FreeCol is a clone of Sid Meier's Colonization. Released under the GNU General Public License, FreeCol is free and open source software.
FreeCol is mostly programmed in Java and should thus be platform-independent. In practice, it is known to run on Linux and Windows, as well as Mac OS X (with some limitations).
In February 2007 it was SourceForge.net's Project of the Month.
While remaining faithful to the original in term of mechanics and gamepl...
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FreeCol is a clone of Sid Meier's Colonization. Released under the GNU General Public License, FreeCol is free and open source software.
FreeCol is mostly programmed in Java and should thus be platform-independent. In practice, it is known to run on Linux and Windows, as well as Mac OS X (with some limitations).
In February 2007 it was SourceForge.net's Project of the Month.
While remaining faithful to the original in term of mechanics and gameplay, Freecol sports a new set of redesigned graphics. Moreover, with time it incorporated ideas that didn't make it to the final version of Meier's game, requests by fans and original concepts like new European players and race bonuses.
FreeCol starts in the year 1492. With a few settlers, the player builds up colonies in the New World, struggling for power with other colonies from rival Europeans. The player gradually builds up these colonies with help from the European king until no help from Europe is necessary, meaning that the colonies can...
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