Caesar II
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| Developers | |
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| Impressions Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Sierra On-Line |
| Digital | Activision |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | September 14, 1995 |
| Windows | September 14, 1995 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 1996 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | February 9, 2017[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Building |
| Themes | Egypt, Europe, Classical |
| Series | Caesar |
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| Caesar | |
|---|---|
| Subseries of City Building (Sierra) | |
| Caesar | 1992 |
| Caesar II | 1995 |
| Caesar III | 1998 |
| Caesar IV | 2006 |
Caesar II is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building game in the Caesar series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
- A free demo version of the DOS release is available from GameFront.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\RESOURCE.CFG |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\RESOURCE.CFG[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | <path-to-game>\RESOURCE.CFG |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\*.sav |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\*.sav[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | <path-to-game>\*.sav |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | Retail only. | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Polish | Local retail version only. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 2 | Windows only. |
| WinG | ||
| DOS video modes | SVGA |
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Smacker |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 80486SX 25 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB | |
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 80486DX2 66 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
| Mac OS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | ||
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Release: Caesar & Caesar II - GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-04-01