# Sid Meier's Civilization

> Sid Meier's Civilization for the SNES is a version of the 1991 PC turn-based strategy game about building a civilisation from 4000 BC to the space age.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/snes/games/sidmeierscivilization/
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- Console: SNES / Super Famicom
- Released: 1995
- Developer: MicroProse

Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy game first released for PC by MicroProse in 1991. The Super NES version was published in North America by Koei. The player leads a civilisation from its first settlers in 4000 BC to the space age, founding cities, researching technologies and dealing with rival leaders.

A game can be won by conquering every other civilisation or by being the first to send a colony ship to Alpha Centauri.

A native PC port exists: a fully static recompilation of the SNES version by Junior-Jones.

## Sid Meier's Civilization PC Ports

- [Civilization (SNES) Static Recomp](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/snes/games/sidmeierscivilization/ports/civilizationsnesstaticrecomp/index.md): Civilization (SNES) Static Recomp is a fully static recompilation of the SNES Civilization for Windows, with a widescreen world map and snapshots.