Galactic Civilizations for OS/2 (under Virtual PC)

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Long before they got into the Windows scene, Stardock (creators of WindowBlinds and many other cool tools: https://www.stardock.com/) was actually one of the few commercial game development companies developing on top of OS/2.

Galactic Civilizations for OS/2 was their best known release - and while it was a bit rough around the edges from a user interface perspective - the game AI and playability absolutely rocked. The game was aimed to try and take the concepts from the original 'Civilization' and extend them to a galactic space faring environment.

This game runs well under Virtual PC - but if you want the midi based music to work you will need to install and configure TiMidity+ under OS/2 (which is no mean feat):

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When this game was originally released - I was only able to find one software distributor in Australia that carried it and they were in another state - however I still managed to get a copy. Also of interest is that Stardock has just recently released a new updated version of Galactic Civilizations (this time for Windows) which also runs well inside of Virtual PC.

Cheers,
Ben