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  • Re: FREE GAME: Tropico 4

    From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Mon Aug 26 18:55:38 2024
    On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:53:31 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Is it time for another free game?

    It took way too long for you to get this posted. I was sitting in the
    group this morning thinking, "I'll not post. I'll see how long it takes Spalls." 12:53 PM my time? Really?

    You are slipping old man!

    Bwahahahahahaha.

    (Thank you as ever for the free games updates)

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    Zag

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    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Mon Aug 26 17:56:34 2024
    On 8/26/2024 10:53 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Is it time for another free game? Trick question; it's /always/ time
    for another free game! And this time, the free game in question is (drumroll)....


    * Tropico 4
    https://www.gog.com/en/game/tropico_4
    Very little needs be said about this one. The Tropico
    series has been so long running, you likely know what
    it is all about. Rule a tropical island as undisputed
    dictator, and make of it what you will: vacation
    paradise, socialist sanctuary, or third-world hellhole.
    This fourth game is more of a refinement than anything
    else; new maps, a few new buildings, improvements to
    the trading system and disasters, but still the same
    old game. If you liked the formula introduced with
    the earlier games, you'll like this one too. If Tropico
    1-3 didn't hook you, I doubt you'll become a fan with
    number 4.

    Sounds like a village builder so I grabbed since I'm into village
    builders....

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to dtravel@sonic.net on Tue Aug 27 09:19:03 2024
    On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:56:34 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    Sounds like a village builder so I grabbed since I'm into village >builders....

    I like these types of games as well but I never got around to playing
    anything in the Tropico series. There is a good chance that between my
    Steam library and my GOG library I may now own several of these.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Tue Aug 27 18:00:05 2024
    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 23:55 this Monday (GMT):
    On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:53:31 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Is it time for another free game?

    It took way too long for you to get this posted. I was sitting in the
    group this morning thinking, "I'll not post. I'll see how long it takes Spalls." 12:53 PM my time? Really?

    You are slipping old man!

    Bwahahahahahaha.

    (Thank you as ever for the free games updates)


    It's real easy to forget to post updates sometimes (r.a.c.c.)
    --
    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Aug 28 09:15:52 2024
    On 26/08/2024 18:53, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Is it time for another free game? Trick question; it's /always/ time
    for another free game! And this time, the free game in question is (drumroll)....


    * Tropico 4
    https://www.gog.com/en/game/tropico_4
    Very little needs be said about this one. The Tropico
    series has been so long running, you likely know what
    it is all about. Rule a tropical island as undisputed
    dictator, and make of it what you will: vacation
    paradise, socialist sanctuary, or third-world hellhole.
    This fourth game is more of a refinement than anything
    else; new maps, a few new buildings, improvements to
    the trading system and disasters, but still the same
    old game. If you liked the formula introduced with
    the earlier games, you'll like this one too. If Tropico
    1-3 didn't hook you, I doubt you'll become a fan with
    number 4.



    The game is free-to-keep so long as you claim it on GOG within the
    next three days. Don't wait too long, El Presidente!


    I played number 3 and thought it was ok but I can't say I really enjoyed
    it. A shame really as it was genre I used to like having spent many
    hours playing both Caesar III and Pharaoh.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 28 07:40:21 2024
    On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:15:52 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
    wrote:

    I played number 3 and thought it was ok but I can't say I really enjoyed
    it. A shame really as it was genre I used to like having spent many
    hours playing both Caesar III and Pharaoh.

    The original Tropico still works, though it no longer runs in hardware
    mode. My wife still plays it. So does Tropico 2, but that has a pirate
    theme and is harder to get to run (I had to install dgVodoo2 for its
    DirectX wrapper).

    The original Tropico will give you a similar experience to the games you
    list. Old school isometric. Highly recommended.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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