Ascaron has issued an english playable demo of
Port Royale, allowing you to try out this recent empire-building RTS sim. The demo lets you "try your hand at real-time 16th and 17th Century piracy, trading, construction, and buccaneering".
Gamer's Hell Local Download:
Port Royale Demo (94 MB)
Ascaron Software presents
Port Royale Demo
(c) Ascaron Entertainment GmbH 2003
Please visit us at "http://www.ascaron.com"
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DirectX 8.1 or higher
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Please make sure that DirectX 8.1 or higher is installed on your Computer.
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System Requirements
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Minimum:
PII-450, 64 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM, Windows 98/2000/Me/XP, DirectX8.1,
video card with at least 16 MB RAM (compatible to DirectX8.1), Sound card (compatible to DirectX8.1), Harddrive with at least 250 MB free space
Recommended:
PIII-900, 128 MB RAM, 8X CD-ROM, High performance Video card with at least 32 MB RAM
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Graphics Cards
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Please use the newest available video card drivers for your system.
Port Royale needs a 3D-card and will only run on 3D-capable cards with a minimum of 16 MB Video RAM.
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Voodoo graphics Cards
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There is a known issue with Voodoo graphics cards and new operating systems, basically due to the fact that there are no officially supported drivers for these cards available for WindowsXP, nor for DirectX 8.x and newer.
There are some unofficial drivers available, some work to a certain extent, others not at all.
Unfortunately all of the above are Voodoo issues, and they cannot be solved by ASCARON. Port Royale (like the majority of new software releases) needs a properly installed system with fully working drivers and DirectX 8.1 or better.