On 31st January of 1999, Sid Meier`s Alpha Centauri was released for Windows in the United States (and on February the 17th in Europe). The game was followed by an expansion, Alien Crossfire in September 1999 and was released for Macintosh computers in February/March of 2000.
Hailed as a successor to acclaimed Civilization II, it introduced many new features later adapted for future Civilization sequels. It received many awards and was hailed by many as the strategy game of 1999. It was followed by a trilogy of novels written by the game story developer, a graphic novel and a GURPS role-playing game sourcebook.
The sixth Alpha Centauri Democracy Game has launched. While ACDG6 will challenge veterans, players new to democracy and multiplayer games are welcome.
The demo players control the Genesis Project, a pop-booming SMAniaC faction with anti-ICS characteristics. The super AI`s control three other SMAniaC factions (Atlanteans, Ghosts and Templar) and three SMAX factions (Angels, Cult and Cyborgs).
In the course of their victory, the "Unity Command" players conquered the Believers, the Spartans, the Hive and the University and increased their population to 607 citizens, outvoting Morgan Industries (94 votes) and the Gaians (99 votes) for election as Supreme Leader.
Return to the "Focus: Alpha Centauri" PolyCast special that was released this past May with material held over now available in a companion production, "Extra: Focus Alpha Centauri". Led by Apolyton Civilization Site staff member DarkCloud, he along with Darsnan, Erik "Hydro" Spande and Maniac explore the AC community and this time examine a couple of pieces of fiction and some specific game modifications. Its total runtime is 10m15s.
PolyCast is an official podcast of ACS and is also the collective banner for both the PC and sibling ModCast series. ACS is the only known community to produce its own Civilization podcasts.
The fifth Alpha Centauri Democracy Game has launched. In an Alpha Centauri alternate reality, the surviving Unity officers subdued UN Commissioner Lal before landing.
Leading the Unity Command faction (which has no bonuses, penalties or social engineering aversions), their mission is to restore unity and cooperation among the expedition leaders or, if necessary, to subdue them and conquer their factions on the Planet.
This game is specifically geared to players new to democracy and multiplaying games. This is a vanilla SMAC game and veteran players are invited to drop by and offer advice.
Revisit Planet. More than nine years ago, the turn-based strategy game Alpha Centauri and soon after its Alien Crossfire expansion pack was released by publisher Electronic Arts. Developed by Firaxis Games, its community remains strong to this day. Towards recognizing this fact, Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS) presents a special edition of PolyCast (PC) focusing on the game with a panel of individuals well-known for their long-standing involvement in its community.
ACS staff member DarkCloud leads this special`s panel with Darsnan, Erik "Hydro" Spande and Maniac to discuss the many aspects of AC, commonly referred to as SMAC, from its initial release to the possibilities of a sequel. A PC regular co-host, ACS Chief Owner/Administrator Daniel "DanQ" Quick makes a brief cameo.
Entitled "Focus: Alpha Centauri", its total runtime is an 79m54s -- a ~75% extension in length over current regular PC episodes. PolyCast is an official podcast of ACS and is also the collective banner for both the PC and sibling ModCast series`. ACS is the only known community to produce its own Civilization podcasts.
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