They don't make them like they used to right? Caesar III is a classic and you can play it with plenty of enhancements with Julius. What is it? a fully working open-source version of Caesar 3, with the same logic as the original, but with some UI enhancements, that can be played on multiple platforms.
Pictured - Caesar III with Julius on Linux
The full list of what's new and improved:
General improvements
- The game now enters military mode when going to a legion with hotkey
- Water range is always shown when building a reservoir, even when it cannot be placed
- Added on-screen notice when a screenshot is saved
- Editor: allowed map editors to set player rank to "Caesar"
- Campaign: Brundisium can now be played for 2 years after winning the mission
- Added option to invert direction of right-click-to-drag-map
- Added command line options:
--fullscreen
starts the game fullscreen--display ID
start the game on the specified display; ID starts counting from 0- Android: enabled setting display scale on tablets
- Windows: improved fullscreen handling: the game no longer scrolls when the mouse moves out of the window on Alt-Tab
Language improvements
- Added support for Czech, Greek and Japanese
- Added support for Russian editor files
Bugfixes
- Fixed clone building hotkey not honoring disallowed buildings
- Fixed crash when Caesar 3 settings contain an invalid advisor
- Fixed sounds in videos on big endian systems
- Fixed multiple horn sounds on large invasions
- Fixed water buildings sometimes getting corrupted
- Fixed trees not forming forest on elevation
- Fixed visual inconsistencies on some building animations
- Fixed Android app not honoring rotation lock
Technical improvements
- Upgraded SDL to 2.32.8, SDL_mixer to 2.8.1
- Android: upgraded build tools and SDK version
Check it out on the GitHub page.
You do need the original game to play with this enhanced game engine which you can grab from GOG or Steam.
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Julius is awesome.
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Caesar 3 is still the best.
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Is this also for Pharao, Zeus and Emperor?
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I had a lot of fun playing through Pharao a couple years ago, so I might need to give this a try.
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@Tevur No, but I just noticed these two projects exist:
https://github.com/dalerank/Akhenaten (for Pharaoh)
https://github.com/MaurycyLiebner/eZeus (for Zeus)
So I'm very excited about it, as I like them a lot more (I didn't play Caesar III at the time), but didn't tried those yet!
Last edited by Cyril on 9 Aug 2025 at 12:37 am UTC
https://github.com/dalerank/Akhenaten (for Pharaoh)
https://github.com/MaurycyLiebner/eZeus (for Zeus)
So I'm very excited about it, as I like them a lot more (I didn't play Caesar III at the time), but didn't tried those yet!
Last edited by Cyril on 9 Aug 2025 at 12:37 am UTC
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I'm gonna advertise my work a bit here then, for I have a set of python scripts that allow one to automate the compilation and install of julius (and some other free game reimplementation) in fedora and debian systems https://codeberg.org/b10p1x3l/ludotheke
Just in case it's useful for someone
Just in case it's useful for someone
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