Evil Genius focuses on building an island lair and the management of minions that are employed by the Evil Genius, allowing the player to progress through the main storyline with achieving world domination as the end goal of the game. Although not explicitly stated the use of historic regions (the Eastern Bloc) and events (such as the Cuban Missile Crisis) within the game suggest that it is set in the 1960s and 70s and that the game is progressing through an alternate timeline.
The player is represented in game as one of three selectable evil geniuses: Maximilian, Alexis or Shen Yu.
Minimum system requirements
Widnows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Pentium III 800MHz Processor
128MB RAM (256MB for 2000/XP)
16MB nVidia GeForce 2 Class Video Card
1.4GB Hard Disk Space
DirectX 9.0b
Recommended system requirements
Pentium 4 1.5GHz Processor
256MB RAM
64MB nVidia GeForce 3 Class Video Card
DirectX compatible Sound Card
1.4GB Hard Disk Space
3-Button Mouse
DirectX 9.0b



