RISE OF NATIONS (DVD BOX)

Rise of Nations is a new historical real time strategy game from Big Huge Games? Brian Reynolds, designer of PC game classics such as Civilization 2 and Alpha Centauri.

In Rise of Nations, you'll create new cities, improve city infrastructures and expand national borders. Conquer foes through military might using everything from sling-shots to cannons to stealth bombers to nuclear weapons.

Corner the market on key commodities and consolidate power under your rule.. wheel and deal across time with history's eminent cultures.

Features
Cross genre gameplay combining pulse-pounding real-time gaming with the epic scope of turn-based strategy games, Rise of Nations gives you a fast and fun experience.

You can play a quick battle on your choice of map as your choice of nation (including random), or play the turn-based/RTS mix Conquer the World Campaign.

Zooming scale lets you see enormous swaths of territory at once or zoom to watch one group of citizens or military unit at work.

Maintain command of multiple cities and expansive military campaigns while still controlling the progress of individual cities and battles. Clearly defined national borders let you expand territory strategically.

Multiple victory conditions. Gain dominion through non-military and quasi-military strategies including espionage, diplomacy, technology races and territory expansion. Or, simply obliterate all comers through the raw power of a military conquest.

Lead one of 18 Historical Nations. Each of the 18 Nations boasts special units unique to them, and each nation benefits from particular attributes that give them distinct advantages in battle or another aspect of the game.

Nations include Aztec, Bantu, British, Chinese, Eqyptians, French, German, Greek, Incans, Japanese, Koreans, Mayan, Mongols, Nubians, Romans, Russians, Spanish and Turks, and all change distinctively through the passage of time.

Conquer the World Campaign. This unique single player campaign lets you take over the world one territory at a time. Victory in each territory gives you tribute, special resources, or bonus powers to attack a strong enemy.

Never depleting resources. The basic resources in the game (Food, Timber, Metal and Oil) never deplete once you accumulate them.

No need to micro-manage your citizens. If citizens are idle for a few seconds they will automatically start collecting resources and/or help build buildings. If you like to micro-manage your citizens, simply turn off this option.

Streamlined multiplayer. In the multiplayer mode (up to 8 players), you'll accumulate resources and move through different time periods quickly, reaching the coup de grace in a timely fashion. Victory is just moments away.

System Requirements :

• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
• Pentium 500 or faster
• 128MB RAM
• 16MB Direct3D compliant video card
• DirectX 8.1
• compatible sound card
• 4X CDROM, Keyboard
• Mouse
• 56k or faster for internet play