# Civ II question. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 15, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958 "2002-12-15T22:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/1 "2002-12-15T22:11:56Z")
Of course I have this game, but will it work on a higher version of windows? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/2 "2002-12-15T22:13:19Z")
Oh I would of asked at a professional website but the mebers are slow to respond.(lets just say I would expect a reply in three days) ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/3 "2002-12-15T22:13:19Z")
Umm, I think it would… I have games (Homeworld, in this case) that worked on Windows 95, 98, and XP. My copy of Civ II is only for Mac, so I can’t test it’s compatibility, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/4 "2002-12-15T22:14:51Z")
I have civilisation II that works on 98 and 95, but will it work on 2000, or xp? I don’t want to buy a load of obsolete games. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/5 "2002-12-15T22:17:14Z")
Yes, yes it does. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/6 "2002-12-15T22:18:09Z")
Even though it says nothing about it on the box? ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/7 "2002-12-15T22:21:01Z")
Yes! It says nothing because the box was made before 2000/XP. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/8 "2002-12-15T22:21:45Z")
If a particular OS has not been released at the time of the game being released, then they can’t put that OS on the side of the box can they? Quid pro quo. Tot homines quot sententiae. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/9 "2002-12-15T22:22:33Z")
Phew… ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/10 "2002-12-15T22:38:25Z")
You can run it in WinXP. It will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/11 "2002-12-16T01:59:50Z")
For me, Civ II will NOT work under Windows 2000. Not sure about any other versions of Windows, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/12 "2002-12-16T18:18:39Z")
It works fine for me. Thank god. I didn’t want to have to set up an additional computer soley for the purpose of informing my neighbors that “MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.” Man, if I could half of the hours I have spent playing that goddamn game back, I would have two Ph.Ds by now, and be working on a third. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/13 "2002-12-16T20:23:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ol’Gaffer \* > \*\*It works fine for me. Thank god. I didn’t want to have to set up an additional computer soley for the purpose of informing my neighbors that “MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.” > > Man, if I could half of the hours I have spent playing that goddamn game back, I would have two Ph.Ds by now, and be working on a third. \*\* Yeah, but would you have **conquered the world?!!!** ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/14 "2002-12-16T20:45:40Z")
Quid pro quo. Tot homines quot sententiae. What does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/15 "2002-12-16T20:51:01Z")
I played on W2K pro last night. No problems at all (except the Germans kept nuking me). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/16 "2002-12-16T21:59:27Z")
Damn Germans. I’ve got a game now where I chose all “militaristic” enemies in the setup screen. At some point, they must have decided I had gotten too far ahead technologically, so they all banded together and attacked me as one. Modern Armor vs. Cavalry is pretty funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/17 "2002-12-16T22:05:50Z")
At least they got rid of some of the more glaring erros in the original. Veteran Battleship defeated by Settlers… ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/18 "2002-12-17T04:41:46Z")
Quid pro quo means “something for something”. In the film _The Silence of the Lambs_, Hannibal Lecter used the term when he agreed to talk to Clarice Starling about himself. In exchange, he wanted personal information about her. Something for something. No uneven exchange. Tot homines quot sententiae means “So many me, so many minds.” If I’m interpreting right, it’s a more elegant way of saying “Opinions are like a$$holes-- everyone’s got one.” ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/19 "2002-12-17T06:24:33Z")
My words are backed by nuclear weapons. All your base are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958/20 "2002-12-17T08:05:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Opengrave \* > \*\*At least they got rid of some of the more glaring erros in the original. Veteran Battleship defeated by Settlers… \*\* Were they veteran settlers? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-ii-question/142958.md?page=2)