Gangsters: Organized Crime
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| Developer(s) | Hothouse Creations |
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| Publisher(s) | Eidos Interactive |
| Designer(s) | Martin Capel |
| Series | Gangsters |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Gangsters: Organized Crime (1998) is a strategy game by Eidos Interactive. It is set in the fictional Chicago suburb of New Temperance in the Prohibition era. A sequel, Gangsters 2: Vendetta, was released by Eidos in 2001.
Platinum Edition
It includes the Update 4 patch, Acrobat Reader 4.05, and a separate CD containing demos of Thief Gold, Thief 2, Tomb Raider 3, Tomb Raider 4.
Manual is distributed only in PDF format.
Gameplay
Gangsters is played by alternating between turn-based and real time gameplay. At the beginning you give orders to the gangsters (or 'hoods') under your control, which are then played out in front of you during the real-time aspect of the game (the working week).
To have any chance of winning the game, you must begin expanding your territory by giving your hoods the order to extort businesses into paying protection money to you every week (which must be collected). You will also have to begin recruiting more hoods for your gang as soon as possible by giving your hoods the recruit order. Additional hoods can be recruited from gyms, pool halls, cafés, the docks and the unemployment office.
The hoods have many different attributes such as intelligence, fists, knives, etc. which make them suitable for different missions. A hood with high knife skill and low fists skill may inadvertently kill someone he was merely sent to beat up, for instance. Hoods can be promoted to lieutenant, which gives them the ability to lead teams of hoods. It is also possible to hire a lawyer and an accountant. There are different automobiles and weapons that can be purchased to aid in carrying out missions.
Objectives
There are 4 ways to win the game:
- Go straight
- Get elected mayor
- Form an alliance with another Gang (You can only form an alliance if you and another Gang remain)
- Destroy all rival gangs
Minimum Specs
[1] Pentium CPU
Windows 95
16MB RAM (32MB Recommended)
4X CD-ROM
DirectX 6
2MB Video Memory
140MB HDD Space
Internet for multiplayer
Cheats
Easy Cash
[2] At the Lieutenant screen, type "I LOVE HANSON" (case sensitive without quotation marks) to get $50,000 in the safe. It will not work if you already have more than $50,000, however.
More money for everyone
[2] At the Lieutenant screen, press d + a + r + t to give $1000 to all gangs.
Money and Hoods Cheat
[2] Go to 'Run' in the Start Menu or press Win + R. Type regedit and press enter.
Now click through the following folders:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ⇒ Software ⇒⇒ Hothouse ⇒⇒⇒ Gangsters
At 'Default Money' change 2710 to 207101FF for unlimited cash.
At 'Default Hoods' change A to FF to start with a ton of hoods.
References
- ↑ "Moby Games". Moby Games. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Game Revolution". Game Revolution. Retrieved 17 December 2015.