Anno 1602: Creation of a New World
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| Developers | |
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| 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 |
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| ⤏ 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. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Includes the "New Islands, New Adventures" expansion.[1] | |
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| Ubisoft Store (unavailable) | |
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- A free German demo can be downloaded here.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| New Islands, New Adventures | |
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| 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] |
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Game.datstores campaign progress.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Ubisoft Connect |
Video
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 |
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. |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Smacker |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).