Ultimate Strategy Archives w/ Manual

X-COM 1 UFO Defense, Railroad Tycoon Deluxe, Jagged Alliance + Manual PC CD game 

Game 

DOS 

Interplay 

1996 

CD 

$19.99
Packaging

STOCK PHOTO ONLY

8 Award-Winning Strategy Games

The Ultimate Strategy Archives is a great collection of critically acclaimed strategy games. It contains eight of the best Strategy Games ever made into one collectible package. These are games of unparalleled depth and replayability with thousands of hours of gameplay. From blockbusters such as Civilization, X-COM: UFO Defense and Heroes of Might and Magic to critically acclaimed products such as Railroad Tycoon Deluxe, M.A.X., Conquest of the New World Deluxe, Dark Colony and Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games, this package will have something for every strategy game player.

Sid Meier's Civilization
Start at the dawn of recorded history - 4000 BC, then nurture your society towards the space age. In the beginning, you'll labor to simply survive while building your settlements, discovering new technologies and fending off barbarians. As your empire progresses, you'll compete against other empires guided by history's legendary leaders like Napoleon, Genghis Khan, and Julius Caesar. Test your capacity for expansion and domination as you guide your civilization throughout the centuries.

Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe is the upgrade to the award-winning, best-selling Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon. In the upgrade to this classic game, players are entrepreneurs in the early 1800's and must compete against railbarons as they try to build their railroad empire. Six spectacular new areas to develop: North America, Eastern US, Western US, South America, Africa and Europe. Eleven new trains - 32 total - allow the flexibility to choose the right engine for the job.

X-COM: UFO Defense
As commander of X-COM, a covert organization formed by the world's governments, you must investigate and defeat the alien invasion. Intercept UFOs as they sweep across the Earth. Investigate UFO crash sites and alien bases. Plan a strategy for research and manufacture of captured technologies. Take charge of tactical operations in the 3-D isometric Battlescope display.

Heroes of Might and Magic
The realms of Might and Magic are expanding. New lands have been discovered and you must rise to the challenge of conquering them. Beware, for many warlords have risen to test your leadership and tactics. You must carefully manage all the resources at your disposal or you will surely be defeated. Recruit your heroes, gather your armies, and lead them to victory.

Conquest of the New World Deluxe
The Deluxe Edition offers the compelling gameplay of the original Conquest of the New World where players command explorers, settlers, and mercenary soldiers destined to survey the land, build new colonies, and protect their emerging nation. This deluxe version adds 10 preset scenarios, a game editor, improved diplomacy, sophisticated A.I. engine, and many new extraordinary discoveries to uncover.

Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games
From the makers of Jagged Alliance comes a multiplayer strategy game with more new features than you can shake a grenade launcher at. Play a solo campaign or go at it with friends & enemies via mode, LAN, or serial connection. Create your own missions with the scenario editor for infinite replayability. With 70 mercenaries and over 6000 lines of digitized speech you get even more "in your face" attitude. Lock and load: it's time for Deadly Games.

M.A.X. Mechanized Assault & Exploration
Your mission: Colonize new worlds on distant planets. As the Mission Commander, you and the Mechanized Assault & Exploration (M.A.X.) force that you lead are the first ones in. Mining stations, power plants, tactical combat vehicle factories, habitats - it's up to you to plan and construct them. Create colonies, mine resources and eliminate all rival factions trying to do the same. You'll have to push yourself to the limit to survive the ultimate showdown in strategic warfare.

Dark Colony
A futuristic real-time strategy game based on a war between a gray alien race and human colonists over the planet Mars. Choose between the alien's superior genetic technology or the humans advanced robotic and cybernetic technology. To claim victory, you must exploit Mar's hidden resources and discover the dark secrets of an ancient race.

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