Play Seven Cities of Gold Online
You load up ships in Spain, then sail into the unknown—trade, conquer, or convert villages with a few risky clicks, never sure what’ll happen next. That tiny map somehow makes the stakes feel huge.
Seven Cities of Gold came out in 1984 for MS-DOS, developed by Ozark Softscape and published by Electronic Arts. It was one of those early exploration games that felt genuinely open, a rarity at the time. You weren't just moving a sprite around a maze; you were charting a continent.
You play as a Spanish explorer outfitting expeditions from Seville, then sailing to the New World to map terrain, locate native villages, and search for gold. The game uses an overhead view for navigation, with exploration happening screen by screen across a vast, procedurally generated landscape. You trade goods, negotiate with tribes, and sometimes resort to force, though combat is abstract and risky. The pacing is deliberate, almost meditative, with real stakes in every decision. It feels like you are truly leaving the known world behind.
Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".
Download Seven Cities of Gold ROM
You can download this ROM to play Seven Cities of Gold offline using an MS-DOS emulator (Top Emulators).
*This ROM is provided for backup and educational purposes only.
