Games to play while waiting for GalCiv...

I highly recommend playing The Corporate Machine. That game just rocks. Great job, Frogboy, hope GalCiv is everything you promise.

What's the latest patch for TCM? 1.2 is what I have but I heard there was higher versions... couldn't find them.

My personal favourite (and I wonder if Galciv can beat this ?) is the holy Sid's Alpha Centauri. I always return to it like an old friend (or a bad habit ?).
Playing it right now as a matter of fact

I thought I wanted to play the old SNES version of Civ, but I couldn't be bothered to hook up the SNES. The AI would have bothered me, I'm sure.

In the same genre as Galciv for the time to pass until the Gold release of Galciv I play (read: reinstalled): Moo2, Space Empires IV and Imperium Galactica 2. Of course only IF I have time left, because priorities are Galciv Beta, and indeed TCM.

I just dug up a couple of games to stay in the Space Start mood : MOO1 and Birth of Federation
SE4 is a good candidate too, but there'stoo much micromanagement for me !
MOO2 always left me unsatisfied : "Wot, my ultimate Galactic empire has a 12-ships fleet ?"

12 ship fleet for an ultimate empire? I normally ended up with 60 + doomstars by the end of a victory on a huge galaxy... actually once I had 155 doomstars on a tiny class galaxy ::laugh:: Oh boy i'm going to have to install that now.. Now you have done it!!

Oddly enough I have been playing a pc version of ms pac man from www.jrok.com
A very good version, Highly recommended and freeware to boot.

When I am not playing that I have been playing Tiberian Sun on and off. I don't want to play myself out on space strategy before the release date......

Joloven --

It might amuse you that, the very first time in MOO2 that I dared to enter the Other Dimension, I was so concerned about what might be on the other side I sent along a force of approximately 130 Doom Stars. Needless to say, I don't wait nearly that long anymore unless I'm just being silly and accumulating population/tech points when the game was decided long ago.

I downloaded Armada 2525 Deluxe Edition from The Underdogs and am having a fun time replaying an old favorite.

I love watching the planetary attacks hoping I have enough missles, lasers to thwart the slow space invader like attack of the enemies. Fun.

I installed BOTF, Alpha Centauri and IG2. I seemed to be more involved with IG2. I'm getting a little burnt with the endless messages but having fun. I'm glad that I'm having no problems running them on XP. I used to run them on 98.

I thought I would clarify my previous post. The messages I refer to are the ones in the IG2 campaign I'm playing.

Can't wait must have game now!!! Perhaps if we all chant " early release, early release, early release!!!