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In an effort to prove that Civ 2 had global warming to respond to some posts in here, I found this thread on Reddit about a civ 2 game going for 10 years. I thi

In an effort to prove that Civ 2 had global warming to respond to some posts in here, I found this thread on Reddit about a civ 2 game going for 10 years. I think y'all might like it: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/uxpil/ive_been_playing_the_same_game_of_civilization_ii/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/uxpil/ive_been_play...

gberger 5y ago
The post is from 9 years ago, I wonder if there has been an update since? Edit: wow, it spawned an entire subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theeternalwar/ https://www.reddit.com/r/theeternalwar/
dunnevens 5y ago
It was also in Civ 1. Industries and nuclear war would create pollution on the map. Would appear as a black cloud over a tile. You could send out a settler unit to clean up the pollution but it was a slow process. If the map accumulated too much pollution, global warming would happen. A random plains tile would be changed to desert. Or a coastal tile would become a swamp. It wasn't too difficult to stay ahead of the pollution curve in the late game as long as you didn't have a war. But there was one memorable game where I had a massive nuclear exchange with Gandhi. Created too much pollution. The world become a wasteland because I couldn't clean it up in time. And the AI didn't clean anything on its own, iirc. I won the game, but it was such a Pyrrhic victory. This was probably 29 years ago. Playing obsessively on my old Mac LC. Still remember it because it was the saddest game session I've ever had. I won, but there wasn't much left at the end. Broken cities and the earth was dead. https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Global_warming_(Civ1) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Global_warming_(Civ1)
- Gravityloss 5y ago
  Global warming was different from pollution. IIRC in Civ 1 global warming turned some coastal tiles into swamp. Don't remember if there was nuclear winter as well.
  - dr_dshiv 5y ago
    Yes, it had nuclear winter. Global warming resulted from not cleaning up pollution. Then the tiles would change irreversibly.
52-6F-62 5y ago
I love Civ and play 3/5/6 a lot. But today I learned I've never really played Civ
NittLion78 5y ago
Alpha Centauri has a very active mechanic built into it that uses both global warming (on an alien planet, granted) and also the planet itself being sentient enough to attack with its native lifeforms the factions that pollute it the most.

gberger 5y ago

The post is from 9 years ago, I wonder if there has been an update since? Edit: wow, it spawned an entire subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theeternalwar/ https://www.reddit.com/r/theeternalwar/

dunnevens 5y ago

It was also in Civ 1. Industries and nuclear war would create pollution on the map. Would appear as a black cloud over a tile. You could send out a settler unit to clean up the pollution but it was a slow process. If the map accumulated too much pollution, global warming would happen. A random plains tile would be changed to desert. Or a coastal tile would become a swamp. It wasn't too difficult to stay ahead of the pollution curve in the late game as long as you didn't have a war. But there was one memorable game where I had a massive nuclear exchange with Gandhi. Created too much pollution. The world become a wasteland because I couldn't clean it up in time. And the AI didn't clean anything on its own, iirc. I won the game, but it was such a Pyrrhic victory. This was probably 29 years ago. Playing obsessively on my old Mac LC. Still remember it because it was the saddest game session I've ever had. I won, but there wasn't much left at the end. Broken cities and the earth was dead. https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Global_warming_(Civ1) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Global_warming_(Civ1)

Gravityloss 5y ago
Global warming was different from pollution. IIRC in Civ 1 global warming turned some coastal tiles into swamp. Don't remember if there was nuclear winter as well.
- dr_dshiv 5y ago
  Yes, it had nuclear winter. Global warming resulted from not cleaning up pollution. Then the tiles would change irreversibly.

52-6F-62 5y ago

I love Civ and play 3/5/6 a lot. But today I learned I've never really played Civ

NittLion78 5y ago

Alpha Centauri has a very active mechanic built into it that uses both global warming (on an alien planet, granted) and also the planet itself being sentient enough to attack with its native lifeforms the factions that pollute it the most.