I see that you treasure the classic pieces (Civ2 and Alfa Centauri) and I can agree with you that they rock. Nevertheless, I think you are forgetting Call to power I&II. I have played the sequel so I know that it has wonder movies, decent background music and improved combat system (Pikeman beats a tank? Not in this game (if it's not completely broken already)). You can have 12+12 units (own+enemy's) fighting at the same time and, usually, the most balanced army wins (flanker/defender/artillery...). However, the system doesn't always work perfectly but it's still better than the one in Civ2.
Only thing that CTPII lacks that Civ2 has, is the "magic" and that's why playing CTPII starts to get boring before long. But that game possesses a curse that that makes me try it just this once, time after time. I mean, CTP-games are terribly undervalued. They are not that bad as the reviews say. They are really worth of trying out.
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