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Syndicate

Released: 1993
Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: Bullfrog Productions
Author(s): Sean Cooper, Phillip Jones, Chris Hill, Paul McLaughlin, Russell Shaw, Peter Molyneux, Kevin Buckner.

Set in the year 2096, the world is divided into regions controlled by a handful of corporations. In Syndicate, you work for one of these, making use of a mind-altering chip to control your populace. Syndicate puts you in control of up to four agents who are tasked with missions to subvert the locals, take out rival syndicate members, pursuade and capture scientists, and much more!

As you succeed in the 50 included missions, you can set taxes on your controlled regions to raise funds for your syndicate which can then be used to buy better tech for your agents. But be careful not to overtax or the citizens will revolt!


Introduction (VGA, Sound Blaster)

 

An expansion pack called American Revolt arrived in 1994 with 21 more missions plus 10 network-multiplayer ones. It's set after the events of the Syndicate main game, EuroCorp now have control over all of North and South America. The citizens are rebelling due to the high taxes and dangerous streets. You work for EuroCorp and have the task of stopping a massive revolt that could overthrow your syndicate.

System Requirements Intel 80386 CPU (33 MHz or higher recommended), 4 MB RAM, DOS 3.3 or higher, VGA graphics.
Audio support: Ad Lib, Sound Blaster.
Peripheral support: Keyboard and mouse essential.
Original Media 3.5" 1.44 MB (DS/HD) floppy disks
Installed Size (MB) -

From where can it be run?

Syndicate must be installed to your hard disk. Insert the first floppy disk and run INSTALL.EXE.

 

Copy Protection

Syndicate does not come with any copy protection.

 

How to Setup

 

Problems

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To Quit the Game

Press ESC until you are on the main menu, and then select 'Exit Game'.

 

Supporting Documents

 

Save Games

You can save your progress between missions from the main menu using the Save/Load Game option.

 

Versions of the game known to exist