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The 3rd Millennium

The player is political leader in the year 2001. The world is divided into 31 different states over 5 large countries. Their task is to become governor of their state and president of the world. The gameplay…

31 December 1997

The 3rd Millennium is a simulator developed by Cryo Interactive, released 31 December 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The 3rd Millennium is

The 3rd Millennium is a simulator game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1997. It was published by Amber Company. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player is political leader in the year 2001. The world is divided into 31 different states over 5 large countries. Their task is to become governor of their state and president of the world. The gameplay is similar to other 4X strategies like the Civilization series. The isometric world map is accurate to 2500 square kilometres. The representation of the game's elements is based on "actual census, socio-economic and ecological projections for the period 2000 to 2500". the game is management first, and storyline second
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate). It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The 3rd Millennium launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

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When did The 3rd Millennium come out?
The 3rd Millennium was released on 31 December 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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