the prompt, go to 'Yes, Quit' and hit Enter again to confirm.
Supporting Documents
Here are the original documents that came with the game:
Save Games
Civilization stores each save game in 2 files: a .MAP file and a .SVE file. The .MAP file contains 10 layers of images for your game map, and the .SVE contains current data regarding your civilization. Neither a text-readable/editable, though numerous third-party save game editors exist that you can download.
Versions of the game known to exist
| Version | Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Demo | September 1991 | Non-playable interactive guide |
| 474.01 | 1991 | Initial public release. |
| 474.02 | 1991 | ? Unsure what changes exist in this version over 474.01 |
| 474.03 | 1991 | Third floppy disk release. Some changes to strategy rules. Cities can now be renamed by highlighting them and pressing 'R'. |
| 475.01 | December 1991 | ? Unsure what changes exist in this version over 474.03 |
| 475.02G | February 1992 | German language version of the game. |
Original Disk Contents
** THIS SECTION IS STILL TO BE COMPLETED **
Installed Directory Contents
Once installed, the following directory structure exists in the game directory.
Game version 474.03.
Directory of C:\GAMES\CIV . <DIR> 03/05/21 16:02 .. <DIR> 03/05/21 16:02 ADSCREEN PIC 18,930 18/07/02 20:59 ARCH PIC 19,221 18/07/02 20:59 ASOUND CVL 37,923 18/07/02 20:59 <== Ad Lib sound file BACK0A PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BACK0A PIC 12,474 18/07/02 20:59 BACK0M PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BACK0M PIC 11,281 18/07/02 20:59 BACK1A PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BACK1A PIC 8,811 18/07/02 20:59 BACK1M PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BACK1M PIC 12,920 18/07/02 20:59 BACK2A PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BACK2A PIC 15,812 18/07/02 20:59 BACK2M PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BACK2M PIC 9,705 18/07/02 20:59 BACK3A PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BACK3A PIC 12,741 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH0 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH0 PIC 15,105 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH1 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH1 PIC 34,022 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH2 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH2 PIC 29,218 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH3 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH3 PIC 16,207 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH4 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH4 PIC 17,900 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH5 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH5 PIC 20,291 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH6 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH6 PIC 21,000 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH7 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH7 PIC 21,166 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH8 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 BIRTH8 PIC 21,871 18/07/02 20:59 BLURB0 TXT 40,701 18/07/02 20:59 BLURB1 TXT 30,036 18/07/02 20:59 BLURB2 TXT 17,847 18/07/02 20:59 BLURB3 TXT 541 18/07/02 20:59 BLURB4 TXT 16,232 18/07/02 20:59 CASTLE0 PIC 3,521 18/07/02 20:59 CASTLE1 PIC 11,346 18/07/02 20:59 CASTLE2 PIC 14,741 18/07/02 20:59 CASTLE3 PIC 17,055 18/07/02 20:59 CASTLE4 PIC 20,358 18/07/02 20:59 CBACK PIC 13,053 18/07/02 20:59 CBACKS PIC 27,714 18/07/02 20:59 CBACKS1 PIC 8,350 18/07/02 20:59 CBACKS2 PIC 11,583 18/07/02 20:59 CBACKS3 PIC 9,934 18/07/02 20:59 CBRUSH0 PIC 2,837 18/07/02 20:59 CBRUSH1 PIC 2,407 18/07/02 20:59 CBRUSH2 PIC 4,751 18/07/02 20:59 CBRUSH3 PIC 3,794 18/07/02 20:59 CBRUSH4 PIC 5,769 18/07/02 20:59 CBRUSH5 PIC 4,613 18/07/02 20:59 CHKLIST CPS 27 18/07/02 20:59 CITYPIX1 PIC 8,030 18/07/02 20:59 CITYPIX2 PIC 14,375 18/07/02 20:59 CITYPIX3 PIC 14,582 18/07/02 20:59 CIV BAT 19 18/07/02 20:59 <== Run the game with this batch file CIV EXE 302,982 18/07/02 20:59 <== Main game executable CIVIL4 MAP 12,590 18/07/02 20:59 ===| CIVIL4 SVE 37,856 18/07/02 20:59 | CIVIL5 MAP 13,781 18/07/02 20:59 | CIVIL5 SVE 37,856 18/07/02 20:59 | CIVIL6 MAP 13,191 18/07/02 20:59 | CIVIL6 SVE 37,856 18/07/02 20:59 |== Save game files (one .map file and CIVIL7 MAP 13,290 18/07/02 20:59 | one .sve file per save game) CIVIL7 SVE 37,856 18/07/02 20:59 | CIVIL8 MAP 13,338 18/07/02 20:59 | CIVIL8 SVE 37,856 18/07/02 20:59 | CIVIL9 MAP 13,378 18/07/02 20:59 | CIVIL9 SVE 37,856 18/07/02 20:59 ===| CREDITS TXT 401 18/07/02 20:59 CUSTOM PIC 12,133 18/07/02 20:59 DIFFS PIC 9,494 18/07/02 20:59 DISCOVR1 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 DISCOVR1 PIC 15,919 18/07/02 20:59 DISCOVR2 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 