To ask for the wisdom of mumsnet re a game I can't remember the name of!

[fightoffyourdemons]

I used to play a game maybe 15 ish years ago, it was a computer game set in the old days. I played a few and may be getting them muddled up! I definitely played age of empire so it isn't that

The jist of it was to build a town/city, you started with a big green open space, you had to build a road to a 'pasture' type area to build water pumps and things, you could find sheep and things and hunt them, I'm sure there was an element of building temples to the gods and if you didn't sometimes they send lightening or plagues.

Then I remember having to have build water and fire and hospitals etc which covered a certain area and the house that weren't covered wouldn't 'evolve' this may have been a separate game I definitely played a couple!

Please help it's driving me mad! I've searched online but there's so little to go on!! 😩

Was it called Oregan Trail or something similar?

Is it Caesar per chance?

Age of Empires?

Sim city?

Or maybe not, since you explicitly said it wasn't

Sounds like Caesar

Oh I just noticed the hunting bit ooops!

Age of Gods?
Tribes?
Black and White?

Metropolis?

I think the building part you mentioned with having services cover an area may be Sim City

Was it Zeus?

Sounds like Caesar or maybe one of the Civilization games

Civilisation?

Pharaoh was like that. I used to play it about 15 years ago too.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus:_Master_of_Olympus

There was a sequel called Poseidon.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(video_game) ?

Omg Pharoah. That's taken me right back. I lost endless days to that 😂

Yes! I think it was pharoahs and masters of Olympus!! I need to have a better look when I finish work and work out which year of each it was but I think that's them!!

I may be 30 years old but I'm definitely purchasing both of them again asap! 🤓

Pharaoh! I loved that game so much. There's a simulator version you can download and play somewhere.

Link to someone playing the game (with its cool music)!

Although Caesar looks familiar now too! 😩 there are so many versions of each one it's confusing!!

I think this is Pharaoh although Caesar III had some of these elements.

There was a roman, Greek and Egyptian version.

Lost months to all three.

Completed pharoah though. Was touch and go when the hippos ate my workers.

Heroes III? Sounds like it