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Anno 1602: Creation of a New World

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Anno 1602: Creation of a New World
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World cover
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
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World on HowLongToBeat
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World on IGDB
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World on MobyGames
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World on Wikipedia
Anno 1602 1998
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Anno 1701 2006
Anno 1404 2009
Anno 2070 2011
Anno Online 2013
Anno 2205 2015
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Anno 1404: History Edition 2020
Anno 1503: History Edition 2020
Anno 1602: History Edition 2020
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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

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Anno 1602 Wiki (German only)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
All 1602 A.D. copies include the "New Islands, New Adventures" expansion.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes the "New Islands, New Adventures" expansion.[1]
Windows
Ubisoft Store (unavailable)
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Windows
A free German demo can be downloaded here.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
New Islands, New Adventures
Windows
By Royal Command[2]
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is 1.05, available from Patches-Scrolls.

Skip intro video

Move, delete or rename file[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\VIDEOSMK.
  2. Move, delete or rename 8.smk.

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
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect

Video

External options menu.
External options menu.

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

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
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]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Smacker Video Technology

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 100 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 120 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6 compatible


Notes

  1. 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).

References

  1. gog.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023
  2. anno.uk.ubi.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023
  3. 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Plok on 2023-01-09