Tropico
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| Developer(s) | PopTop Software |
| Publisher(s) | Gathering of Developers (Win), MacSoft/Feral Interactive[1][2] (Mac) |
| Designer(s) | Phil Steinmeyer |
| License | Proprietary |
| Series | Tropico |
| Version | Win: 1.07[3] |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Mac OS |
| Release date | US 2001-04-26[4] EU 2002-06-27[4] |
| Genre(s) | Construction and management simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
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ESRB: T (Teen) PEGI: 12+ |
| Media | 2 CD-ROMs |
| System requirements | Pentium 2 200MHz, 32MiB RAM, 4MiB VRAM, 1.4GB HD space more... |
| Input methods | Keyboard and mouse |
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Current user rating: 70/100 (1 votes)
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| Publication | Score |
| IGN | 8.8/10 |
Tropico is a construction and management simulation game developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001. It is set in the Caribbean during the cold war.
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[edit] System requirements
[edit] Minimum system requirements (PC)
According to the game manual, in order to run this game your PC must meet or exceed the following requirements:
- Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
- Pentium II 200MHz processor or equivalent
- 32 MiB of RAM
- 1.4 GB free hard disk space
- DirectX 7.0 compatible video card with 4 MiB of VRAM
- DirectX 7.0 compatible sound card
- Keyboard and mouse
[edit] Minimum system requirements (Mac)
According to MacSoft[1], the system requirement for Mac are:
- A 200 MHz processor
- Mac OS 8.1 or higher
- 32 MiB of RAM
- 850 MB free hard drive space
- CD-ROM drive
[edit] Cheats
[edit] Cheat codes
During the game, hold the CTRL key while you type one of the following codes:
- pesos: adds $20,000 to the island's funds
- exacto: opens a window to edit the island's funds (so, more practical than "pesos" to get large amount of money)
- rapido: toggles on/off instant building. It will also let you build buildings for which you don't meet the building requirements.
- contento: increases population happiness by 10 points
- editor: enables the editor (see the editor section below)
- economicdifficulty: edit economic difficulty
- politicaldifficulty: edit political difficulty
[edit] Editor mode
To enable the editor mode, hold down CTRL and type editor. You can then access the following editing tools by pressing the corresponding hotkeys:
- U: add units (spawn people, boats, planes, etc)
- P: "paint" ground (set the ground terrain type)
- V: vegetation editor
- F: fill terrain tool (same as paint but instead of a paintbrush tool this one is a bucket fill tool)
- Z: bulldozer tool
- Shift + O (the letter o): add buildings
- Shift + M: paint minerals (like paint ground but adds minerals into the gound, you can add gold, iron and bauxite)
[edit] Screenshots
