Caesar (video game)
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Caesar is a city-building computer game where the player undertakes the role of a Roman governor, building ancient Roman cities.
Released in 1993 on the PC and Amiga, the game was effectively a Sim City clone with a Roman setting. Aside from similar graphics and user interface, it featured levels of micromanagement comparable with the earlier Maxis title, including building the right number of schools, theaters, libraries, bathhouses, etc. within suitable distances of residential areas.
Differences from SimCity
Notable differences of Caesar from Sim City included:
- Addition of a military aspect to the game.
- Simulation with detailed historical city themes and structures.
These differences became substantial in sequels to both games. SimCity and Caesar came to represent contemporary and historical city building games, respectively.
Sequels
Caesar was developed and designed by Impressions Games and distributed by Sierra Entertainment. At the same time as Caesar, Impressions developed another Roman-themed game, Cohort 2, a game which allowed the player to direct Ancient Roman battles in a style akin to a crude precursor of the Command & Conquer series. Impressions included a feature in Cohort 2 which allowed players of Caesar to load their saved files and play out the battles from Caesar in Cohort 2. Later, Impressions released an updated version of Caesar which automatically launched a version of Cohort 2 whenever the player engaged in battle. This version was released under the title Caesar Deluxe in 1994.
Impressions released additional sequels Caesar II in 1996 and Caesar III in 1998. A fourth sequel Caesar IV was announced August 2005 by Tilted Mill Entertainment to be released Fall 2006.
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