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You are an explorer in the New World. At the very beginning you are greeted with the "Symphony of the New World" (by Antonin Dvoržak). Next, the computer tells you why, when and how you got there, and what your mission is.
It is quite simple, really:
You landed in Florida (as one of the Spanish expeditions really did) and will discover new territories. At the end you must return to the Gulf of Mexico in time, otherwise the ship that should take you back to Europe will be gone!
On your expedition you will encounter many natives. They will be either friendly or unfriendly (you'll see the number in the bottom left corner). If they are at least neutral, you can explore that place (finding new plants and animals – and naming them).
From time to time you'll also need to rest and trade for supplies. You can also plunder, but that won't get you far!
There are several quizzes within the game, that you must answer – for extra points. Read everything that appears on the screen, because at the end, your knowledge will be tested – again for extra points. There is also another bonus – there are four pieces of a medallion you should try and find.
I'd give Discovering America a 4. It's a nice game, and you can learn a lot, but once you reach the top score... you probably won't go back and replay it!
When you unzip the game you must install it!
Now this is an old game, so it thinks it is on a floppy disk, so the installation can be done only from drive a: or drive b:!
There are two ways of installing it:
1 – copy the game to a floppy and install from there
2 – use DOSBox and mount the directory of the install program as drive b:
(eg. mount b: c:\DA) and (mount g: c:)
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