_ 1 . html | title = Y ahoo ▁- ▁L oki ▁To ▁La unch ▁Activ ision ' s ▁`` C ivil ization : ▁Call ▁To ▁Power ▁for ▁Linux | date = A pril ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 | website = web . archive . org }} </ ref > ▁Pre - orders ▁were ▁collected ▁by ▁L oki ▁and ▁via ▁Game Cell ar . ▁The ▁port ▁was ▁set ▁to ▁ship ▁in ▁the ▁week ▁of ▁April ▁ 2 6 , ▁but ▁the ▁date ▁was ▁post pon ed ▁by ▁a ▁week ▁to ▁include ▁bug ▁fixes ▁by ▁Activ ision . ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 5 , ▁L oki ▁announced ▁it ▁had ▁begun ▁sh ipping . ▁It ▁was ▁distributed ▁in ▁Europe ▁via ▁S USE ▁by ▁Media ▁Mark t ▁and ▁other ▁ret ail ers . ▁It ▁marked ▁the ▁avail ability ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁major ▁commercial ▁video ▁game ▁for ▁the ▁Linux ▁platform . ▁A ▁Be OS ▁port ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁to ▁exist . ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁also ▁released ▁for ▁Mac int osh . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Civil ization : ▁Call ▁to ▁Power ▁was ▁the ▁ 1 6 th - best - s elling ▁computer ▁game ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁According ▁to ▁PC ▁Data , ▁a ▁firm ▁that ▁track ed ▁sales ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁it ▁sold ▁ 2 9 3 , 0 4 6 ▁units ▁by ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 0 .