Galleons of Glory: The Secret Voyage of Magellan

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Galleons of Glory: The Secret Voyage of Magellan is a simulation video game developed and published by Broderbund in 1990 for MS-DOS. The game sees the player simulating the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan, using the sea navigation tools given to them in an attempt to discover the Strait of Magellan.

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This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

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Controls

This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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