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Merchant Colony

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This empire-building strategy game challenges you to found colonies, manage global trade, and compete with rival nations for profit and power.

Merchant Colony was developed by Impressions Games and published by Merit Studios/Impressions for DOS in 1991; no earlier platform release is known.


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Platform
MS-DOS
Released
1991
Perspective
Top-down
Size
293.05 KB
Version
COLONY.EXE
Rating
0 votes

About Merchant Colony

Merchant Colony is a DOS game set in the Age of Exploration where the player assumes a dual role. The objective involves establishing a network of colonies while simultaneously managing a commercial enterprise.

Core activities include constructing ships and using them to transport commodities for trade at various global ports. The player must generate profit from these commercial exchanges to support and expand their colonial holdings. This creates a gameplay loop integrating economic and territorial expansion.

Other nations, controlled by the computer, operate within the same world. These rivals will engage in trade competition and may also initiate military conflicts, adding a challenging strategic layer to the management of both commerce and colonies.

Merchant Colony Screenshots

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Title Screen
Trading Office
Buy Ships
Hire Labor
Create Colonies
Ship Goods
Jump To Locations With Your Map
Use Your File Cabinet
Title Screen (VGA 16 Colors)
Menu (VGA 16 Colors)