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Product Details
* Amazon Sales Rank: #18338 in Video Games
* Brand: Sierra Studios
* ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
* Format: CD
Features
* Build the grandest, most realistic monuments ever, including the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and more
* Govern all aspects of the exotic Egyptian culture, from embalming to worshipping the gods
* Defend against invasions on land and water; build armies and fleets to protect your civilization
* Game play is based on actual Egyptian economy and industry–take the mighty Nile into account
* Windows 95/98/ME/XP
Customer Reviews
The most fun of the “Caesar” games4
A combination of Caesar III, Sid Miers Civilizations and Maxis’ Sim City games from the late nineties, Pharaoh takes a lot of what made those games best sellers and combines it into a pretty entertaining, if at this point dated, game. Back in the 90s, “God” style games in which you care for and manage a teeming world of buildings and their denizens were having their hay-day.
While Maxis continued to churn out the Sim City franchise, and Civilizations and it’s many spin offs have become legend, most games are not either FPS (First Person Shooters) or RTS (Real Time Strategy). The 90s produced some exceptional top-down city management games, and Pharaoh is a good example. Unfortunately, just like the Egyptian empire that you play in the game, poised at its height of glory, this style of game has fallen largely to the wayside. That’s unfortunate.
A city management game at heart, Pharaoh gives you much more control over what you build and where you build it than Sim City games. You choose which buildings you want, and where they will be built, allowing you to create a city to your exact design.
War making does come into play, but it is secondary to city building. Many of the missions will require you to create an army and lead them to victory, but this feels largely anticlimactic compared to the fast paced city management that requires 80 percent of your time.
This game is quite complex, entertaining, and truly a classic of the genre. If you’re considering buying it, there are other options like Caeser III, but I think this is a superior game. If you like strategy games pc from the 90s, this ones definitely for you.
A game for the future city planners5
Its a great game if you enjoyed games like starcraft and other empire like games. I played this game back in high school, lost it, then purchased it again just to beat it because it is a really good time waster.
old game installation issues1
I love this game (from back in the day) and would like to play again but I could never get it to install on my old laptop (2003 model with Win XP). Apparently something about the SP2 patch messes with game installation. I tried to install it on Win 98 later but that didn’t work either.
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