Impressions who developed the game came into there own with Caesar 3. Caesar 2 was a best selling game, but Caesar 3 added a bit more realism to the table and there next 3 games (Pharoah, Zeus, Emperor) all used a modified version of this games engine. Impressions never got battles quite mastered, there games were more God Like and micro management then all-in-1 simulators. Of course Sim City type games started to lose poularity as more and more gamers demanded battles, and so the God games slipped in there popularity
What you get with Caesar 3 is a starting block to a side of gaming now sadly missing in my opinion. With this release there is a chance to get Pharoah, Zeus and Emperor in the future, and when that happens you will have a nice little collection of building block games that any gamer would be proud off. Im certainly not emaressed to say I own these titles and enjoy going back to them from time to time.

It has been patched. Good service from GOG.

I really hope GOG also get Pharaoh/Cleopatra and newer from the series as they are difficult to find outside ebay and similar auction sites leading to people buying copies in a language they do not understand. Some people running WinXP and newer can't get Pharaoh to run if they install the expansion Cleopata. I don't know what is going wrong but would not be surprised if the culprit is the copy protection. As GOG releases are DRM free that would remove this potential game-stopper.

Does re-downloading the game to apply the patch invalidate old saved games?

No, they work fine with the new version.

Are you actually complaining about having MORE games to chose from? Thats a new one!
I agree that it's pretty bad they did not wait to release until they could release a fully patched one, but something is better than nothing. And if you disagree... just don't buy it!

Not to ignite a flame war, but Red_Avatar wasn't complaining about more games to choose from, but about what there is to choose from, saying he/she would have been happier with a harder-to-find gem of the past.
That said, I still say Caesar III has a place here (along with the other Impressions city builders, of course! :-D). It really is a Good Old Game.

Yep, I bought Pharaoh and Cleopatra a few months back but could never get it to run properly on XP nor Windows 7. I would instantly buy that game if it appeared here on GOG, as it is my favourite of the series.
As far Caesar 3, I think it certainly qualifies for inclusion in the catalogue. When I bought my first PC back in 1999, Caesar 3 came free and so was the first game I played on it and was still playing six months later.
Come to think of it the other free game I got was Baldur's Gate, which occupied my gaming for the next year after that. I don't think I actually bought a new game for 2 years after the PC was purchased. Ah, nostalgia.

Hmm, I really liked Caesar 3, Pharao and those other ones.
However, I just can't stop thinking that Caesar 4 was so much better than Caeasar 3... so I might buy this to play at my LPT, but not for any other reason I think.