Tropical America
Tropical America is a game that fuses the new world of video games to a compelling past through a journey to unravel the mysteries of the Americas. Your journey begins as the sole survivor of a terrible…
Tropical America is an adventure developed by OnRamp Arts, released 31 December 2002 on Web browser.
What Tropical America is
Tropical America is an adventure game developed by OnRamp Arts and released in 2002. It is available on Web browser only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tropical America is a game that fuses the new world of video games to a compelling past through a journey to unravel the mysteries of the Americas. Your journey begins as the sole survivor of a terrible massacre - you must find four pieces of evidence to bring justice to the memory of your small village. Developed in collaboration with Los Angeles artists, teachers, writers and high school students, the game features a bilingual, thematic gameplay, accompanied by an online database of educational resource materials, source texts and imagery.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Tropical America launched on 31 December 2002, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2 and Space Rangers.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2, Space Rangers.
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