Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
There are some games that you played as a child that never left you and imprinted themselves into your soul. And when you're a huge nerd, these games are about building ancient cities.
Check out Playhead North's channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCE_A3hA36eQN6TkKMKj3A1w
0:00 - 3:13 - Intro
3:13 - 10:31 - Caesar 3
10:31 15:50 - Pharaoh
15:50 - 35:07 - Zeus
35:07 - 43:35 - Emperor
43:35 - 45:45 - The joys of voice acting
45:45 - 48:20 -Nebuchadnezzar
48:20 - 49:39 - Outro
Music used:
Cities: Skylines:
Main Theme
Caesar 3:
Dirt Roads, Overture
Pharaoh:
ADVENT, Agbj, AMAKH, AMBER
Zeus: Master of Olympus:
Menu Theme, Afigisi, Amolfi, Battle 1, Battle 2, Battle 3, Battle 4, Battle Long, Battle Long 2, Eilavia
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom:
San Xuan, Journey of the Gu Qin
Nebuchadnezzar:
Track 1, Track 2
Killer7:
Russian Roulette
Channels I borrowed footage from:
National Geographic (intro)
youtube.com/c/NatGeo
Benjamin Magnus Games (Caesar 4)
youtube.com/c/BenjaminMagnusGames
Finom (PL Caesar voices)
youtube.com/channel/UCXw0iaaoWbQiBH0i60f4QmA
Piotr Zelek (Zeus PL voices)
youtube.com/channel/UC22DrqiI8wiyh4e45lkmGkQ
GamerZakh (widescreen Pharaoh)
youtube.com/c/GamerZakh
SergiuHellDragonHQ (Elite housing in Zeus)
youtube.com/c/SergiuHellDragoonHQ
roguehwz (Atlantis that actually looks nice)
youtube.com/user/roguehwz
VoloundExpondus (widescreen Caesar)
youtube.com/c/VoloundExpounds
NormalnieNienormalny (PL Emperor voices)
youtube.com/channel/UCEZDLs5RUgroWLs_3SBeNMw
#CityBuilderGames #ImpressionGames #LastMinuteEssays
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Last Minute Essays is a creative project of mine, made solely because I know people prefer listening to rambling to reading it. And there's a lot of rambling that comes out of my brain which I want to get out into the world somehow.
You can find me on Twitter - @CuteMutePrude
twitter.com/CuteMutePrude
I cohost Twitch streams at Council Mechanica
twitch.tv/councilmechanica
Help me boost my ego (I found a job, no longer starving)
patreon.com/LastMinuteEssays
ko-fi.com/cutemuteprude
There are some games that you played as a child that never left you and imprinted themselves into your soul. And when you're a huge nerd, these games are about building ancient cities.
Check out Playhead North's channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCE_A3hA36eQN6TkKMKj3A1w
0:00 - 3:13 - Intro
3:13 - 10:31 - Caesar 3
10:31 15:50 - Pharaoh
15:50 - 35:07 - Zeus
35:07 - 43:35 - Emperor
43:35 - 45:45 - The joys of voice acting
45:45 - 48:20 -Nebuchadnezzar
48:20 - 49:39 - Outro
Music used:
Cities: Skylines:
Main Theme
Caesar 3:
Dirt Roads, Overture
Pharaoh:
ADVENT, Agbj, AMAKH, AMBER
Zeus: Master of Olympus:
Menu Theme, Afigisi, Amolfi, Battle 1, Battle 2, Battle 3, Battle 4, Battle Long, Battle Long 2, Eilavia
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom:
San Xuan, Journey of the Gu Qin
Nebuchadnezzar:
Track 1, Track 2
Killer7:
Russian Roulette
Channels I borrowed footage from:
National Geographic (intro)
youtube.com/c/NatGeo
Benjamin Magnus Games (Caesar 4)
youtube.com/c/BenjaminMagnusGames
Finom (PL Caesar voices)
youtube.com/channel/UCXw0iaaoWbQiBH0i60f4QmA
Piotr Zelek (Zeus PL voices)
youtube.com/channel/UC22DrqiI8wiyh4e45lkmGkQ
GamerZakh (widescreen Pharaoh)
youtube.com/c/GamerZakh
SergiuHellDragonHQ (Elite housing in Zeus)
youtube.com/c/SergiuHellDragoonHQ
roguehwz (Atlantis that actually looks nice)
youtube.com/user/roguehwz
VoloundExpondus (widescreen Caesar)
youtube.com/c/VoloundExpounds
NormalnieNienormalny (PL Emperor voices)
youtube.com/channel/UCEZDLs5RUgroWLs_3SBeNMw
#CityBuilderGames #ImpressionGames #LastMinuteEssays
==============
Last Minute Essays is a creative project of mine, made solely because I know people prefer listening to rambling to reading it. And there's a lot of rambling that comes out of my brain which I want to get out into the world somehow.
You can find me on Twitter - @CuteMutePrude
twitter.com/CuteMutePrude
I cohost Twitch streams at Council Mechanica
twitch.tv/councilmechanica
Help me boost my ego (I found a job, no longer starving)
patreon.com/LastMinuteEssays
ko-fi.com/cutemuteprude
