If you were a fan of SimCity, and what Maxis had done with the city-building genre, then you'd probably bought a Sierra city-building game or two. Probably a form of Caesar first. Then when you went back to the game store, you saw this - Pharaoh. It was an okay game, but if you had played Zeus, or Caesar, you had already played Pharaoh. It had its own changes and flavor, and while Sierra had done a good job in making its city-building games, you could never really overcome the deja-vu aspect of playing Pharaoh. Even Sierra's point-click adventure games were too similar in feel. Still, if you have a machine that can go back and run this, and your copy of Pharaoh is free or cheap, not a bad one- or three-night game.
Ahhh the memories..... This was I think the third or so game that really got me into gaming. I have contributed countless hours into this game and have enjoyed all of them. In Pharaoh you build egyptian cities and have t... Read Full Review
This lovely game is not only a city building game, but it is a whole civilization building. I know that there is many games like this have been released, but this one has a special profile. The pharaohs were amazing t... Read Full Review
