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1503 A.D.: The New World

aka: Anno 1503, Anno 1503: De Nieuwe Wereld, Anno 1503: El Nuevo Mundo, Anno 1503: Il Nuovo Mondo, Anno 1503: Le Nouveau Monde, Anno 1503: Nowy Swiat, Anno 1503: The New World
Moby ID: 7613

Trivia

Multiplayer

When Anno 1503 was released, there was no multiplayer-mode included - officially... In fact, they placed a file in their /data directory which enables it. The mode was not finished. It lacked a lot of features, balancing and so on. But they wanted to get some feedback from their fans without starting an official beta test. So they hoped a small group of people found out and offered feedback.

Source Code

The Anno 1503 source code is about 400,000 lines long - almost everything coded by just two coders. And the graphician, Ulli Koller, has studied architecture - thus the very detailed buildings.

Awards

  • 4Players
    • 2002– Biggest Disappointment of the Year
  • German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany)
    • 2002 - Gold Award for selling more than 100.000 units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
    • 2002 - Platinum Award for selling more than 200.000 units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
    • 2004 - Special Award for selling more than 500.000 units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Additional information contributed by Xoleras

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Trivia contributed by Felix Knoke, Patrick Bregger.