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East India Company (2009)
http://www.eic-game.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company_(video_game)
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/East_India_Company
https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/30/east-india-company-review
https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/east-india-company-review/1900-6214998/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/east-india-company
https://www.mobygames.com/game/east-india-company-pirate-bay
https://www.mobygames.com/game/east-india-company-privateer
https://www.mobygames.com/game/east-india-company-battle-of-trafalgar
https://www.moddb.com/games/east-india-company
https://www.moddb.com/games/east-india-company/downloads
https://www.moddb.com/games/east-india-company/downloads/east-india-company
3rd party fix to get steam version with the dlc expansions working
https://www.gamepressure.com/games/east-india-company/z31de9
https://www.gamepressure.com/games/game-downloads.asp?ID=7657
various patches, trainers & demo
East India Company - ENG
GAME DEMO 792.4 MB 01/08/2009
Genre(s) Real-time strategy
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
East India Company is a real-time strategy video game developed by Finnish company Nitro Games and published by Paradox Interactive.
It was released on July 31, 2009 in North America and on August 14, 2009 in Europe.
The game is based on the history of European conquest of South Asia and Southeast Asia by means of their East India Companies. In the game, the player takes on the role of the Governor Director of the East Indies.
The task is to conquer India and establish a trade empire to rule over all others.
The game features real-time naval combat when enemy ships engage the player's fleets, and real-time land combat when the enemy tries to invade one of the player's colonies. East India Company combines trading, naval warfare, and management. Players can create a fleet to conquer the enemy with powerful warships and privateers.
There are eight playable nations to choose from: Britain, France, The Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Holy Roman Empire and Spain. Tasks may be given by the company or the crown to do various missions including diplomacy, war, and trade. The game is mainly based in the Indian Subcontinent.
There are 11 ship types in the game, including the schooner, sloop, brig, East Indiaman, frigate, and ship of the line.
A Designer's Cut was made available for download on October 27, 2009. It offers several additional features.
East India Company Collection Gold includes
East India Company Game & 3 expansions:
Pirate Bay, Battle of Trafalgar, Privateer
http://replaynow.topware.com/en/east-india-company-collection-gold.html
Retail game DRM no longer works on Windows 10.
Replacement Game executable required.
East India Company Release Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrPk3qEcX3I
East India Company: Privateer Release Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=495TNKkZmD4
East India Company Collection Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL0bRBmquzo
In East India Company, you assume the role of Governor Director and seek to ship precious cargo to Europe in order to amass vast wealth. Build your fleet, establish connections to distant countries, and dominate the other rival empires. With mighty fleets at your command, the power to choose between diplomacy and war is yours. Fight, Manage, Rule.
East India Company - Multiplayer video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yafe5WoXZQ8
East India Company Gameplay PC HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc6phu8vVFg
Throneful
Dec 9, 2012
East India Company PC Gameplay HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFzhJl7ecHQ
East India Company PC Gameplay HD.
East India Company is a real-time strategy computer game developed by Finnish company Nitro Games and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on July 31, 2009 in North America with an August 14, 2009 scheduled release date for Europe.
The game is based on the history of European conquest of South Asia and Southeast Asia by means of their East India Companies. In the game, the player takes on the role of the Governor Director of the East Indies. The task is to conquer India and establish a trade empire to rule over all others.
The game features real-time naval combat when enemy ships engage the player's fleets, and real-time land combat when the enemy tries to invade one of the player's colonies. East India Company combines trading, naval warfare, and management. Players can create a fleet to conquer the enemy with powerful warships and privateers.
East India Company Video tutorial #1 - Fight, manage and rule!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGawooSkRZU
East India Company Video Tutorial #2 - Overall strategy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muJ1Y-X7odE
East India Company Video tutorial # 3 - Ports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0FmFgf1qYk
East India Company Video tutorial # 4 - RTS Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSzSxuDV23c&list=PL7AF5460CCF3FA772&index=8
East India Company Video tutorial # 5 - Direct Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwfTwOI48z8&list=PL7AF5460CCF3FA772&index=6
East India Company Video tutorial #6 - Trade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRgWQ6FGzio
East India Company Video tutorial # 7 - Diplomacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGAQBbBKX0A
East india Company Video Tutorial # 8 - The Ships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOhyM8b-kPQ
Paradox Interactive
East India Company playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7AF5460CCF3FA772
E3 2009 East India Company Part1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIxE7TWN8t0
E3 2009 East India Company Part2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOA-0NxIBas
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Steam
East India Company
https://store.steampowered.com/app/25930/East_India_Company/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/25930/discussions/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/25930/screenshots/
https://store.steampowered.com/manual/25930
Genre: Strategy
Release Date: 31 Jul, 2009
Reading Game Steam User Comments may be userful
as well as the discussion forum.
About This Game
In East India Company, players will enjoy building the World's most powerful trading empire & engaging in vigorous battles in both single player & multiplayer modes, all within a breathtaking cinematic game environment.
Players will fight, manage, and rule nations from Europe to the Far East with eight nationalities to chose from: British, Dutch, French, Danish, Portuguese, Swedish, Spanish, and the Holy Roman Empire. Starting modestly, you will build your fleet, establish connections to far away countries, and keep the rivaling nations at bay. Choose from a wide array of ship classes, including a variety of transport and military vessels. Create diverse fleets and assign each of them specific trading routes. Control and upgrade well situated ports as you form your strategy for domination.
Conflicts and wars are inevitable. When hostile fleets engage each other, the spectacular naval battles are fought from a real-time tactical level. Devastating broadsides are fired with a deafening roar and cannon balls tear through enemy ships and their crew. For greater tactical depth, command your ship and give independent orders to each of your fleets. Fight against the other European powers to create a trading empire that will rule above all others in this groundbreaking strategy war game!
