Masters of the World I: The Merchant Prince (PC - 3.5" Disk)

by IBM

Product Features

• Historical And Random World Maps Along With Land And Naval Trade Routes
• Four Players, Modem Play, Strong Artificial Intelligence And Complete Scoring History
• Build Your Own Road System - Worldwide!
• Manipulate The Local Politicians And Inspire The Church And People.
• 3.5" Diskette (MS-DOS) - Copyright 1993 QQP, Inc.

Product Details

• ASIN: B000A0X6RO
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,718 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Explore The World! Your family can rule the high seas, and crush the competition in this all out, global conquest game. You embark from your center and establish trade routes. But, this is only the beginning. Your popularity is at stake as you involve yourself with the church and state. The others in power say you can't do it - Do you have the strength? Delve into the political power struggle, entrench yourself in the ruling establishment of the church, and trade in exotic commerce to become the Master Of The World - "The Merchant Prince".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars A good game, but the immediate sequel was better, May 3, 2007

By 

Leon Baradat "Homebrewer" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Masters of the World I: The Merchant Prince (PC - 3.5" Disk) (CD-ROM)

This is a fun game of trade and skulduggery that can provide hours of fun play. However, shortly after its release, QQP was sold and the game was rereleased under the title Machiavelli: The Prince. Machiavelli is basically this game with better graphics and music, and a few tinkerings with its UI. Merchant Prince is worthwhile if you want to see an early version of the game; it also runs better in Windows than Machiavelli, so if you don't want to use an emulator (Machiavelli runs well in DOSBox) you may prefer Merchant Prince. But otherwise, Machiavelli is the way to go.