Michael Ely
Michael Ely is the writer of the trilogy of books surrounding the events in the computer game '' Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri''. Works * '' Centauri Dawn'' - * '' Dragon Sun'' - * '' Twilight of the Mind'' - See also *List of novels based on video games The following is a list of novels based on video games. English novels German novels Japanese novels References {{DEFAULTSORT:Novels based on video games Video game culture Video games Video games Video games, also ... References External links * Science fiction writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{sf-writer-stub ...
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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
''Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri'' is a 4X video game, considered a spiritual sequel to the ''Civilization'' series. Set in a science fiction depiction of the 22nd century, the game begins as seven competing ideological factions land on the planet Chiron ("Planet") in the Alpha Centauri star system. As the game progresses, Planet's growing sentience becomes a formidable obstacle to the human colonists. Sid Meier, designer of ''Civilization'', and Brian Reynolds, designer of '' Civilization II'', developed ''Alpha Centauri'' after they left MicroProse to join with Jeff Briggs in creating a new video game developer: Firaxis Games. Electronic Arts released both ''Alpha Centauri'' and its expansion, ''Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire'', in 1999. The following year, Aspyr Media ported both titles to Classic Mac OS while Loki Software ported them to Linux. ''Alpha Centauri'' features improvements on ''Civilization II''s game engine, including simultaneous multiplay, social engineering, cl ...
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