# Will Tropico work on Mac OS X?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tropico-work-on-mac-os-x/466735>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 6, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tropico-work-on-mac-os-x/466735 "2008-10-06T20:03:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tropico-work-on-mac-os-x/466735/1 "2008-10-06T20:03:15Z")

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One of my favorite games is Tropico, a strategy game in which the player is the dictator of a Caribbean island. I see that the game is still available through Amazon, but it’s a few years old. I’m wondering if it will work on my current Mac operating system.

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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tropico-work-on-mac-os-x/466735/2 "2008-10-06T20:13:39Z")

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I’m not sure about Mac’s, but I’ve played it on my XP system on Gametap. Haven’t tried it on my Vista laptap.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tropico-work-on-mac-os-x/466735/3 "2008-10-06T22:30:06Z")

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> [@acsenray](#):
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> but it’s a few years old. I’m wondering if it will work on my current Mac operating system.

OS X is 7 years old.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tropico-work-on-mac-os-x/466735/4 "2008-10-06T23:21:31Z")

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Yeah, and so is Tropico. I can’t remember whether it came out before or after, though.

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tropico-work-on-mac-os-x/466735/5 "2008-10-06T23:35:42Z")

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My Tropico CD has binaries on it for both OS8/9 and X. So you should be good.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tropico-work-on-mac-os-x/466735/6 "2008-10-06T23:56:18Z")

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Cool! Thanks!