Pharaoh
Pharaoh is a 1999 strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment.
Pharaoh is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Impressions Games, released 2 November 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Pharaoh is
Pharaoh is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Impressions Games and released in 1999. It was published by Sierra Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pharaoh is an isometric city-building game released in November 1999. It was created by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Studios for Microsoft Windows. Using the same game engine and principles of Caesar III, it is the first such game in Sierra's City Building series to focus on another civilization of ancient times. Players oversee the construction and management of cities and settlements in Ancient Egypt, micro-managing every aspect of the city to ensure citizens are fed, employed, healthy and protected from diseases, disasters and wars. An expansion pack, Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile, was released in 2000, developed by BreakAway Games. In 2001, both the game and expansion pack…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Pharaoh holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Players rate it 78, 8 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 240 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM and DirectX 7 Compatible 3D Card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Pharaoh launched on 2 November 1999, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version and The Longest Journey. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, The Longest Journey.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pharaoh yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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