Summary As an all-powerful Pirate
King, players must manage a seventeenth century band of buccaneers in
"Tropico 2: Pirate Cove." To attract the most frightening of
history's sea-faring bad boys, Pirate Kings must keep their charges brave
and well-supplied between voyages.
Success in Tropico 2: Pirate Cove
depends on careful management of the pirate population. As dead men earn no
plunder, the King must keep his pirates well equipped for potentially lethal
missions. Sea dogs require muskets, cutlasses, cannons, and the skills to use
them when they venture forth to plunder the Spanish Main. Pirates equipped
with a parrot on their shoulders and a scary black hat are more likely to
strike fear into their victims' hearts.
Requirements Minimum Requirements P500MHz
64MB RAM CD-ROMdrive 1.8GB free disk space
Recommended
Requirements 3D accelerator
Multiplayer Functions
1 Minimum Players
Features Though much of it is based on the original Tropico,
the gameplay is very different. The player runs a pirate island and, as the
Pirate King, must keep the pirates happy while stealing as much booty as
possible. Workers, called captives, are taken on raids, from shipwrecks off
the player's island, or from nations with which an alliance has
been established. They are the lifeblood of the economy, and all construction
and production is done by their hands. They can take on most of the jobs
available, including farmer, lumberjack, and blacksmith, and can even be
promoted to a pirate. Skilled captives may be able to perform more
specialized jobs unskilled captives cannot. Still, the main goal of the game,
other than the objectives stated in a scenario, is to stay in power, much
like the original
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