Playing FreeCiv on the Panasonic F8
FreeCiv is a freely distributable version of the famous Civilisation, created by scratch by fans for several different computer operating systems.
As I enjoyed Civ when I was younger I thought I would see how easy it was to installed and how well it performed under Windows Vista on the Panasonic CF-F8
To install FreeCiv:
- Download the application from http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeciv/Freeciv-2.1.8-win32-gtk2-setup.exe?download
- Run the set up application
- Agree to the license agreement and keep clicking Next until the option to choose the installation location.
- Select where you want to install FreeCiv and start the install.
FreeCiv is now installed.
When run you get the option of which game type you want to play (single player, Network game Etc) and there are various gameplay options to tweek (eg your nation & the number of AI players).
The game plays in a very similar way to the original Civilisation, and plays very well on the Panasonic F8. The graphics are functional rather then beautiful do they do look very clear on the nice screen of the F8.
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