High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sid Meier`s Civilization II is a turn-based strategy video game designed by Brian Reynolds, Douglas Caspian-Kaufman and Jeff Briggs. Although it is a sequel to Sid Meier`s Civilization, neither Sid Meier nor Bruce Shelley was involved in its development. The game`s working title was Civilization 2000. Civilization II was first released in 1996 for the PC and later ported to the Sony PlayStation. In 2002, Atari re-released the game for newer operating systems, such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The Multiplayer Gold Edition was included in the Civilization Chronicles box set released in 2006.