Conquest of the New World
Interesting gameplay featuring exploration, management and combat Infinite replayability on customizable, computer-generated worlds Discovering the uncharted during the Age of Exploration era
Conquest of the New World is a strategy developed by Quicksilver Software, released 31 March 1996 on DOS and Mac.
What Conquest of the New World is
Conquest of the New World is a strategy game developed by Quicksilver Software and released in 1996. It was published by Interplay Entertainment. It is available on DOS and Mac.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Conquest of the New World is a video game produced by Interplay Productions and released in 1996. It is a strategy game, involving one or more players either by hotseat, on LAN, modem, or even PBEM (play-by-email). The game starts in the year 1493 and deals with the discovery and conquest of the Americas.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Conquest of the New World holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 84% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Conquest of the New World launched on 31 March 1996, within three weeks of Resident Evil, Duke Nukem 3D, Kirby Super Star and Descent II. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil, Duke Nukem 3D, Kirby Super Star, Descent II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Conquest of the New World yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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