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== Reception == {{Video game reviews | PCGUS = 85%<ref name=pcgamerus>{{cite journal | author=Meredith, Gary | journal=[[PC Gamer US]] | url=http://www.pcgamer.com:80/reviews/943.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000226113638/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/943.html | archive-date=February 26, 2000 | title=''Sid Meier's Colonization'' | date=January 1995 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | CGW = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=cgw>{{cite magazine| author=Black, Randall |title=Toiling for Lady Liberty |date=December 1994 |issue=125| magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | pages=304, 306, 307, 309, 310 }}</ref> | NGen = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=nextgen>{{cite journal |author=Staff | title=Rating; ''Colonization'' |journal=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=1 |page=94 |date=January 1995}}</ref> }} Sales of ''Sid Meier's Colonization'' surpassed 350,000 copies by September 1997.<ref name=salesbatch>{{cite press release | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980120114349/http://www.microprose.com/corporatedesign/press/conquer.html | url=http://www.microprose.com:80/corporatedesign/press/conquer.html | title=Microprose Ships ''Conquer the Skies'' and ''Conquer the World'', Two Compilations of Top-Selling, Award-Winning Simulation and Strategy Games | date=September 16, 1997 | archive-date=January 20, 1998 | publisher=[[Microprose]] | location=[[Alameda, California]] | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1996, ''Colonization'' was ranked the fourth best game of all time by ''[[Amiga Power]]''.<ref>Amiga Power magazine issue 64, [[Future Publishing]], August 1996.</ref> It was named the 52nd best computer game ever by ''[[PC Gamer UK]]'' in 1997.<ref name=pcgameruktop100>{{cite magazine |author1=Flynn, James |author2=Owen, Steve |author3=Pierce, Matthew |author4=Davis, Jonathan |author5=Longhurst, Richard | magazine=[[PC Gamer UK]] | title=The ''PC Gamer'' Top 100 |date=July 1997 | issue=45 | pages=51β83 }}</ref> ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' stated that "MPS Labs borrowed heavily from classic hits of the past to create a surprisingly addictive title with a flavor all its own."<ref name=nextgen/> {{-}}
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