# cc94: a remake of Sid Meier's Colonization

> cc94 remakes the 1994 Sid Meier's Colonization game for web browsers and Linux. Its source implements game and editor controls, while play depends on graphics files from a copy of the original game. The author labels version 0.2.0 an early preview.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/institution/cc94>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/institution/cc94/blob/b3ca8a3b9691e569e06366837d7cbe1e863c0f1c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cc94-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cc94-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/cc94-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A copy of Sid Meier's Colonization is required for its original graphics files.
- **Prerequisites:** The Linux native build requires libboost-serialization-dev and libsdl2-dev.
- **Limits:** Version 0.2.0 is described as an early preview.
- **License:** AGPL-3.0-or-later.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/institution/cc94/blob/b3ca8a3b9691e569e06366837d7cbe1e863c0f1c/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/institution/cc94/blob/b3ca8a3b9691e569e06366837d7cbe1e863c0f1c/Makefile>

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