1999 software being so unbearably ancient that they practically have to give it away, you see. Anyway, since I'd lost my copy of Civ II somewhere along the way, I picked it up. The movies upon completing Wonders of the World are gone, as are the palace rewards, the city views, and the gyrating representatives during diplomatic interludes. The talking heads are apparently coming back with Civ III, but are now done by Poser or some such program.
Humans can still paint and draw much, much better-looking things than computers can render.
I'll take pixelly art from ten years ago over today's polygon meshes any day of the week. The music has gone downhill, too. They've all been replaced by muzak. Not to say that the changes Civ II made were all bad. The isometric view Civ II introduced was an improvement, and I liked seeing the new icons for cities and units, if not for city structures.