Impressions Games City Builders

hirsuteness · 2022-10-07T01:08:23.109Z

I used to be really into the city builders by Impressions Games. Sadly, they haven’t come out with any in a long time. My favorite was Zeus. Which did you like best? Here they are:

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Caesar III

Caesar III is a city-building game released on September 30, 1998 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line. It is the third installment of the Caesar series of games and is part of Sierra's City Building series. Players take on the role of a Roman governor, tasked with building up a grand Roman city, in which they must ensure their citizens have their needs met, that their city is safe and profitable, while meeting various goals set for them...

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Pharaoh (video game)

Pharaoh is an isometric city-building game that was released on October 31, 1999, created by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Studios, for Microsoft Windows. Using the same game engine and principles of Caesar III (also by Sierra Entertainment), it is the first such game in Sierra's City Building series to focus on another civilization of ancient times. Players oversee the construction and management of cities and settlements in Ancient Egypt, micro-managing every aspect of the city to e...

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Zeus: Master of Olympus

Zeus: Master of Olympus (Zeus) is a single-player strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. It is considered to be an additional instalment in the City Building series of games. Like previous titles in the series, Zeus focuses on the building and development of a city in ancient times. The game features a number of changes from previous titles in the series, including being set in Ancient Greece as well as changes to certain gameplay mechanics, Zeus i...

This one wasn’t really Impressions, but I still count it:

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Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is the sixth title in the City Building Series. BreakAway Games was contracted for Emperor after having previously worked on Queen of the Nile. Emperor is the last of the series to use the same 2D-sprite game engine as seen in the earlier titles, and the first to introduce a multiplayer option. Not unlike the earlier games, Emperor focuses on the building and development of a city in ancient times, this time Ancient China, from the Xia Dynasty (2033 BC) to th...

Also, these games by Tilted Mill:

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Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile

Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile is a city-building game set in ancient Egypt, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment. The game was released November 2004 in the United States and February 2005 in Europe. It's part of the City Building series. Unlike many similar titles, there is no treasury of abstract currency with which the player constructs buildings and issues edicts. Instead, the player designates construction sites for various classes of citizen, who are divided into private workers ...

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Caesar IV

Caesar IV is a city-building game set in ancient Rome, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment. The game was released on September 26, 2006 in North America. The game features a three-dimensional game engine and individual modeling of game character behaviors. Like its original release Caesar in 1992, the game simulates city administration in historical Rome. Like its sibling release Children of the Nile in 2004, the game continues a new trend in the city building game genre to use more interact...

I guess Tilted Mill is working on another one:
http://tiltedmill.com/medieval-mayor/

cameronbr · 2022-10-07T01:35:27.758Z

Those were fun, but Startopia was the best:

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Startopia

Startopia is a video game by Mucky Foot Productions (formed by ex-Bullfrog employees) and published by Eidos in June 2001, in which the player administers various space stations with the task of developing them into popular hubs. The game has a comical overtone, with lighthearted humour and cartoonish aliens. The game was re-released on GOG.com in September 2012, and was added to the Steam catalogue in October 2013. Startopia was shortlisted for BAFTA PC Game of the Year in 2001. The player is ...

codinghorror · 2022-10-07T17:43:02.653Z

No way. Being bad is good.

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Dungeon Keeper

Dungeon Keeper is a strategy video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and released by Electronic Arts in June 1997 for MS-DOS and Windows 95. In Dungeon Keeper, the player builds and manages a dungeon, protecting it from invading 'hero' characters intent on stealing accumulated treasures, killing monsters and ultimately the player's demise. The ultimate goal is to conquer the world by destroying the heroic forces and rival dungeon keepers in each realm. A character known as the Avatar (re...

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Dungeon Keeper 2

Dungeon Keeper 2 is a strategy game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1999 for Microsoft Windows. The sequel to Dungeon Keeper, the player takes the role of a 'dungeon keeper', building and defending an underground dungeon from the would-be heroes that invade it, as well as from other keepers. In the campaign mode, the player is charged with recovering the portal gems from each area in order to open a portal to the surface. The player can also construct a d...

I hardly ever play old games, but I’ve busted out Dungeon Keeper 2 and slapped me some imps silly. Silly, I tell ya, silly! So therapeutic. And really, those imps had it coming.

There’s now an iOS version, but warning, it got ravaged for being a greedy, exploitative “freemium” ploy:

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‎Dungeon Keeper

‎Read on for important info below! “EA has a massive hit on its hands… devilishly funny and addictive.” – Inside Mobile Apps “I’m a big fan of tower-defense-style games, real-time strategy games, and the classic Dungeon Keeper. This follows that...

elberet · 2024-04-26T23:08:33.318Z

“Ravaged” is far too nice. This “game” needs to die in a fire – literally! All the copies and backups and, while we’re at it, the employment contracts of the management staff that paved the way for this abomination? Incinerator.