DISCOVR2 PIC 11,452 18/07/02 20:59 DOCKER PIC 6,030 18/07/02 20:59 EGRAPHIC EXE 11,584 18/07/02 20:59 <== EGA graphics file ERROR TXT 1,823 18/07/02 20:59 FAME DTA 276 18/07/02 20:59 FONTS CV 19,123 18/07/02 20:59 <== Font file for in-game text GOVT0A PIC 20,035 18/07/02 20:59 GOVT0M PIC 15,079 18/07/02 20:59 GOVT1A PIC 12,813 18/07/02 20:59 GOVT1M PIC 18,237 18/07/02 20:59 GOVT2A PIC 18,581 18/07/02 20:59 GOVT2M PIC 18,981 18/07/02 20:59 GOVT3A PIC 12,620 18/07/02 20:59 HELP TXT 5,255 18/07/02 20:59 HILL PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 HILL PIC 16,766 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPG1 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPG1 PIC 9,988 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPG2 PIC 11,874 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPG3 PIC 11,255 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPG4 PIC 12,393 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPG5 PIC 11,751 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPG6 PIC 10,972 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPG7 PIC 11,818 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPG8 PIC 7,873 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPGA PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPGA PIC 14,279 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPGB PIC 13,663 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPGC PIC 12,474 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPGD PIC 13,367 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPGE PIC 10,915 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPGT1 PIC 8,536 18/07/02 20:59 ICONPGT2 PIC 10,227 18/07/02 20:59 INSTALL BAT 1,750 18/07/02 20:59 <== Installation batch file INSTALLC BAT 13 18/07/02 20:59 <== Install batch file for drive C: INSTALLD BAT 13 18/07/02 20:59 <== Install batch file for drive D: INSTALLE BAT 13 18/07/02 20:59 <== Install batch file for drive E: INTRO TXT 965 18/07/02 20:59 INTRO3 TXT 965 18/07/02 20:59 INVADER2 PIC 11,055 18/07/02 20:59 INVADER3 PIC 11,819 18/07/02 20:59 INVADERS PIC 10,454 18/07/02 20:59 ISOUND CVL 18,264 18/07/02 20:59 <== PC Speaker sound file KING TXT 8,535 18/07/02 20:59 KING00 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING00 PIC 18,984 18/07/02 20:59 KING01 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING01 PIC 15,196 18/07/02 20:59 KING02 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING02 PIC 16,458 18/07/02 20:59 KING03 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING03 PIC 16,830 18/07/02 20:59 KING04 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING04 PIC 22,255 18/07/02 20:59 KING05 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING05 PIC 19,337 18/07/02 20:59 KING06 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING06 PIC 13,595 18/07/02 20:59 KING07 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING07 PIC 19,652 18/07/02 20:59 KING08 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING08 PIC 15,814 18/07/02 20:59 KING09 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING09 PIC 18,969 18/07/02 20:59 KING10 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING10 PIC 17,481 18/07/02 20:59 KING11 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING11 PIC 16,623 18/07/02 20:59 KING12 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING12 PIC 16,729 18/07/02 20:59 KING13 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 KING13 PIC 17,557 18/07/02 20:59 KINK00 PIC 11,724 18/07/02 20:59 KINK03 PIC 9,758 18/07/02 20:59 LOGO PIC 6,047 18/07/02 20:59 LOVE1 PIC 19,567 18/07/02 20:59 LOVE2 PIC 17,995 18/07/02 20:59 MAP PIC 1,846 18/07/02 20:59 MGRAPHIC EXE 7,142 18/07/02 20:59 <== MCGA/VGA graphics file MISC EXE 980 18/07/02 20:59 NSOUND CVL 720 18/07/02 20:59 <== No sound file NUKE1 PIC 9,452 18/07/02 20:59 PLANET1 PIC 11,090 18/07/02 20:59 PLANET2 PIC 23,206 18/07/02 20:59 POP PIC 11,151 18/07/02 20:59 PRODUCE TXT 2,199 18/07/02 20:59 READ ME7 740 18/07/02 20:59 RIOT PIC 13,492 18/07/02 20:59 RIOT2 PIC 13,887 18/07/02 20:59 RSOUND CVL 37,322 18/07/02 20:59 <== Roland sound file SAD PIC 14,324 18/07/02 20:59 SETTLERS PIC 2,110 18/07/02 20:59 SLAG2 PIC 5,361 18/07/02 20:59 SLAM1 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 SLAM1 PIC 14,073 18/07/02 20:59 SLAM2 PIC 10,006 18/07/02 20:59 SP256 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 SP257 PAL 782 18/07/02 20:59 SP257 PIC 12,779 18/07/02 20:59 SP299 PIC 8,919 18/07/02 20:59 SPACEST PIC 32,999 18/07/02 20:59 SPRITES PIC 9,386 18/07/02 20:59 STORY TXT 1,333 18/07/02 20:59 <== Text used by game intro TER257 PIC 15,788 18/07/02 20:59 TGRAPHIC EXE 9,990 18/07/02 20:59 TORCH PIC 839 18/07/02 20:59 TSOUND CVL 28,055 18/07/02 20:59 <== Tandy sound file WONDERS PIC 22,426 18/07/02 20:59 WONDERS2 PIC 7,946 18/07/02 20:59 198 file(s) 2,409,181 bytes |