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Civilization did not spring fully conceived from the mind of Sid Meier back in 1991. It was an extension of his previous work such as Pirates! and more directly Railroad Tycoon. It was also influenced by the board game Civilization, it’s successors such as Advanced Civilization and to a lessor extent History of the World. [...]

After completing Undercroft I went on a bit of a quest myself to find another game which had similar gameplay. The Quest is the closest competitor to Undercroft for those looking to recreate a little of that old school computer RPG feel on their iPhone. The Quest seems to have more fans online than Undercroft, [...]

So I’ve been doing a lot of research into this and stayed up probably too late some nights reading and trying some games out. I still say Undercroft is the best computer RPG experience on the iPhone for those of us who’ve played the classics. Those of use who remember the original AD&D and the [...]

I ended up with just less than 1000 points. I’m not even sure who won. Someone colonized Alpha Centauri, I wasn’t even in the space race, instead I just tried to build up my population which finished third but I had the highest GDP. I really don’t like playing a race that isn’t scientific. You [...]