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ULTRA SPECIAL FORUM STYLES
(4 July 2002, 20:48 | About) After a most recent discussion, the "Ultra Special" styles are now availiable.
These styles offer changes in the banners:
- Normal banners from top and bottom of forum pages removed
- 1 (One 
) pop-up banner every 6 (six) hours
You can test them out with the following links
Default-Ultra Special
Default-Ultra Special-Civ3
Default-Ultra Special-CTP2
Default-Ultra Special-MoO3
Light-Ultra Special
Light-Ultra Special-Civ3
Light-Ultra Special-CTP2
Light-Ultra Special-MoO3
MarkG is in love with them already 
. You can make your choice by editing your account options. - MarkG
NPD CHART: JUNE 16-22, 2002
(3 July 2002, 22:06 | Misc) Below are The Top Ten Selling PC Games for the week June 16-22, 2002, according to NPDTechWorld. 
Neverwinter Nights rocketed to the top of the charts over the past seven days in its first week of release while the other popular "AAA" shooter titles slipped downwards as The Sims once again grabbed a strong foothold in the market.
Rank. Title (Publisher) -- $Price [USD]
1. Neverwinter Nights (Infogrames) -- $55
2. The Sims: Vacation Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts) -- $26
3. The Sims (Electronic Arts) -- $41
4. Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault (Electronic Arts) -- $46
5. Backyard Baseball 2003 (Infogrames Entertainment) -- $20
6. Grand Theft Auto 3 (Take 2 Interactive/Rockstar) -- $49
7. Zoo Tycoon (Microsoft) -- $27
8. Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (Lucasarts) -- $46
9. Soldier Of Fortune II: Double Helix (Activision) -- $48
10. The Sims: Hot Date Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts) -- $30
Source: [ The Wargamer ] - DanQ
BOOKMARKED BY THE `R&F`
(2 July 2002, 22:08 | About) 
The July, 2002 issue of PCFormat magazine has a sidebar on page 13 entitled "Bookmarks Of The Rich and Famous". This month`s rich/famous individual is none other than Sid Meier himself. Situated between FatBabies.com and ABCNews.com on his list of most traveled websites is Apolyton Civilization Site.
I have a couple of Civ fan sites bookmarked, but I`ll pick the Apolyton Civilization [S]ite, Meier writes. The [c]ommunity has provided us with a lot of ideas for improvements.
To view a scanned image of the full article, click here. - DanQ
MEIER: PCFORMAT INTERVIEW
(2 July 2002, 22:01 | Civ3) Forum user The Viceroy has typed out the Sid Meier interview PCFormat magazine conducted in their July, 2002 issue just recently released. Some highlights:
PCF: What happened to multiplay in CivIII?
Sid: We had hoped to have that in the original version, but we really want to do it right. We learned from Alpha Centauri and CivII that we can`t just take the game as it stands and replace the computer AI with other players and call that a multiplayer version... Our goal is to make multiplayer CivIII where the player never has to wait, the player is never at a point where there is nothing to do, and we have some pretty creative solutions to that problem. Hopefully before too long we`ll be able to finish that.
PCF: Is there going to be a CivIV?
Sid: Every idea we thought would improve the game we put into CivIII. At the moment we can`t imagine what CivIV would have that we haven`t already put into CivIII, but as time goes on and the community grows, anything is possible in the future. Historically, every five or six years there`s been a new version of Civilization.
Finally, what game does Meier wish he had thought of?
Sid: Tetris! It`s like the perfect game. [Laughs] I could have done that! If I`d only thought of it. - DanQ
MARS MOD V1.12
(2 July 2002, 04:15 | CtP | 169 comments) Over the past few weeks, J Bytheway has been a busy beaver. He has released not one, not two but three updates to his Mars Mod. The current version of this mod is now v1.12. Improvements include: some new Mars-like terrain graphics, rebalanced terrain values, changes to the properties of units and buildings, new icons and pictures and others. The latest version of this mod can be downloaded here and comments, suggestions, bug reports, questions, etc are welcome in the forum thread. - Locutus
GAMES DOMAIN PREVIEW
(1 July 2002, 20:13 | RoN) Andrew S. Bub has written a preview of Rise of Nations for GamesDomain.
Although initial impressions of the visuals suggested an [Age of Empires II] rip-off, this was quickly dispelled when [Big Huge Games President Brian] Reynolds began to scroll around the map. The game engine is in 3D and has avoided the muddy quality Empire Earth had when zoomed in. [..] The other reason it looks like AoE is because the programmers at Big Huge wanted to make changes, but keep the interface familiar. [..] But where it diverts from those familiar concepts is what`s interesting. [..]
We`ll have some playable code soon to sink our teeth into, but until then, we remain impressed with the subtle, but very deep changes Reynolds and his team have made to such a familiar genre. - DanQ