Features:
Spectacular cinematic & epic naval battles
2 Command Modes: Give orders to all your ships in RTS or take the helm of a single ship in Direct Command-mode.
Unique combination of war & trading
State of the art diplomacy AI
8 playable nations: England, France, Holland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Spain & the Holy Roman Empire
Over 10 realistic ship types; from small sloops and cutters to East Indiaman and warships
Realistic yet fast-paced naval combat
Hire fleet commanders who will gain new skills & increase the abilities of your fleets
Take over ports & protect your shipping routes to create largest trading empire
Multiplayer (Internet or LAN):
Up to 8 simultaneous players
Player statistics tracked on the EIC game server
Several game modes with single & team approach
Raise your ranking by thwarting your opponents
Head-to-Head missions are a true test of strategic skill
FIGHT!
Use Military might to build your trading empire
Command ships & fleets independently
Wage war on the vast open sea
Sink your rivals' ship or board them to take control
MANAGE!
Hire fleet commanders to boost your fleet's abilities
User commander skills to give you an edge in battles
Upgrade your ports with new buildings
Buy & Sell goods
Establish profitable trading routes
Open diplomatic relations or declare War
Negotiate tense political situation
RULE!
Lead the most powerful company in history
Take over colonies & expand your empire
Use well modeled diplomacy to exert your power
Conquer strategic ports
Accomplish missions ordered by your company or the Crown
System Requirements
Minimum:
OS: Windows® XP
Processor: 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium processor or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
Memory: 1GB
Graphics: 128 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible or better video card with pixelshader 2.0
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: approx. 6 GB
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Recommended:
OS: Windows® XP/Vista
Processor: 2.0 GHz dual core processor
Memory: 2GB
Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible or better video card with pixelshader 3.0
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: approx. 6 GB
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Packages that include this game
Buy East India Company Complete
Includes 4 items:
East India Company
East India Company: Battle of Trafalgar
East India Company: Pirate Bay
East India Company: Privateer
Content For This Game:
East India Company: Pirate Bay
https://store.steampowered.com/app/25940/East_India_Company_Pirate_Bay/
East India Company: Battle of Trafalgar
https://store.steampowered.com/app/42820/East_India_Company_Battle_of_Trafalgar/
East India Company: Privateer
https://store.steampowered.com/app/42800/East_India_Company_Privateer/
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https://steamcommunity.com/app/25930/discussions/
Game Steam discussion forum has multiple posts about a Steam game
update - unable to run DLCs issue
East india company DLC fix
https://steamcommunity.com/app/25930/discussions/0/1762481957312253333/
26 Jul, 2018
recommends installing
vcredist_x64.exe
vcredist_x86.exe
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Packages
(visual studio 2008 files)
see thread for full info
also
https://www.moddb.com/games/east-india-company/downloads/east-india-company
3rd party fix - run the steam version with the expansions working
(Use Retail game version files instead)
Google search on
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable
found this current link
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/download/details.aspx?id=26368
Version: 9.0
vcredist_x86.exe 4.3 MB
vcredist_x64.exe 5.0 MB
Date Published: 12/05/2021
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Any Game Graphic glitches, using say dgVoodoo2 wrapper
is one possible generic game solution
dgVoodoo2 wrapper
http://dege.freeweb.hu/
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/DgVoodoo_2
dgVoodoo General support forum
https://www.vogons.org/viewforum.php?f=59
also
DirectX 9C full installer
DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
retail game disk version may be outdated
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East India Company: Battle - Britain vs Pirates - 01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-luPFINJjSI
Engioc-Games
May 25, 2011
runtime 7:17
This was a battle late in the game in the free campaign mode. Just one year before the campaign ends and I came across this pretty powerful pirate fleet, 2 90-gun ships of the line, 2 galleons, and 1 indiaman, but with 5 90-gun ships of the line in my own fleet the pirate was out gunned.
Ship to ship combat is one of the best aspects of East India Company and while I gather many people used the auto resolve feature to avoid combat I really loved it once I got used to the controls and making use of the Direct Command mode.
You'll notice in this video I make use of both modes, starting out in RTS mode, then switching to Direct Command of my leading ship, by doing this you can obviously get more direct control over the ship. In this mode you use the cam on the top right, as well as the firing arcs at the bottom of the mini map, and wasd keys to steer the ship it really helps you in to the thick of the fight.
Those that know me may remember and old game called Buccaneer which is probably the last game I remember that did ship to ship combat as well as this and thankfully this time the game is made by a company who cares about the community and making sure the game actually works.
Like other games made by the smaller developers East India Company does suffer from its fair share of problems but has huge potential and hopefully they'll get the funds to keep on building this game further. Anyway hope you enjoy the video as much as I enjoyed making this one.
Troublmaker Plays East India Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9qwCerwwpI
TMC
Jan 16, 2012
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A trading sim kind of like a port royale-esque game. Does it have free play like downright piracy and factors to be taking in for such a dastardly act? Or is it mostly trading then? |
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2009 vintage game, so Retail Disk or Steam release versions,
No mention of any free play.
Traditional single player or multiplayer
(assuming you have the players)
Complete or Gold edition (addional DLCs included) has some piracy/privateer
content if you have the correct expansion
Game combines trading, naval warfare, and management
The historical British East India Company had its own Army, Navy,
Diplomatic Service, and virtually ran its own country,
made war and money by trading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company
You may have heard of it's auxilary Navy - Royal Navy
Pirates tended not to prosper long term if they
ever attacked EIC ships or allied shipping.
The British EIC had considerable influence on the British establishment.
For further info,
See steam game expansions links above.
There is also some game reviews links above.
Perhaps some of the gameplay links may help. |
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