Anno 1602: Creation of a New World
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Developers | |
---|---|
Max Design | |
Publishers | |
Retail (Germany) | Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software |
Retail (Europe) | Infogrames |
Retail (North America) | GT Interactive |
Re-releases | Electronic Arts |
Re-releases, digital | Ubisoft |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 24, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | Building, Strategy |
Series | Anno |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Anno 1602 | 1998 |
Anno 1503 | 2002 |
Anno 1701 | 2006 |
Anno 1404 | 2009 |
Anno 2070 | 2011 |
Anno Online | 2013 |
Anno 2205 | 2015 |
Anno 1800 | 2019 |
Anno 1404: History Edition | 2020 |
Anno 1503: History Edition | 2020 |
Anno 1602: History Edition | 2020 |
Anno 1701: History Edition | 2020 |
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building and strategy game in the Anno series.
Key points
- Also called 1602 A.D in North America and Australian territories.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | All 1602 A.D. copies include the "New Islands, New Adventures" expansion. | |||
GOG.com | Includes the "New Islands, New Adventures" expansion.[1] | |||
Ubisoft Store (unavailable) |
- A free German demo can be downloaded here.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
New Islands, New Adventures | ||
By Royal Command[2] |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is 1.05, available from Patches-Scrolls.
Skip intro video
Move, delete or rename file[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ANNO1602 |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME[Note 1] <path-to-game>\Game.dat[Note 1] |
-
Game.dat
stores campaign progress.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Supports only 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Force through dgVoodoo 2. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music and effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Retail version only. | |||
Polish | ||||
Spanish | Retail version only. |
Network
- The game requires DirectPlay to be enabled for multiplayer.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | 4 | Versus |
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Online play | 2 | Versus The official multiplayer service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Peer-to-peer | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Configuration application (Config.exe
) does not run
Run the game (1602.exe ) at least once[3]
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw | 2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 100 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz or higher |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 120 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).