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Tropico 2: Pirate Cove

As a feared Pirate King, you have to keep both your buccaneers and prisoners under control and send your ships on the prowl for treasury. Apart from an entirely new setting, the official sequel to the original…

86 8 April 2003

Tropico 2: Pirate Cove is a simulator developed by Frog City Software, released 8 April 2003 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Tropico 2: Pirate Cove is

Tropico 2: Pirate Cove is a simulator game developed by Frog City Software and released in 2003. It was published by Gathering of Developers. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

As a feared Pirate King, you have to keep both your buccaneers and prisoners under control and send your ships on the prowl for treasury. Apart from an entirely new setting, the official sequel to the original Tropico offers gameplay improvements, new features and scenarios.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Tropico 2: Pirate Cove holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 89% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.6 GHz, 256 MB of RAM and 128 MB DirectX® 9 graphics card. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.

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What it launched against

Tropico 2: Pirate Cove launched on 8 April 2003, within three weeks of Fire Emblem, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4 and NBA Street Vol. 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Fire Emblem, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, NBA Street Vol. 2.

Cheats and codes

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Tropico 2: Pirate Cove — frequently asked questions

When did Tropico 2: Pirate Cove come out?
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove was released on 8 April 2003 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Tropico 2: Pirate Cove?
At minimum, Tropico 2: Pirate Cove needs 1.6 GHz, 256 MB of RAM, 128 MB DirectX® 9 graphics card graphics, 3 GB of storage.
How many GB is Tropico 2: Pirate Cove?
The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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