Trivia
The game came with a collection of biographical sketches of (in)famous world leaders such as Fidel Castro and Eva Peron.
Contributed by
Santa 
(847) on May 27, 2006.
The game was meant to be named Banana Republic, but it had to be changed to Tropico since there is a clothes brand named Banana Republic.
Contributed by
Jiguryo (36) on Oct 18, 2001.
Tropico designer Phil Steinmeyer contributed a running series of articles to Computer Games magazine throughout the games development. His topics ranged from play balance to determining and managing system requirements. He even mentions designing the box and the reasons for the general/no general versions.
Contributed by
ClydeFrog (10174) on Jun 10, 2001.
The German version of the cover has a Castro-ish dictator standing on the island.
