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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri boxart

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Platforms

PC

Initial releaseFeb. 12, 1999

Developers

Firaxis Games

Genres

Simulation
Strategy
Strategy: Turn-Based Strategy

Publishers

Electronic Arts

FranchiseSid Meier

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Feed

Artwork from Into The Breach and a large alien head from XCOM 2

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An obscured image of Sean Devlin from The Saboteur game, but he has the face of Gabe Newell

News

EA puts a bunch of classic games and also The Saboteur on Steam for the first time

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An explosion on Planet in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Feature

The Rally Point: Why Alpha Centauri kind of helped when I had a breakdown

A staple for the nerves

Oct. 19, 2023Sin Vega

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Artwork for XCOM 2, Age Of Empires II and Starcraft II feature on the RPS Bestest Best Reader edition for favourite strategy games of all time

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As voted for by the RPS readership

Feb. 23, 2023Katharine Castle

175 comments

News

A Brand New UI: Alpha Centauri Redux

Modernising the UI of a classic

Nov. 27, 2015Adam Smith

28 comments

Above And Beyond: Rediscovering Alpha Centauri

Feature

Above And Beyond: Rediscovering Alpha Centauri

Beyond Beyond Earth?

Oct. 27, 2014Will Wiles

108 comments

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