Civ1 is one of those old games which I can still get lost in, almost 30 (!) years later (yes, I played it in 1991, I'm that old). Interestingly, one of the thi

Civ1 is one of those old games which I can still get lost in, almost 30 (!) years later (yes, I played it in 1991, I'm that old). Interestingly, one of the things that puts me off playing anything even remotely modern is the graphics. Around the mid-90s it was decided that everything has to be 3D, everything should require the latest, most powerful graphics card, etc. In contrast, what kind of a graphics card do you need to play chess? I think that Civ1 is a bit like chess, albeit more accessible, maybe a bit shallower, but endlessly fun. I can watch a fancy animation once maybe, then I no longer care. The gameplay, the balance, the complexity is what it is about for me.