Welcome to Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization®. Colonization is a game of discovery, conquest and revolution. It chronicles the European colonization of the New World (North and South America) during the fifteenth through late eighteenth centuries. Colonization is based upon the award-winning Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, but you do not need to own that game to play this one.
As leader of a European colony, you will guide your people as they discover and explore the uncharted New World, seeking a suitable place to settle, far from the religious intolerance and interminable wars that plague Europe. As the game progresses you’ll encounter native people and other colonists: some you’ll ally with, and others you’ll fight. You’ll gain wealth by trading raw materials and goods with the Mother Country and with other colonists. However, your Beloved King will tax your transactions, as time passes taking an ever-larger cut of your profits – in return for nothing.
The objective of the game is to expand your colony until it is powerful enough to declare and win its independence from the Mother Country.
TO PLAYERS OF CIVILIZATION IV
Much of Colonization, will be familiar to those who have previously played Sid Meier’s Civilization IV and its earlier expansion packs. However, there are some substantial differences between Colonization and Civ IV. Some of these differences are obvious – the goods trading system and the lack of technological advancement for example – but some are less so. You may want to pay particular attention to city growth and management, for instance, for the Colonization system is quite different from that of Civ IV.
THE CIVILOPEDIA
The “Civilopedia” is an incredibly helpful in-game resource. It contains much of the information found in this manual, organized for easy reference. The Civilopedia contains entries on virtually every item and concept in the game, and each entry contains hyperlinks to other related entries, which allows you to quickly navigate to the precise info you’re looking for. The Civilopedia is accessible from the Main Menu and in-game from the Main Screen. Use it early and often – it will quickly make you a Colonization master!
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Operating System: Windows® 2000/XP/Vista
Processor: 1.2 GHz Intel
Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Memory: 256 MB RAM (Windows 2000) / 512 MB RAM (Windows XP)
Hard Disk
Space: 1.7 GB Free
CD-ROM Drive: 4X Speed
Video: DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Shader 1.1
Support or
better
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
DirectX®: Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization DirectX® version
(included on game disc)
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Operating System: Windows®
2000/XP/Vista
Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Hard Disk
Space: 1.7 GB Free
CD-ROM Drive: 4X Speed
Video: 128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 9 support (pixel & vertex shaders)
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
DirectX®: Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization DirectX® version