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Chris Beatrice Interview: Impressions Games, Caesar, and the Art of Building Living Cities

Chris Beatrice interview cover with his portrait and Caesar II, Caesar III and Pharaoh screenshots

Interview by David, Retro Replay. A wheat field had to move inside a tiny tile. A Roman city had to feel alive without burying the player in detail. An aqueduct had to look convincing while being assembled from just a handful of graphics. For Chris Beatrice, the art of those early strategy games was inseparable from finding practical solutions that made a world readable, appealing, and enjoyable to inhabit. Beatrice joined Impressions… Read more